Strikes called on Underground Night Tube The RMT has called a series of strikes to coincide with the relaunch of Night Tube in London. Trains had been due to start running again on Friday and Saturday nights on the Central and Victoria Lines from 26 November. TfL said the Jubilee, Northern

RMT calls for intervention in sleeper dispute The RMT has called for senior politicians in Scotland to intervene in the union's pay dispute with Caledonian Sleeper. Its members are set to strike from midday today until midday on Saturday, and the walkouts are taking place during the closing days of COP26

Intercity battery hybrid train to be created Hitachi and Angel Trains have announced a project to create a battery hybrid train for intercity services on TransPennine Express. The work will including retrofitting an existing Class 802 'Nova 1' unit, with test runs set to start next year. It is hoped that

Caledonian Sleeper strike to go ahead The RMT has confirmed another strike on Caledonian Sleeper this week, which will coincide with COP26 in Glasgow. RMT members will walk out from 11.59 on Thursday and return to work at 11.58 on Saturday. After the last strike at the start of COP26 the

Salisbury disruption set to continue this week Train services through Salisbury are expected to be disrupted throughout this week, as work continues on clearing the line after the collision between two trains eight days ago. Network Rail says the infrastructure at Salisbury Tunnel Junction was damaged by the accident, which the

Confidence grows in rail supply chain A new poll suggests that confidence in the rail industry is growing again, in what the Railway Industry Association described as a ‘positive sign of growing optimism about the future’. More than 260 rail industry leaders were surveyed by Savanta on behalf of RIA, and

Talks begin over new passenger contracts, but RMT protests Private sector transport operators were invited to a market engagement exercise on Thursday by the Department for Transport as a first step towards awarding Passenger Service Contracts, while the Rail Delivery Group said travel is recovering in the wake of the Covid lockdowns,

Talks begin over new passenger contracts, as confidence grows Private sector transport operators have been invited to a market engagement exercise today by the Department for Transport as a first step towards awarding Passenger Service Contracts, while the Rail Delivery Group says travel is recovering in the wake of the Covid

THE Rail Accident Investigation Branch has revealed that the collision between two trains outside Salisbury station on Sunday night was caused by slippery rails on the approach to a junction, which meant that one of the trains involved could not stop before it collided with the other. The train which could

Salisbury train crash: police keep 'open mind' The reported circumstances of the collision between two trains in a tunnel on the up side of Salisbury station on Sunday evening have now changed, and original reports that one of the trains had been derailed by an object on the line have been