A trial at Wick Sheriff Court was postponed after a couple accused of stepping into the path of trains said they were unable to reach court because snow had blocked the road from their remote home in Altnabreac.Ian Appleby, 48, and Elizabeth Howe, 49, had been due to stand trial to contest...
Work on Greater Anglia’s new wheel lathe facility at Clacton is advancing rapidly, delivered in partnership with Spencer Rail Engineering and backed by the Department for Transport.The installation marks a significant upgrade in how the operator will maintain its trains. Wheel lathes are used to...
Great Western Railway is set to run 50 trains and provide close to 25,000 seats for supporters travelling to Cardiff for Saturday’s Six Nations clash between Wales and Scotland.With demand expected to be high for the 16:40 kick-off at the Principality Stadium, all services heading into Cardiff...
LNER will once again back London’s Chinese New Year celebrations in 2026, marking a second year of partnership as the capital prepares to welcome the Year of the Horse.In the lead-up to the main festivities, the operator’s own ceremonial lions have been performing at London King’s Cross...
A new chapter for the Northumberland Line begins this weekend as Northumberland Park station opens to passengers for the first time.The station will welcome its first arrival at 8.10am on Sunday 22 February, becoming the fifth stop on the line since it reopened in December 2024 after a 60-year...
ScotRail is to introduce a £10 minimum fare as part of efforts to tackle deliberate ticketless travel across Scotland’s Railway. The measure is designed to deter passengers who board without first purchasing a valid ticket, with fare evasion currently estimated to cost more than £11 million...
South Western Railway has marked the Lunar New Year by unveiling a newly enhanced waiting room at New Malden station, celebrating what is recognised as Europe’s largest Korean community.An estimated 20,000 people of Korean heritage live in New Malden and the surrounding area of south west London,...
Passengers are being urged to prepare their journeys in advance as Manchester braces for a busy Saturday of sport and entertainment during the ongoing nine-day closure of Manchester Piccadilly.Network Rail is carrying out £7.9 million worth of track and signalling upgrades, with services heavily...
Vossloh is set to provide concrete sleepers to Norway’s rail network for up to eight years under a new framework agreement aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The deal will see the introduction of sleepers manufactured using cement produced with carbon capture technology, reducing...
Rail workers at Northfields fleet maintenance depot are staging four days of strike action this week after what the RMT describes as a collapse in industrial relations with management.The depot is responsible for servicing Piccadilly line trains, and the union claims the dispute has escalated after...
British Transport Police have issued an image of a man they wish to trace as part of an investigation into a sexual assault on board a train.The incident occurred at around 10.45pm on Thursday 1 January, when a woman was assaulted after boarding a service travelling from Leeds to Manchester Airport....
A man who targeted passengers on the London Underground has been jailed just days after being arrested by plain clothes British Transport Police officers.Daniel Maldonado Paulson, 35, of Alvey Street, Southwark, appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 13 February. The Chilean national,...
A man who relentlessly targeted a 12‑year‑old girl with more than a thousand online messages has been jailed for almost five years after a British Transport Police investigation exposed his sustained grooming campaign.Michael Lawrence, 38, from Tudor Road in Hinkley, was convicted at Leicester...
Rail services to Barnstaple remain suspended and are not expected to resume before Tuesday 24 February due to persistent flooding caused by last month’s named storms and continuing adverse weather. Elevated water levels have left parts of the route unsafe to reopen.While the full line remains...
Rail passengers travelling through Lancaster are facing significant disruption after a train fault led to several lines being blocked in the area. The issue has resulted in cancellations, major delays of up to an hour, and alterations to planned services.Engineers are at the scene working to resolve...
An investigation has been launched after railway cabling was stolen from a stretch of track in Fife, prompting an appeal for information from British Transport Police.Officers were alerted at about 2.50pm on Monday 26 January when Network Rail employees discovered sections of cable had been cut and...
Rail services between Stourbridge Junction and Kidderminster are running again after emergency crews finished dealing with an earlier incident on the line. The reopening of the route means trains are once more able to operate across all tracks in the area.However, passengers are being warned that...
The first phase of electrification work on the Borders Railway is set to get under way later this week, as Network Rail moves forward with plans to modernise the route.The project follows the Scottish Government’s £342 million commitment, announced in September, to electrify lines in Fife and the...
Brightline has unveiled a specially branded train to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary, introducing the Freedom Express in partnership with America250, the bipartisan organisation created by Congress to lead the commemorations of the Declaration of Independence.The newly revealed 10-coach...
Rail passengers in the Sholing area are facing disruption after a signalling fault forced trains to operate at reduced speeds on certain lines.Services between Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour are among those affected, with cancellations, revisions and delays of up to 10 minutes reported....