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News

Britain’s passenger train fleets are getting younger

Influx of new trains reduces age of fleets

9 Nov

News

Passenger sector records emissions decrease

Electricity usage for passenger trains increases, however diesel consumed by freight traction also increases to highest level in five years

6 Nov

News

Lockdown hits freight figures, but punctuality shows improvement

Amount of freight carried dropped dramatically during lockdown, but performance improves due to fewer passenger trains

28 Sept

News

Fewer trains produce increase in punctuality

Passenger train performance increases significantly during lockdown as fewer services run

18 Sept

News

ORR works to boost heritage railway safety

Plans being developed to create a Heritage Safety and Standards Board aimed at increasing cross-sector co-operation

10 Sept

Stonehaven derailment on August 12 2020

News

Stonehaven disaster: Three die in ScotRail landslip derailment

Britain lost its record 13-year period without a passenger death in a rail accident on August 12, when ScotRail’s 0638 Aberdeen-Glasgow Queen Street derailed

19 Aug

News

EXCLUSIVE: Regulator “happy” with LSL Coronavirus railtour plans

"If there was any way we were breaking Government guidelines we wouldn’t be operating," - LSL Service Delivery Manager Steve Finn tells DANIEL PUDDICOMBE

22 Jul

News

RAIL webinar aids mental health and wellbeing

“There has never been a more important time than now to talk openly and honestly about how we’re feeling” - Rail Minister tells RAIL's mental health webinar

6 Jul

News

Competition concerns remain over train leasing - ORR

Concerns raised more than a decade ago regarding competition in rolling stock market haven't been alleviated says regulator

19 May

News

New Hitachi design for inter-car connectors approved by ORR

Summer 2022 deadline for Hitachi to modify inter-car connectors on its Class 800-802 trains

10 Mar

Comment

COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R869 - Williams Review is critical

“This review is something the industry desperately needs. 2018 was a disaster for the railway.”

Editor's comment 31 Dec

News

Coal traffic declines - but underlying trend is up

Coal volumes fall 69% in July-September 2019 (Q2), compared with same period in 2018, but other commodities grow.

18 Dec

Eurostar train passing Stratford International.

News

ORR proposes limits to HS1 renewals charge rises

ORR says renewals charges on HS1 should be £12 million less than proposed by the line's operator

3 Oct

News

Network Rail overspent in every year of Control Period 5, reports NR Monitor

Network Rail overspent against its internal budget every year during Control Period 5 according ORR's Monitor

26 Jul

News

ORR gives green light for LNER ‘801s’ to enter traffic

LNER's electric Azumas receive approval for passenger use

16 Apr

News

Bombardier Class 710/2s authorised, but wait goes on for entry into traffic

London Overground's Class 710s take a step closer to finally entering passenger traffic

16 Apr

News

ORR: passenger complaint levels remain stable

Number of passenger complaints fall slightly according to latest ORR statistics

15 Apr

News

EXCLUSIVE: New trains crisis: ORR demands co-operation to ensure progress of new fleets

Nine new train fleets delayed so far while ORR urges industry to work together to overcome the problems

27 Mar

News

EXCLUSIVE: ECML go-ahead for Azumas, but modifications still needed

Azuma introduction on LNER nears as trains are authorised for use by ORR.

27 Feb

News

Freight lifted falls to lowest level for 20 years

While ORR figures show the amount of freight moved in Q2 has increased, the total volume of freight lifted is at its lowest for 20 years.

19 Dec

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