Pandemic

News

New “rail motorway” from UK to France and Spain

A new rail-ferry freight service between the UK and south-west France to serve Spain is to go ahead after a two-year delay due to the pandemic.

26 Apr

News

Regional variations for train journeys

New analysis of data from the Office of Rail and Road shows how the impact of COVID-19 on passenger numbers in the first year of pandemic varied between regions

25 Feb

News

Operators prepare for challenging budget cuts in 2022

Train operators have been told to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from their running costs next year.

13 Dec

News

RSSB reveals effect of pandemic on front-line staff

The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has called for better targeting of support for rail workers needing help with mental health issues.

29 Nov

News

RIA survey reveals growing optimism

Confidence in the rail industry has returned to pre-2019 levels, according to new polling carried out on behalf of the Railway Industry Association.

14 Nov

News

Intervention needed to avoid public transport decline

Increased public transport funding and road charging mechanisms form part of a future outlined by the Independent Transport Commission

23 Oct

News

London Underground night services to restart

London Underground ‘Night Tube’ services are to return from November 27 - but initially only on the Central and Victoria lines.

21 Oct

News

Call for reinstatement of mandatory face coverings on public transport

London Mayor Sadiq Khan and union leaders have called for face coverings to once again become mandatory on public transport.

4 Oct

News

High Street suffering from absence of commuters

Thousands of shops located near to city centre stations could close if they permanently lose the £30 billion per year that commuters spend

22 Sept

News

Weekday blockade indicates change in industry outlook

Network Rail is shifting a major engineering blockade to account for changing travel patterns since the pandemic.

11 Sept

Feature

DfT pays the piper… so will it call the tune?

PHILIP HAIGH explains why he believes the Department for Transport’s familiar 2017 vision for the future of Britain’s railways is relevant

Policy 1 Jul

News

CBT urges support for public transport

A national campaign is seeking to encourage people back onto public transport

30 May

News

Government urged to back use of public transport

A national campaign is seeking to encourage people back onto public transport as the pandemic restrictions continue to ease.

22 May

News

Williams reform package in White Paper “as soon as possible”

“It has been far from being stuck in the sidings. Over the last nine months the review has been tested against the pandemic,” Keith Williams reveals.

25 Feb

News

Cross-industry effort needed to win back passengers

If services are not clean and reliable, then passengers may not return warns Rail Minister

25 Feb

News

Understanding passengers’ needs is key to recovery

"We need to, as an industry, rapidly evolve our rail offering for commuters" - Trainline COO Jody Ford

23 Feb

News

New DB Cargo UK CEO hails company's resilience in response to COVID-19

"We’re by no means out of the woods yet, but we’re already seeing the green shoots of recovery," new DB Cargo UK CEO on business post-pandemic

15 Sept

News

Metro design revealed in response to COVID

New adaptable interiors unveiled for metro trains by design company tangerine

14 Sept

Pandemic

New “rail motorway” from UK to France and Spain

Regional variations for train journeys

Operators prepare for challenging budget cuts in 2022

RSSB reveals effect of pandemic on front-line staff

RIA survey reveals growing optimism

Intervention needed to avoid public transport decline

London Underground night services to restart

Call for reinstatement of mandatory face coverings on public transport

High Street suffering from absence of commuters

Weekday blockade indicates change in industry outlook

DfT pays the piper… so will it call the tune?

CBT urges support for public transport

Government urged to back use of public transport

Williams reform package in White Paper “as soon as possible”

Cross-industry effort needed to win back passengers

Understanding passengers’ needs is key to recovery

New DB Cargo UK CEO hails company's resilience in response to COVID-19

Metro design revealed in response to COVID

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

Pandemic

New “rail motorway” from UK to France and Spain

Regional variations for train journeys

Operators prepare for challenging budget cuts in 2022

RSSB reveals effect of pandemic on front-line staff

RIA survey reveals growing optimism

Intervention needed to avoid public transport decline

London Underground night services to restart

Call for reinstatement of mandatory face coverings on public transport

High Street suffering from absence of commuters

Weekday blockade indicates change in industry outlook

DfT pays the piper… so will it call the tune?

CBT urges support for public transport

Government urged to back use of public transport

Williams reform package in White Paper “as soon as possible”

Cross-industry effort needed to win back passengers

Understanding passengers’ needs is key to recovery

New DB Cargo UK CEO hails company's resilience in response to COVID-19

Metro design revealed in response to COVID

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

Chiltern Railways on verge of agreeing deal to take ex-TransPennine Express Mk 5s

Why the Class 67s have been running on borrowed time for nearly the whole of their lives

Network Rail begins process to replace rail infrastructure monitoring trains