ENGLISH tram and light rail systems outside London are getting more financial help, as passenger revenues continue to sag as a result of coronavirus restrictions. The latest award from the Department for Transport is worth up to £67.8 million, bringing the total funding for trams and light rail to more than

Updated 10.43THE Welsh Government has announced that the Transport for Wales concession which has been run by KeolisAmey since 2018 will be handed over to public ownership, in response to sharply lower revenues caused by the Covid-19 pandemnic. Day to day rail services will become the responsibility of a new publicly

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THE funding debate at Transport for London has reached crisis proportions, as the Mayor of London hit out this morning at ‘draconian’ government plans to increase fares by more than RPI+1 per cent, extend the Congestion Charge Zone to the North and South Circular roads in a year from now

The locomotives owned by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd have earned themselves a reputation for reliability and good performance during their various spells in traffic. Yet their owning group retains a relatively low profile, conducting impressive feats largely ‘under the radar’. Gary Boyd-Hope went to meet them. ON June 7 last year

A TRAIN maintenance contract has been agreed between Bombardier Transportation and Arriva CrossCountry which is worth £248 million over three years. There is also an option to extend for a fouth year. The news follows the announcement by the Department for Transport that it has awarded Arriva a three year contract

WORK has started to explore the ground conditions on a Northumberland railway which is being proposed for reopening after its passenger services were withdrawn in 1964. The route runs north from Northumberland Park station on the Tyne & Wear Metro to Ashington, with intermediate stations planned at Seaton Delaval, Newsham, Blyth

THE Department for Transport has awarded a three year contract to Arriva to continue running CrossCountry until October 2023, and this new deal will not include significant commercial risk. Sim Harris asks if this is the way forward. THE reform of the passenger railway was supposed to await the publication of

TALKS between Transport for London and the Government have resulted in an additional two weeks of emergency funding, which will take TfL to the end of October. TfL said that as its actual funding shortfall to 17 October was less than £1.6 billion, mainly caused by higher than expected numbers of

Britain’s best-selling rail title The Railway Magazine is back for another month of award-winning photos, news, features and exclusives from the rail industry, past and present. This month’s The Railway Magazine covers the government announcement of emergency rail reforms, plus Tornado is back in BR green. Here’s what is coming up