HS2 should be scrapped in favour of upgrading existing rail routes, according to a free market think tank.
Read moreHS2 ‘will not solve the problems facing rail travellers today’
Category: Network
No official lookout on tracks before rail workers killed, interim report finds
Two rail workers were killed by a train while there was no official lookout in place, a report has found.
Read more5 facts you may not know about the ‘Azuma’ train
LNER launched its first passenger services on the East Coast Main Line on May 15, using the Hitachi-built Class 800 ‘Azuma’ express trains as part of a rolling programme to replace both its Class 91 and Mk4 and HST fleets.
Read moreSix people a month risking lives to cross tracks in Essex
Over six people a month are putting their lives at risk by walking across tracks at a level crossing in Grays.
Read moreUK railway news round-up
This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
Read moreMerseyrail strikes called off as union claims progress in talks
Strikes planned on Merseyrail in the long running dispute over guards on trains have been called off so talks can continue.
Read moreRMT boss warns of more strikes following re-election
The leader of the biggest rail workers union has followed up his re-election with a warning that a wave of strikes and other forms of industrial action will go ahead.
Read moreRailway engineers turned dog rescuers on West Coast main line
Bank holiday railway engineers turned dog rescuers after a wayward pooch found her way on to the tracks on the West Coast main line.
Read moreBid to run Southeastern rail route scrapped
The bid to run Southeastern rail route has been scrapped, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
Read moreGovernment sets out strategy for safe and biodiverse railway lineside
A strategy for safe and biodiverse railway lineside across Britain has been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT).
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