A DELAY in publishing the Department for Transport’s Integrated Rail Plan is causing more concern at Transport for the North, whose board is set to be told that improvements to the region’s rail services are also being affected by the uncertainty. TfN had already reacted with dismay in January when cuts

The National Railway Museum is to launch a new exhibition that celebrates the vital role played by railway key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Named ‘Railway Heroes,’ the exhibition recognises the selfless achievements of 16 people from across the rail industry who have played an essential part in the country’s COVID-19

A NEW station has opened on the outskirts of Aberystwyth, but the time of the first train was not advertised in case it tempted enthusiasts to ignore pandemic restrictions by going to welcome it. Railnews can now reveal that the first departure from Bow Street was at 09.12 yesterday morning.  The original

Railway engineers have secured the West Coast Main Line between Milton Keynes and Birmingham from being damaged by thousands of tonnes of moving earth. Network Rail specialists have spent 17 days completely rebuilding a railway embankment at Hillmorton Junction, just south of Rugby, after land started to slip underneath the tracks

THE West Coast Main Line south of Rugby will reopen tomorrow after Network Rail engineers spent more than a fortnight repairing a landslip at Hillmorton junction. Trains were diverted via Northampton for 17 days while the engineers reconstructed an embankment 10 metres high and 40 metres wide, used 10,000 tonnes of

THE track worker who was killed in an accident near Surbiton on Tuesday has been named by British Transport Police as Tyler Byrne. Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines said: ‘My thoughts are with the friends, family and colleagues of Tyler Byrne, who tragically lost his life while working near Surbiton

A group of protesters against the HS2 rail project have daubed the front of the Department of Transport offices with paint. Activists group Burning Pink claimed on social media that two of its members had “sent a message of love for our world and disdain at the corporate killing machine”. Related articles

PROPOSED open access services between London and Cardiff have been turned down by the Office of Rail and Road, but the decision could face a legal challenge. Grand Union Trains had wanted to run seven daily return trains from Cardiff Central in December and also serve Swansea and Carmarthen from December

THE Hybrid Bill authorising the next section of HS2, part of Phase 2a,  is expected to receive Royal Assent today. The new Act will allow HS2 to be extended from the West Midlands to Crewe. A second Act is due to follow which will take the high speed line on to

Photo: Network Rail Network Rail teams are preparing to carry out a major stage of the £1.2bn upgrade to the East Coast Main Line, the largest investment into the historic route in a generation. Over a three-month window, rail workers will simplify the track layout outside of King’s Cross station, as well