Photo: Avanti West Coast Avanti West Coast is offering enthusiasts the chance to get their hands on some eagerly sought after railway artefacts to help raise money for Rail Aid. A number of signs from Crewe station are up for grabs, the proceeds of the auction going to Rail Aid, the Railway

THE RMT has begun balloting nearly 2,500 ScotRail staff for strike action and action short of a strike as a pay dispute hardens. ScotRail has condemned the ballot as ‘wrong’. The debate has been fuelled by a pay rise which has been awarded to drivers. The RMT has described this award

TRAIN services through Sheffield have returned to normal after six days of disruption caused by a derailed cement train. Network Rail had to remove 11 derailed tanker wagons and carry out ‘significant’ repairs to the track and signalling.  The cause of the derailment at 02.45 on 11 November is not yet known,

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IT has been reported that fares on National Rail trains in England are set to rise by last July’s RPI plus one per cent in January, or 2.6 per cent, as the government tries to recover some of the additional funding which has been needed to keep the former franchises

THE Department for Transport has agreed to provide financial help for Transport for London until next year, but the agreement has not been reached without a price. In the second of two essays, Sim Harris looks at the effect politicians can have on the business of running transport services.‘I would

Photo: Adam Hale/PA Wire Network Rail’s long-term failure to improve safety was an underlying factor in the deaths of two track workers in South Wales, an investigation has found. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said that, over “many years”, the Government-owned company “had not adequately addressed the protection of track workers

THE company building East West Rail has taken the next step towards procuring a new fleet of trains for the Western Section of the route between Oxford and Bedford, which will be the first part of the line to reopen in full. At the moment, trains run between Oxford and Bicester,

THE final Rail Accident Investigation Branch report into the deaths of two Network Rail track workers at Margam in South Wales in July last year has made eleven recommendations. The two men were hit by an express train, and a third who was with them had a narrow escape. Earlier reports had

WORK is continuing at the site of a freight train derailment at Sheffield early yesterday morning which left a number of cement tankers off the rails and blocked five of the station's eight platforms. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has sent inspectors to the scene and their inquiries are continuing, but