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

FirstGroup’s National Rail Contract for Great Western Railway will be renationalised on 13 December, after Chiltern Railways has returned to public ownership on 20 September. The current GWR contract started on 26 June 2022, but privatisation began on 4 January 1996, when a first-generation franchise lasting ten years had been signed

Class 175s will be running on a Cornish branch line from later this month. The units, built by Alstom some 25 years ago and cascaded to GWR from Transport for Wales, were already planned to be used on services on the Devon and Cornwall main line, and also on the branches

The Government has rejected concerns voiced by the Commons Transport Committee in its report on skills in transport manufacturing. The Committee had warned that skills gaps are posing ‘significant challenges’. Four of the report’s recommendations were partially accepted, including the call for Skills England to consult on the benefits of a ‘competency