Demand for train travel will return to pre-pandemic levels despite currently lagging behind car use, a minister has insisted. Department for Transport (DfT) figures show the number of journeys being made by train in Britain is approximately 57% of what it was before the coronavirus crisis, while car use has fully

A CLAIM in a newspaper report that 'hundreds of commuters could die from catching Covid on trains over the next four months' has been rejected by the Rail Delivery Group as 'highly misleading'. It says the risk from Covid-19 on trains and stations is low. The clash has occurred as the

COUNCILLORS in Harlow are calling for a new Underground link, saying that they are examining 'all possibilities for improving and modernising transport connections'. The idea is part of a Town Plan which was discussed at a council cabinet meeting last week. Their proposal is to extend the Central Line from its present

Warley Model Railway Club has announced that the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2021 at the NEC has been cancelled due to COVID-19. Despite the lifting of restrictions, the ongoing perception of risk means there are too many uncertainties to deliver the event in 2021. Also see The exhibition team’s decision was

Photo: Derek Ironside/PA A minute’s silence was held today for the victims of the Stonehaven rail crash one year on from the disaster. The train drivers’ union Aslef said the ScotRail derailment, which claimed three lives on August 12 last year, will be silently reflected upon by workers on Thursday morning. Driver

KEEPING one metre apart from other train passengers is no longer required on ScotRail. The change is part of the general abolition of 'physical distancing' in Scotland. But face coverings will still be needed in some circumstances. ScotRail said its extra cleaning routines would continue on trains and stations. The operator, which will

In this video, we take a look at an issue of The Railway Magazine from 1999. The editor of The Railway Magazine, Paul Bickerdyke, and former editor, Chris Milner, sit down to explore the news from the time and how the process of making the magazine has changed since. Enjoy

INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into how a South Western Railway unit became derailed during a shunting move at Fratton depot in Hampshire, trapping other trains in their sidings. No one was hurt. The incident happened at about 01.30 on Friday morning, and caused some disruption to services between London Waterloo and Portsmouth

Britain’s best-selling rail title The Railway Magazine is back for another month of award-winning photos, news, features and exclusives from the rail industry, past and present. Here’s what to expect in the August issue of The Railway Magazine: Headline Lines Bright future for post-Covid railfreight growth; European lines wrecked by heavy rain and floods; Hybrid

A NEW 'world-class' rail test centre in south Wales on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys has been given the seal of approval by local councillors. The Global Centre of Rail Excellence – a train, rail infrastructure and technology testing base – will