Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has announced that the maximum speed of trains on HS2 will be 320km/h, instead of 360km/h. The cost of the line is now expected to be somewhere between £87.7 million and £102.7 billion. The transport secretary said she was setting out plans for a ‘fundamental reset’, which was

Passengers on West Midlands Trains are being advised to travel only if they must between 21 and 23 May, because of industrial action by members of TSSA. The dispute is about payments for rest day working, which the union says are not in line with the pay for members of other

The RMT has suspended this week’s Underground strikes, after talks with Transport for London about a four-day working week made progress. However, although the 24-hour strikes of drivers which had been planned to start at 12.00 on 19 and 21 May, and also on 16 and 18 June have been suspended,

The introduction of summer timetables on National Rail in involves significant changes to train services, many of which are new or improved. Southeastern is restoring peak hour services to London Blackfriars via the Medway towns, additional weekday trains between London Charing Cross and Maidstone East, and better High Speed services between

The introduction of summer timetables on National Rail in two days from now involves significant changes to train services, many of which are new or improved. Southeastern will be restoring peak hour services to London Blackfriars via the Medway towns, additional weekday trains between London Charing Cross and Maidstone East, and

Transport for London is warning that Underground services are likely to be badly disrupted next week, as the RMT stages another two 24-hour strikes of drivers in the continuing dispute over a proposed four-day week. The union says the proposals are opposed by its members, while TfL says the plan is

Campaigners in Aylesbury are calling for a section of the former Great Central main line to be upgraded to passenger standards, so that their town will be connected to East West Rail. The Aylesbury Action Group says the Aylesbury spur from Claydon Junction is not merely a proposal for a future

FirstGroup will be launching its open access Lumo service between Stirling and London this month. Access rights were granted by the Office of Rail and Road in March 2024, but more recent applications for other routes have not succeeded. Alstom has signed a contract worth £50 million with FirstGroup and Eversholt Rail

Cambridge South station will open to passengers on 28 June, the Department for Transport has announced. Trains will start calling then at the £250 million station, and there will be an official opening ceremony the following day. As many as 20 trains an hour will be calling during the peaks, and the

GWR will be renationalised in December The Department for Transport has revealed that it will set up a new publicly-owned railway operating company before Great British Railways has taken over. The new company will be a subsidiary of DfT Operator Limited, which has been taking control of operators as they are