THE last of Northern’s ‘Pacer’ trains, which were built in the 1980s by British Rail to replace ‘first generation’ diesel units on local lines, has been withdrawn almost a year later than had been hoped. The Class 142 unit carried passengers from Kirkby to Manchester Victoria late on Friday afternoon. The

People planning Christmas train travel are being urged to book “as early as possible” to avoid being denied boarding. London North Eastern Railway (LNER) issued the warning ahead of its release of tickets for the festive period on Friday. The operator, which runs trains on the East Coast Main Line between London

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THE RMT ‎has called on the government to provide urgent financial support for Eurostar, warning that a failure to act threatens the future of the service and the thousands of jobs that it supports. The union said that in a recent round-table meeting with the rail minister both the company and

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivers his one-year Spending Review in the House of Commons. Photo: PA Media A further £2.1 billion of taxpayers’ money has been allocated to covering private train company losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Treasury announced the figure as part of its Department for Transport funding

THE price of keeping trains running in England during lockdown restrictions, when passenger figures and revenues fall sharply, is set to reach a total of £8 billion in the year to March 2021. The figure appears in the small print which accompanied today’s Spending Review. Light rail and trams in the provinces,

PEOPLE who want to take advantage of the eased Covid restrictions over Christmas are being urged to think carefully before choosing to travel by train. Transport secretary Grant Shapps has sounded a cautionary note in a BBC interview, mentioning major engineering work, a possible shortage of rail staff because of Covid

People should consider not travelling by train at Christmas due to the rail network’s “limitations”, Transport Secretary Grants Shapps has said. The Westminster Government and the devolved administrations are expected to announce later this week how coronavirus restrictions will be eased to allow people across the UK to spend the festive

THE famous Ribblehead viaduct which was at the centre of unsuccessful proposals to close the Settle & Carlisle Line in the 1980s is receiving more attention than ever, after Network Rail scanned the structure of the viaduct using drones, lasers and 3D software, turning the resulting data into a computer