THE government is urging Hitachi to set out a ‘comprehensive safety inspection plan’, and a ‘longer-term repair strategy’ for the Intercity Express fleets withdrawn on Saturday morning, including its estimate of when the present crisis will be over. Services on GWR and LNER are set to be disrupted for at least

CRACKS have been confirmed in the chassis of a number of Hitachi-built Intercity Expresses, and serious disruption is continuing on intercity routes as emergency checks are carried out. It is not clear how many faults have been found, and some trains are returning to service. Htachi said: ‘Inspection has identified cracks

ALL fleets of Hitachi Intercity Express trains have been withdrawn after ‘hairline cracks’ were reported. The mass withdrawal has meant that GWR, LNER and Hull Trains intercity services have been cancelled today while Hitachi checks the units. Passengers are being advised not to travel today on these routes. GWR said: ‘This problem

The Dartmouth Steam Railway were the big winners at the 2021 Heritage Railway Association (HRA) awards – which were hosted virtually due to COVID-19. Closely beating Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Didcot Railway Centre, the Seaton Tramway and the Statfold Barn Railway, Dartmouth scooped the Outstanding Visitor Attraction for a year

PASSENGERS on Avanti West Coast services travelling Standard class may now order food and drinks from their seats, using a new app. Passengers in First have had at-seat service since Avanti’s predecessor Virgin introduced Pendolinos more than 15 years ago, but ‘At-Seat Order’ in Avanti West Coast Standard has now been

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. This month’s The Railway Magazine covers the show-stealing Legendary Lady at the Severn Valley Railway Gala, plus take a look at the FREE The World of Railwayana

TRAINS are running again between Leeds and York via Church Fenton after an engineering train became derailed early yesterday, according to National Rail. Rail passengers between the two cities had to travel via Harrogate after the incident in the small hours of yesterday morning in which five wagons of an engineering train

MICK LYNCH has been elected as the RMT's new general secretary, succeeding Mick Cash and beating senior assistant general secretary Steve Hedley, who had also been a candidate.Mr Cash had been in the post since the death of his predecessor Bob Crow in 2014.Mick Lynch said: ‘I am greatly honoured

STRIKES of senior conductors have been called by the RMT on East Midlands Railway, in a dispute over pay and hours. Three 24-hour walkouts are set to be staged on Sundays 16, 23 and 30 May. The last of these would be over a bank holiday weekend. The union, which said there

AN engineering train became partially derailed in the small hours of this morning, disrupting services between York and Leeds. The accident occurred at Church Fenton, where five wagons became derailed just before 02.00 today. No one was hurt. The train had been delivering new rails, and engineers were called to the scene