13.45 updateTrains have started to depart from London Paddington once again for south Wales and south west England after services had been halted by damage to the overhead wires at Hayes. National Rail said some lines through Hayes & Harlington had reopened after more than 24 hours of repairs, but that

Damage to the overhead wires at Hayes & Harlington is likely to keep the Great Western Main Line closed between Ealing Broadway and Reading until around midday, according to Network Rail. Engineers went to the scene early yesterday, after the incident apparently occurred at about 06.30. All four lines are closed at

More overnight trains have been arranged as the day of Her Majesty’s State Funeral approaches. Avanti West Coast has also added four daytime services from Manchester to London using locomotives and rolling stock hired from a charter company. Southeastern has said it will be running night services on main line routes, and

Millions of people are due in London for the Queen’s Lying in State and her funeral on Monday, and the first overnight trains to carry some of the visitors to London during the mourning for the Queen are reported to have started to run. More are due over the following

Trains are likely to run all night on key routes in a bid to cope with heavy demand for rail travel as the Queen’s funeral approaches.  Avanti West Coast has announced the restoration of some of the services on the London-Manchester route which were withdrawn in mid-August. Avanti said it had

National Rail passengers are being warned that trains are likely to be very crowded between now and the day of Her Majesty’s state funeral, a week from today. They are also being advised on the day it will not be possible to both see the funeral in London and get to

Rail strikes called for this month have been cancelled as a mark of respect to Her Majesty the Queen, who died at Balmoral Castle yesterday afternoon after a short illness. The RMT, ASLEF and TSSA have called off their planned stoppages, and the Rail Delivery Group said train services would now

The RMT has written to transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan, urging her to take a ‘new approach’ to the rail disputes which have already triggered a number of disruptive strikes in recent months, with more walkouts due soon. The RMT is set to stage more strikes on National Rail on 15 and

The new Prime Minister Liz Truss has replaced Grant Shapps as transport secretary with former international trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Mr Shapps, MP for Welwyn Garden City, is returning to the back benches. In recent days Mr Shapps had supported Boris Johnson in calling on Transport for London to start planning for driverless Underground

The Railway Industry Association is urging Liz Truss to adopt six 'key priorities' for the railways. Ms Truss was elected Conservative leader yesterday and is at Balmoral Castle today, where the Queen is asking her to form a government. She will then become Prime Minister. RIA says its six priorities, if