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...

Scottish opposition pushes Swinney on free school meal and flat-rate rail fare cuts

Opposition parties in Scotland have urged John Swinney to reverse unpopular cuts to free school meals and flat-rate rail fares after he suffered two...

Sydney trains delays: services cancelled across network after urgent repairs to broken rail at Central station

Urgent repairs were causing extensive delays and cancelled services across the Sydney train network on Monday morning, which were expected to persist through the...

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...

Ex-Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson forced to ‘crawl off’ train

Tanni Grey-Thompson, the former Paralympic athlete, has spoken of her anger after being forced to drag herself off a London North Eastern Railway (LNER)...