UK railway news round-up

Rail bosses have been told to do more to crack down on graffiti on the UK rail network. Here’s this week’s round-up.
Colour scheme for new £362m Tyne and Wear Metro fleet revealed

Nexus has revealed the colourful design for Tyne and Wear Metro’s new £362 million train fleet.
GTR and Porterbrook announce £55 million fleet modernisation programme

Enhancements range from real-time passenger information screens and USB/power points to high-tech on-board operation systems.
Get your name in The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line

Get your name in the limited edition copy of The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line.
UK railway news round-up

This week, Grand Central scraps plans for a North West route between Blackpool and London due to COVID-19. Plus, a report into the Stonehaven derailment raises questions over the UK railway’s response to climate change.
GTR spreads messages of support on World Suicide Prevention Day

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has unveiled a moving art project to raise awareness of its support to those who may be feeling vulnerable.
Stonehaven report: Climate change impact on railways ‘accelerating’

A report into the Stonehaven derailment has found that the impact of severe weather events due to climate change is “accelerating faster than our assumptions”.
Grand Central’s North West route between Blackpool & London abandoned

Grand Central has permanently abandoned plans for the North West route train service between Blackpool and London after COVID-19 rendered plans ‘unfeasible’.

UK railway news round-up

18th September 2020 Sam Hewitt

Rail bosses have been told to do more to crack down on graffiti on the UK rail network. Here’s this week’s round-up.

Colour scheme for new £362m Tyne and Wear Metro fleet revealed

17th September 2020 Sam Hewitt

Nexus has revealed the colourful design for Tyne and Wear Metro’s new £362 million train fleet.

Project Aurora installing power and charging points

GTR and Porterbrook announce £55 million fleet modernisation programme

16th September 2020 Sam Hewitt

Enhancements range from real-time passenger information screens and USB/power points to high-tech on-board operation systems.

Get your name in The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line

14th September 2020 Sam Hewitt

Get your name in the limited edition copy of The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line.

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.