The new government wants to give Metro Mayors and their Combined Authorities more powers and a bigger say in how local rail services are run. Peter Plisner considers what could happen.

The first Class 807 Evero has reached Liverpool Lime Street on a passenger service. The unit, 807001, operated the 0901 to ...

A heritage railway line is to trial WiFi on its steam-hauled services and at stations. The government has awarded a £163,000 ...

Train operators have paid out £138 million in Delay Repay compensation in the past year. Avanti West Coast and LNER paid out ...

Northern has reduced the amount of time passengers had to buy Advance tickets. Previously available up to five minutes prior ...

For the past nine months, the EKFB Joint Venture (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall) which is responsible ...

A broken rail has led to services in and out of London Paddington to be delayed or cancelled. Network Rail engineers found ...

Chiltern Railways has made alterations to Banbury station after a Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigation into an incident when a pram rolled into the side of a moving train ...

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GB Railfreight named a Class 66 after former RAIL editor Nigel Harris as King's Cross station on November 4. Harris was ...

The CAF-built Mk 5A stock, compatible with Class 68s, has been in storage since TransPennine Express stopped operating it in ...

Rail union RMT has launched a scathing attack on Trainline, accusing the online ticketing platform of misleading customers, ...