RMT claims solid support for weekend strikes The RMT said its members were standing 'rock solid' over Sunday walkouts on ScotRail and East Midlands Railway. ScotRail conductors have been striking on Sundays since March in a dispute over enhanced pay for restday working, while East Midlands Railway senior conductors and train

Rail passengers in the UK can now receive alerts by WhatsApp when their train is delayed or cancelled. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said travellers can get tailored information about disruption, alternative routes and how busy carriages are expected to be through the messaging app. Also see The alerts were previously only

Severn Valley Railway offer a similar service at Christmas. West Somerset Railway (WSR) has announced plans for a brand new Christmas event for 2021. ‘Winterlights’ will run in the evenings during the festive period. The new series will see 14 evening trains run with the steam locomotive and carriages lit up in

Demand for rail travel has reached two-thirds of normal levels for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, new figures have revealed. Data from the Department for Transport shows the number of journeys made on the UK’s mainline rail network on August 23 was at 66% compared with

Photo: Network Rail Network Rail’s Southern region has invested over £1.8 billion in the railway to support the country in its mission to ‘build back better’ so passengers can feel confident and safe when they return to travelling by train. Even at the height of the pandemic, Network Rail was working to

Florence – the largest ever tunnel boring machine used on a UK rail project – unveiled at the HS2 site in West Hyde near Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire. Ministers have been urged by a business organisation to “put an end to any lingering uncertainty” over HS2. Photo: PA Media Ministers have been

Like so many youngsters in the 1950s and 1960s, Alan Clarke was a keen railway enthusiast and spent a number of years out and about with his ABC Combined Volume and his camera at various rail-related locations up and down the country. Living in the middle of the country enabled young

Like so many youngsters in the 1950s and 1960s, Alan Clarke was a keen railway enthusiast and spent a number of years out and about with his ABC Combined Volume and his camera at various rail-related locations up and down the country. Living in the middle of the country enabled young

THE RMT says it is adopting a 'war-footing' in its 'campaign against a cynical and opportunist wave of post-Covid cuts to jobs and services on Britain's railways'. The union is predicting that service reductions planned by ScotRail and South Western Railway 'are set to be mirrored across the network'. Conductors on ScotRail

Department for Transport (DfT) figures show the number of journeys being made by train in Britain is approximately 57% of what it was before the coronavirus crisis, while car use has fully recovered. It is widely reported that more people than ever have taken to buying used motors for solo, Covid-safe