THE Department for Transport is proposing to award a new ten-year contract to run intercity services on the West Coast Main Line when its present agreement with FirstGroup and Trenitalia expires on 1 April next year. The DfT has published a Prior Information Notice which says the replacement contract ‘may be

The March digital issue of Britain’s best-selling rail title, The Railway Magazine, is on offer this Easter weekend for just 99p! The March issue of The Railway Magazine takes you behind the scenes with the Royal Train, plus HS2’s Crewe extension is given Royal Assent as protesters defy bailiffs. 80 years of the

CONDUCTORS on ScotRail are set to stage their second 24-hour strike on Sunday, but the RMT has warned that unless there is a settlement the walkouts could continue beyond the first set of Sunday strikes, which are currently planned to continue every week until 2 May. Tempers have been rising, with

The humorous and often poignant experiences of a trainspotter-turned-booking clerk during steam’s twilight years are told in a new memoir by Barry Allen. Just the Ticket, out now from Silver Link Publishing, looks back on Barry’s career during the halcyon last days of the pre-Beeching era, when beautiful steam engines could

The East Lancashire Railway has revealed that Ex-LNER A3 No. 60103 Flying Scotsman will be hauling trains this summer. The Flying Scotsman – the first locomotive to travel at 100mph – will be in operation between on August 29-30 and September 3-5 at the East Lancashire Railway. Tickets will go on

The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has announced the return of its Step Back to the 1940s weekend this summer. The event, taking place on June 26/27 and July 3/4, will bring the 16-mile railway line into life with a wide a variety of interactive displays, including live events and a team of

Few trains truly reach a legendary status but there can be no doubt that the Intercity 125 HST was and still is, an icon in the age of the railway. Introduced into service in 1977, the iconic InterCity125 High Speed Trains have been a mainstay of some of our fastest railway

Pic caption: Welsh Highland NGG16 ‘Garratt’ No. 138 at Dinas station on June 14, 2019 about to depart for Caernarfon. Photo: Chris Milner Assuming there are no late changes in Welsh Government COVID-19 restrictions Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway (Ff&WHR) will re-commence train operation on May 1 with bookings now being taken for trains

IT has been revealed that the Merseyrail train involved in an accident at Kirkby station on 13 March had been travelling at about 42mph (68km/h) shortly before it collided with the buffers at the end of the Northern Line platform. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch says the driver had made

The Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers present the 2021 National Garden Railway Show. Date: Saturday 26th June 2021 Location: Peterborough Arena, East of England Show Ground, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE2 6XEOpening Times: 9.30am – 1.00pm or 1.30pm – 5pmEntrance Fees: Adult -10.50, Free entry for Under 18’s, but they must have