Our Black Friday magazine subscription sale is now on!

Black Friday is here and we’ve been busy driving down the prices on some of our favourite products for a limited time only.
Treasury announce extra £2.1bn to keep train services running

A further £2.1 billion of taxpayers’ money has been allocated to covering private train company losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transport Secretary urges people to consider avoiding Christmas travel

People should consider not travelling by train at Christmas due to the rail network’s “limitations”, Transport Secretary Grants Shapps has said.
PREVIEW: December edition of Rail Express magazine

The Midland Pullman HST breaks cover and reveals a classic retro livery! Plus, grab a FREE 2021 Rail Express Calendar inside the new December edition.
UK railway news round-up

A new RAIB investigation has found that a driver struggling to use onboard software was the reason behind a crash involving an Azuma in November last year.
Publisher launches bumper railway gift guide for Christmas

Stuck for what to buy the rail enthusiast in your life… or keen to indulge yourself this Yuletide? Fear not, as Britain’s leading railway publisher may just have the answer.
COVID-19 tests on trains find no evidence of virus

No evidence of coronavirus was found in tests on trains used by Britain’s largest rail franchise.
UK railway news round-up

A new national COVID-19 lockdown running from November 5 to December 2 has had another damning effect on the UK rail scene.

Our Black Friday magazine subscription sale is now on!

26th November 2020 Sam Hewitt

Black Friday is here and we’ve been busy driving down the prices on some of our favourite products for a limited time only.

Treasury announce extra £2.1bn to keep train services running

25th November 2020 Sam Hewitt

A further £2.1 billion of taxpayers’ money has been allocated to covering private train company losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transport Secretary urges people to consider avoiding Christmas travel

24th November 2020 Sam Hewitt

People should consider not travelling by train at Christmas due to the rail network’s “limitations”, Transport Secretary Grants Shapps has said.

UK railway news round-up

20th November 2020 Sam Hewitt

A new RAIB investigation has found that a driver struggling to use onboard software was the reason behind a crash involving an Azuma in November last year.

Class 144 Pacers Nos. 144006/7 were driven from Keighley, West Yorkshire to Gobowen, Shropshire on May 22. They are seen at Gobowen – the second track from the right in the distance heads off to Oswestry. PHIL BRADLEY/CHR

Pacers delivered to Gobowen for Cambrian Heritage Railways

23rd May 2020 Gareth Evans

Cambrian Heritage Railways (CHR) has acquired a pair of Class 144 Pacer diesel railbuses from

In tonight's episode, a heatwave hits the network hard, signalling equipment is out at Didcot and a surfeit of insects plague trains' windscreen wipers. Graeme Parker in the London Paddington control room.

Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight

14th May 2020 Gareth Evans

A special four-part Channel 5 documentary series starts tonight (Thursday, May 14) at 9pm and

Heritage railways trade body welcomes today’s government support – but detail remains to be clarified

20th March 2020 Gareth Evans

The Heritage Railway Association (HRA) has reacted warmly to the package of measures announced by chancellor Rishi Sunak (Conservative, Richmond (Yorks)) this afternoon.

Derby Trainman: ‘45’ not out

21st January 2020 Shannon Butcher

Ahead of a new edition of his book about life as a BR trainman in the 1990s, Tim Helme looks back to the remaining Class 45s that could still be found in the Derby area back then.