Rail transport

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...

Cost of ‘bat shed’ to protect colony near HS2 has topped £100m, chair says

The cost of a “bat shed” to protect a species in woodland along the new HS2 high-speed line...

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...

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...

Transport secretary ‘seriously looking at’ extending HS2 rail line to Euston

The transport secretary is considering extending the HS2 line to Euston, her cabinet colleague Lisa Nandy has indicated, after Louise Haigh claimed it would...

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...

Japan’s magic bullet: 60 years of the train that helped rebuild the idea of a country

At 6am on 1 October 1964, two trains set off in opposite directions in a ­daring ­experiment that would quickly turn them into ­symbols of...

White House urges Ohio residents to follow evacuation warnings after chemical leak

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were briefed on Wednesday on the dangerous chemical leak from a railcar near Cincinnati, Ohio that has prompted evacuations...

At least three dead as two passenger trains collide in Egypt’s Nile delta

Two passenger trains have collided in Egypt’s Nile delta, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities have said.The crash happened on...