Curatorial Team Assistant Martyn Halman prepares SECR D Class No. 737 ahead of reopening. Photos: Charlotte Graham Families and rail enthusiasts will soon be able to visit the National Railway Museum, as free tickets are released from today (April 26). The museum temporarily closed as part of the national lockdown on December

YOUNG volunteers have started to strip down a Class 08 diesel shunter in preparation for its conversion to hydrogen power. The project is the first of its kind in Britain, and is the product of a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham-based Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions and the heritage Severn

More railway lines must be electrified if the UK is to meet its targets to cut carbon emissions, according to the rail industry. Fifteen industry, business and campaign groups have written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urging him to launch a “no regret” scheme of electrification work. Related articles The letter

THE long-awaited Rail Review commissioned from Keith Williams by the Department for Transport in the autumn of 2018 has gained a new official co-author and title. The Review has been repeatedly delayed and is now at least 18 months behind schedule, with the Covid-19 pandemic adding to the hold up. It

A PROSECUTION by the Office of Rail and Road has resulted in Network Rail paying a penalty of more than £700,000 after an employee was seriously burnt in a substation fire in Kent. The ORR said Network Rail had failed ‘over a significant period of time’ to prevent water leaking into

A NEW interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch into the fatal derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven last August has raised question marks over Network Rail’s procedures for inspecting drains on the railway. Three people were killed on board a ScotRail HST on 12 August when it hit debris. The

THE RMT has launched the next phase of its campaign opposing Network Rail plans which it claims would result in ‘thousands of job losses by this September and a wholescale dilution of safety standards, including halving the frequency of safety critical maintenance work’. Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines has responded

NEW reports are claiming that Eurostar’s lenders have agreed a deal to continue loans said to be worth at least £400 million beyond their original repayment dates this summer. Eurostar has been struggling against the impact of Covid-related restrictions on international travel, and its service has been cut back to just

PROPOSALS to take a southerly route for East West Rail from Cambourne into Cambridge have sparked opposition from campaigners, who are calling for a judicial review. East West Rail Co considered five possible alignments to take the railway back into Cambridge, but an EWR report published earlier this year says that

WORK has begun on building a new station on the southern outskirts of Exeter. The two-platform station at Marsh Barton is part of the Devon Metro plan. It will be on the main line south of Exeter St Thomas, and will serve a major employment area. The new station will also include