A train operator has announced it will cancel “a small number” of services over Christmas due to a coronavirus outbreak among staff. Great Western Railway (GWR) said it will run an amended timetable from December 21 to 27 to give passengers “greater clarity”. This will include providing “road transport at key

Updated 11.33 TRAIN services between London and south west England have been cut back because of an outbreak of Covid-19 at Laira depot in Plymouth. GWR said the number of cases is ‘significant’, and that it has been forced to reduce its timetable between London, Exeter, Paignton and Plymouth. Some trains will be

A major rail line is returning to London’s Tube map 22 years after being removed. Thameslink services will be back on the map from next month following a long-running campaign, Transport for London (TfL) said. The network runs between Bedford and Brighton via central London, including stations such as London Bridge, Blackfriars

Rail passengers will be hit by an above inflation fares rise for the first time in eight years, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. Ticket prices will increase by an average of 2.6% from March 1 next year, which is July’s Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation plus 1%. Successive

Updated 11.05FARES on National Rail will be increased by 2.6 per cent next year, but the government has put back the increase from the first week in January until 1 March, saying that the decision to delay the increase will offer ‘a significant window for commuters who cannot work at

THE National Infrastructure Commission has published a new assessment which reduces the importance of the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds via the East Midlands in favour of regional schemes. The recommendations have angered and dismayed politicians and business leaders, with Nottingham South MP Lilian Greenwood describing the proposals as ‘an

THE first intercity train in Britain to use batteries is to be developed by Hitachi and Eversholt Rail, for trial service on the Great Western Main Line. The train will be a conversion of an existing bi-mode GWR Intercity Express, and the result will be a five-car unit which will be

Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced. The firm has launched a plan for Great Western Railway (GWR) services between London Paddington and Penzance, Cornwall, to operate by a combination of electricity, diesel and batteries. The line is only partially electrified, with the

Updated 11.45 A REPORT into two near-collisions at a level crossing in rural Norfolk has revealed that the track was contaminated with leaves, while the wheels of new trains on the route were only making contact in a ‘narrow band’ on the surface of the rail. Network Rail and Greater Anglia

NORTHERN is introducing a specialist team to patrol trains and stations in Greater Manchester. The 11 new recruits will be employed by Carlisle Support Services and they will be joining 55 Travel Safe Officers who already work on the Northern network. The additional TSOs will be based at Manchester Victoria and