A NUMBER of train operators have announced increased services to coincide with the reopening of schools to all children and also to carry more commuters. Greater Anglia said it is now running a ’near normal’ timetable, and that from 7 September more than 93 per cent of Greater Anglia’s pre-pandemic services

THE Department for Transport has extended the Emergency Measures Agreement on Great Western Railway from 20 September to at least 26 June next year. The EMAs protect franchises from the financial impact of the pandemic, because all costs and revenues are handled directly by the DfT, with a management fee paid

Network Rail is reminding passengers to plan ahead if they are travelling by rail over the August Bank Holiday weekend as it prepares to carry out 520 projects. While the majority of the network will be open for business as usual, those planning to travel are advised to check in advance

It’s almost 200 years since the small town of Darlington emerged as the cradle for a rail industry that transformed travel around the globe. When Locomotion made its pioneering run in 1825, no one could have envisaged that, 200 years later, countries from all around the world would have embraced this

Dave Richardson recalls more than 40 years of connecting railways with beer festivals and brewery visits, organised by former Salisbury area BR manager Gerald Daniels. REAL ale and rail travel somehow go together, especially with heritage railways, which often hold beer festivals at stations or on board trains. Both interests appeal

DIESEL fuel has been reported to be polluting a protected marine area near Llanelli after Wednesday night’s derailment of a DB Cargo freight train at Llangennech. It has now emerged that the crew were able to detach the locomotive after the derailment, when several fuel wagons caught fire. Both members of

Photo: Fran Jones A freight train carrying diesel has derailed and burst into flames in Llangennech, South Wales. The train involved was the 21.52 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) to Theale (Berkshire) oil train.  British Transport Police were called to the scene at 11.29pm on Wednesday 26 August. Police said it had been declared

A FIRE on board a freight train in Wales caused an overnight evacuation of nearby homes in Llangennech, near Llanelli in Carmarthenshire. British Transport Police said the train had been carrying ‘large quantities of diesel’, and that a number of blazing wagons had derailed. The two members of crew escaped without

THE first tri-mode train in Britain is set to enter service with GWR early in 2021. The operator has received the first example of a Class 769 unit, which is a conversion of a former Thameslink dual-voltage Class 319 unit with the addition of diesel power. The project has been sponsored by

THE last of what was once a group of Railway Convalescent Homes will not be reopening after the coronavirus pandemic. Bridge House in Dawlish had closed its doors in the spring as the lockdown started, having been offering convalescent and recuperative breaks to railway and other transport staff for more than