Express steam trains working out of Birmingham, hauled by Great Western-designed 4-6-0s such as ‘Castle’ No. 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, is the unique selling point of the Vintage Trains Community Benefit Society. ROBIN COOMBES As the steam railtour market undergoes one of its most significant overhauls in decades, Gary Boyd-Hope

STOBART GROUP has sold its rail and and civils division to a German company for just £1,000. Stobart will now concentrate on aviation and energy infrastructure. The company had been expected to shed the loss-making rail and civils business, having said that it intended to do so by the spring of

This Thursday (16/07/20) marks the 51st anniversary of the Moon landing and AllMyReads has the perfect book to discover the story behind one of the most important events in space exploration. Check out this preview from the fantastic bookazine, Apollo 11. Lift-off occurred at 9.32am local time, 8.32am in Houston or

The National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham have announced plans to reopen to the public this summer. Locomotion will reopen on Tuesday 28 July and the National Railway Museum will reopen the following week on Tuesday 4 August. Both sites have undergone a rigorous cleaning regime prior

SIEMENS has won the contract to provide equipment for the first extension of the Edinburgh Trams line from York Place in the city centre to Leith and Newhaven. The 4.69km route was part of the original three-line plan for the network, which was drastically cut back after costs rose and a

A KEY section of the commuter network from Kent is to be closed from later this month so that signalling can be upgraded. Network Rail said Hither Green, Lee, Mottingham, New Eltham, Grove Park, Sundridge Park, Bromley North, Elmstead Woods and Chislehurst stations will all be closed for nine days from

THE Rail Accident Investigation Branch has revealed that a Chiltern Railways' driver who was involved in a near collision with an Underground train last month had passed a red signal and then reset the Train Protection and Warning System after it had triggered an emergency stop. The Chiltern train was travelling

THE Scottish Government is predicting that Phase 3 of the government’s ‘route map’ for easing lockdown restrictions, which comes into force today, is likely to lead to more people using public transport north of the border once again. Tourist attractions in Scotland are also set to start reopening on Wednesday. Transport,

Boris Johnson risked re-igniting a storm when he advocated driverless trains on the London Underground while on a visit to Siemens’ future train-building works at Goole. Rail unions are not in favour, but recently-designed new trains for the Underground include provision for automatic and even driverless working. Sim Harris describes

THE debts of train operating companies may be moved to the public sector balance sheet, effectively ‘renationalising’ the businesses, following the introduction of emergency support by the Department for Transport on 23 March as lockdown took hold. All DfT franchises have become management contracts under ‘EMAs’ (emergency measures agreements), with all