INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into how a South Western Railway unit became derailed during a shunting move at Fratton depot in Hampshire, trapping other trains in their sidings. No one was hurt. The incident happened at about 01.30 on Friday morning, and caused some disruption to services between London Waterloo and Portsmouth

Britain’s best-selling rail title The Railway Magazine is back for another month of award-winning photos, news, features and exclusives from the rail industry, past and present. Here’s what to expect in the August issue of The Railway Magazine: Headline Lines Bright future for post-Covid railfreight growth; European lines wrecked by heavy rain and floods; Hybrid

A NEW 'world-class' rail test centre in south Wales on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys has been given the seal of approval by local councillors. The Global Centre of Rail Excellence – a train, rail infrastructure and technology testing base – will

A TRAIN has become derailed during a shunting move at South Western Railway's Fratton traincare depot, near Portsmouth. At least one vehicle left the rails while the train was being moved at low speed at 01.30 this morning. No one was hurt, but some trains have been trapped in the depot. The

Metrolink has announced a temporary reduced timetable due to coronavirus-related staff absences from August 6. Staff for operator KeolisAmey Metrolink (KAM) are continuing to work in challenging circumstances to keep people moving across the network. Also see However, daily delays have been occurring across the network because staff are either off with

DB Cargo UK has announced plans to lease its Mossend EuroTerminal rail freight facility to Maritime Intermodal from October 1, 2021. The move comes two years after Maritime Intermodal took over the lease of DB’s intermodal rail freight facilities in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and Trafford Park in Manchester. Also see The Lanarkshire

THE RMT has called a series of strikes by train managers on East Midlands Railway in its dispute over the safety of cascaded Class 360 units on the London to Corby service when there is one manager on the 8-car trains, which are formed of two separate four-car units. The

THE government intends to deposit the bill for Phase 2b of HS2 early next year or sooner if possible, according to HS2 Ltd CEO Mark Thurston. The 'western leg' of Phase 2b covers the section between Crewe and Manchester, and the authorising Bill for this will follow the Phase 2a Act

The Bodmin & Wenford Railway (BWR) has received a welcome visitor to assist with its peak summer timetable – Mid-Hants Railway-based BR ‘2MT’ No. 41312. The Ivatt 2-6-2T is set to spend around three weeks on the friendly Cornish heritage line before returning home to the Watercress Line. Ahead of entering