The rise in the number of National Rail passengers since the effects of Covid lockdowns five years ago caused an artificial slump is continuing. Passengers made a total of 451 million journeys between April and June this year, according to the Office of Rail and Road, which said this was a

Virgin Group will be able to run international services from London through the Channel Tunnel as the result of a decision by the Office and Rail and Road to allow it to use Temple Mills depot, which has been occupied exclusively by Eurostar since 2007. The decision will be a setback

The collapse of Humberside-based airline Eastern Airways has left many passengers without the flight they were expecting, but several railway operators have offered to help. Free travel is available to passengers with confirmed airline documents, such as a boarding pass or staff ID. The operators involved are nationalised LNER, Northern, ScotRail and

FirstGroup has submitted a new application to the Office of Rail and Road for more open access services. First said it was the ‘first phase’ of three separate applications which it will be making to the regulator. Together, these applications cover a new route between Cardiff, Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield and York, as

Rail minister Lord Hendy is visiting Britain’s newest station today, after it opened to passengers yesterday morning. Beaulieu Park in north Chelmsford has been built with the aid of £141 million from the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund as part of the Chelmsford Garden Community project, which will include 10,000 new homes

Northern has recorded its busiest month since before the Covid pandemic, with more than 8.1 million journeys made on its network between 14 September and 11 October. The figure marks an 8.3 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, and is the highest number of journeys on Northern

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the former Oxford-Princes Risborough passenger service is to be restored as far as Cowley, as part of wider funding to develop the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. The Ellison Institute of Technology has unveiled plans for a £10 billion expansion of its Oxford base over the next decade

Double decker trains are set to be running in London in six years from now. Eurostar has ordered 30 Alstom double deckers and has an option for 20 more. The fleet will cost up to €2 billion (£1.74 billion) and will be maintained at Temple Mills depot, which Eurostar is planning

A report from the Railway Industry Association is calling for a new model for investment in railway stations to boost transport, housing and growth. It identifies the 2,600 stations in Britain as an untapped resource which ‘could and should be harnessed’ for the regeneration of local communities as well as

Phil MarshAndrew Haines joined the railway in 1984, at a time when British Rail was reshaping itself – not in the sense of the Beeching closures, but changing its structure radically for the first time since the 1948 nationalisation by preparing to abolish the Regions and replacing them with ‘businesses’. This