Denis Scaife, a familiar face on the East Coast Main Line, has celebrated a decade of fundraising with his ‘Poppy Express’ by completing his most ambitious challenge yet. The 74-year-old, alongside his wife Barbara, undertook a two-day marathon, selling poppies onboard Hull Trains and Lumo...
Passengers at London Paddington were treated to a remarkable sight today as Joey, the celebrated life-size puppet horse from the National Theatre’s War Horse, trotted through the station for a special train-naming ceremony. Great Western Railway officially named Intercity Express Train 802007...
Greater Anglia has enhanced onward travel information for passengers at Cambridge station with the installation of a new live bus departure screen. The display, positioned above the station’s main exit, gives passengers real-time details of local bus services, helping them make smoother...
CrossCountry has confirmed that it will operate its full timetable this Saturday, 1 November, after the RMT union suspended its planned industrial action. The decision means services will run as originally scheduled, offering certainty to customers travelling ahead of a busy weekend across the...
Transport for London (TfL) is once again partnering with The Royal British Legion (RBL) to support London Poppy Day, continuing a long-running collaboration to honour the Armed Forces and raise funds for veterans. On 30 October, stations across the capital will broadcast special recorded messages...
Birmingham’s famous German Christmas market opens this weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to travel by train to enjoy the festivities in the lead-up to Christmas.The annual event is one of the city’s biggest attractions, drawing millions of visitors each year. Birmingham New...
Rail passengers are being reminded to plan ahead this Christmas and New Year, with earlier last train times on Christmas Eve and timetable changes due to bank holidays and essential engineering works.London Liverpool Street will be closed for eight days while Network Rail continues work to replace...
A woman already banned from Manchester Piccadilly railway station has been jailed after stealing dairy products from one of its shops.Hayley Skinner, 35, of Wadeson Road, Manchester, took five packets of cheese and four tubs of butter worth £35 on the morning of 17 October. She was detained by shop...
A man whose “incredibly dangerous and disruptive” walk along railway tracks caused widespread travel disruption in north-west England has been jailed.Philip Colebourne, 49, of Wavertree, Liverpool, was arrested after being spotted walking along the line from Southport station to Birkdale station...
A vicar has urged railway bosses to upgrade the “dark, dismal and filthy” toilets at Newcastle Central Station after a visit left him “physically nauseated.”The Reverend Mark Edwards MBE has called for major improvements to the men’s toilets on platform 12, originally constructed in the...
A railway bridge in Ely, Cambridgeshire, dubbed the “most bashed” in Britain, has been struck three times in just one week.The Stuntney Road/Bridge Road structure has previously earned its unenviable title from Network Rail, which recorded 18 incidents in 2023–24 alone. This month alone,...
Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) have thanked passengers for their patience over the past three days while vital engineering work took place between Wokingham and Reading.Engineers replaced Reading Spur Junction, the critical connection between the Great Western Main Line and the North...
A piece of railway heritage has been handed over by Network Rail to a local coal mining heritage group in Pontefract.The sign, which once adorned the Prince of Wales Colliery signal box, was donated to the Prince of Wales Colliery Memorial Group. It had been in storage since the signal box was...
A train running on one of the world’s shortest branch lines has been officially named “The Stourbridge Lion” following a community competition run by West Midlands Railway.The name commemorates an early steam train built in the Black Country town in 1829, which became the first locomotive to...
The team at Newport Station came together last week to celebrate a remarkable milestone – Customer Host Albert Bray’s 80th birthday.Albert, originally from Newport, began his railway career in 2001 after previously working in engineering and shipbuilding. For more than two decades, he has been a...
South Western Railway (SWR) and Network Rail have unveiled a striking new mural at London Waterloo to commemorate Railway 200, marking two centuries of Britain’s rail heritage at the country’s busiest station.Unveiled on Friday, 24 October, the artwork titled 200 Years of Romance was created by...
ScotRail is gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year as thousands of people are expected to travel for a series of major sporting fixtures, concerts, and entertainment events across Scotland.The train operator will help customers get to and from key events in Glasgow and Edinburgh,...
Award-winning singer-songwriter Ella Eyre is the latest guest to step onboard the Routes carriage, joining host Jenni Falconer in the newest episode of the hit travel podcast from LNER.With more than 1.8 billion global streams to her name, Ella opens up about life on the move — from whirlwind...
Secretary of State for Transport and Swindon South MP Heidi Alexander has officially opened Great Western Railway’s (GWR) new Learning and Development Centre at its Swindon Head Office, marking a major investment in training and skills development for the rail industry.Located in her home...
Great Western Railway (GWR) is offering free Standard Class travel to Eastern Airways customers and staff affected by the airline’s collapse into administration.The temporary scheme, in place on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 October, covers journeys between Newquay and London Gatwick to assist those...