Rail industry

Green signal given for first UK co-operatively owned railway service

The UK’s first co-operatively owned railway service could begin running trains in the south-west of England late next year.The Office of Road and Rail (ORR) has approved a bid...

UK rail minister says sorry for threatening messages over Euston station concerns

The rail minister, Peter Hendy, has apologised for emails where he threatened to withhold contracts from a supplier...

UK rail minister says sorry for threatening texts over Euston station concerns

The rail minister, Peter Hendy, has apologised for emails where he threatened to withhold contracts from a supplier...

Watchdog rules Eurostar ads on social media for £39 seats were misleading

Cross-channel train operator Eurostar has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating the number of £39 seats...

‘Best-in-class’ seats and no bog-standard loos: first look at HS2 train interiors

For now, it remains unclear quite how far any passenger will travel on future HS2 services – whether...

London Underground workers to strike over pay in November

Workers on the London Underground, including tube drivers, plan to stage a series of strikes in November amid a dispute over pay.Members of the...

Rolling stock firm’s £80m dividend payout fuels calls for UK rail nationalisation

The rolling stock firm Porterbrook paid out £80m in dividends to its mainly overseas shareholders last year, accounts show, fuelling further calls for Britain’s...

Euston is a problem without a good solution | Nils Pratley

Prepare for the next instalment of the great HS2 fiasco. Stories suggest the chancellor is preparing to shuffle the off-balance sheet financing deck, find...

It’s a scandal that the Great Central Railway was ever shut | Letters

I congratulate all the people, most of them volunteers, who’ve worked so hard to restore parts of the Great Central Railway and now hope...

Harry Potter fans boo as King’s Cross ends back to Hogwarts tradition

Disappointed Harry Potter fans booed after an annual announcement at London King’s Cross railway station did not happen.People gathered at the station hoping to...

LNER train driver strikes called off after successful union talks

A series of weekend strikes by train drivers on LNER from Saturday has been called off, their trade union Aslef has announced. Passengers travelling between...