A FREIGHT train has become derailed at Sheffield station. Points and signalling have been ‘significantly’ damaged by the overnight incident, said Network Rail, which is warning that five of the station’s eight platforms are blocked. Many trains are being cancelled or delayed, although there are no reports of any injuries. Network Rail workers

MORE train operators are planning to reduce their service levels in response to continuing Covid restrictions. Reductions are expected on ScotRail from 13 December, when it is proposing to withdraw around 270 trains a day, or some 10 per cent of the pre-Covid service. Some reductions have already been made, and

Construction has begun on a new and bigger sea wall at Dawlish to protect the railway and town from rising sea levels and extreme weather for the next 100 years. In 2014, a storm caused a stretch of the Devon coastal railway to collapse into the sea – cutting off the

The life and work of an ingenious engineer, Colonel Stephens, who inspired Britain’s preserved railway sector is celebrated in a new publication written by Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones. Colonel Holman Fred Stephens acquired legendary status at the end of Britain’s great Victorian age of railway construction by establishing new

A pop-up exhibition has opened in London Victoria station to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the journey and burial of the Unknown Warrior. A series of panels created with the National Army Museum in Chelsea explains to passengers the story of the Unknown Warrior, a century after his body was carried

A NEW list of the 20 low bridges most frequently struck by lorries has been revealed by Network Rail, and almost half are in East Anglia. Operators of heavy goods vehicles are being warned that if their drivers disregard low bridge warniings the result can be a ‘hefty bill’ and

The rich history of one of the most iconic and well-known railway stations in the world, King’s Cross, will be told in a new documentary which airs on Channel 5 tonight (Monday, 9 November). King’s Cross Station: Then & Now unravels the 170-year history of the Grade I listed transport hub,

A 15ft high railway bridge across one of Britain’s main trunk roads has been revealed by Network Rail as the structure most hit by HGVs. The bridge spanning Watling Street on the Leicestershire-Warwickshire border on the A5 at Hinckley has been hit 25 times in the past year, figures reveal. The

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 first of two essays, Sim Harris looks at the effect politicians can have on the business of running transport services. ‘I

AVANTI West Coast is reducing its timetable between London and Manchester and also London and Birmingham in response to the latest lockdown in England. Some operators have said they will not be reducing their timetables during the November lockdown, but Merseyrail is also reducing the frequency on its Southport line to