THE Retail Price Index rose by 1.6 per cent in July, mainly because of higher prices for road fuel. The July RPI has been used for many years to decide the New Year changes to rail fares, but this link has to be confirmed each year by the Government. An

Photo: National Railway Musuem The National Railway Museum and the Gwili Vintage Carriage Group have signed a three-year overhaul agreement to bring the last surviving Welsh standard gauge locomotive back into steam. Originally agreed in October 2019, plans to begin the overhaul of Taff Vale Railway No.28 were disrupted by the nationwide

TRANSPORT campaigners are calling on the government not to use the Retail Price Index to decide the extent of fare rises in the New Year, and to move forward quickly with plans to introduce ‘part time’ season tickets. The calls have come a day before the RPI for July is published.

Stations in Scotland and many in England and Wales will fall silent for a minute on Wednesday at 09.43, one week after the derailment south west of Stonehaven in which two members of ScotRail’s staff and one passenger tragically lost their lives. The time has been chosen to mark the

Stations in Scotland and many in England and Wales will fall silent for a minute on Wednesday at 09.43, one week after the derailment south west of Stonehaven in which two members of ScotRail’s staff and a passenger tragically lost their lives. The time has been chosen to mark the

OPEN ACCESS operator Hull Trains will start running again on Friday, after a gap of more than 19 weeks. All services had been withdrawn on 30 March in response to the coronavirus lockdown. Fares will be discounted and a reduced timetable will apply, with two services between Hull and London

THE ScotRail train which was derailed south west of Stonehaven on Wednesday had abandoned its journey to Glasgow Queen Street and was returning to Aberdeen, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has revealed. After some contradictory speculation over the past two days, it has now emerged that the 06.38 from Aberdeen was

Our occasional series of then and now ‘views’ normally show where the railway has been closed, and in many cases the trackbed returned to nature. The pairing of images on this occasion shows the transformation of a rundown railway to a busy local rail and tram operation.  The driver of a

Following the recent announcement of the Government’s intention to remove diesel trains from the network by 2040, KEITH FENDER looks at how Alstom has developed a hydrogen-powered train that will lead to a trial in the UK within two years. In early November, Alstom and the government of the German state

TRAIN services on several lines in Scotland are still disrupted after Wednesday’s severe weather. Although the derailment near Stonehaven has had the most publicity, with no trains running between Dundee and Aberdeen until further notice, there are other gaps on the ScotRail network as well. One major blockage has occurred at Falkirk,