THE government has challenged the rail industry to pioneer new ways of working and to halve the time and reduce the cost of completing infrastructure projects, with the launch of the next stage of Rail Project SPEED. In a speech at the Project SPEED conference today, hosted by the Rail Industry

THE chairman of Network Rail Sir Peter Hendy has predicted that leisure and holiday travel by train is set to increase, while commuter traffic is likely to continue to fall, confirming a trend which had started before the pandemic. Sir Peter suggested that demand in the rush hours could fall by

THE Prime Minister has come under fire over an alleged funding cut for Transport for the North. Board papers published by TfN last month said that a letter from the Department for Transport in January had revealed that TfN’s core funding would be reduced by 40 per cent in 2021-22 to

Measures to “protect staff” were planned for an inspection carried out by a railway worker who was struck and killed by a train, investigators have said. Tyler Byrne, 30, from Aldershot, Hampshire, was working on the tracks in south-west London on February 9 when he was hit by a South Western

OPEN ACCESS operator Grand Central has extended the suspension of its services to 27 March, following the Prime Minister’s announcement about the timetable for easing lockdown restrictions. Grand Central had been planning to return on 1 March, but managing director Richard McClean said ‘I’m encouraged by recent reductions in the national “R” rate and

Courtesy of exclusive footage, here is the moment that pioneering locomotive Green Arrow returned to Doncaster, 75 years since it left the town. Thanks to a partnership between the National Railway Museum and Doncaster Council, Green Arrow completes the line-up of locomotives in Danum Gallery, Library and Museum by joining No. 251 in a

A TRIAL has been started at a London terminus in which ultra-violet light is being used to disinfect escalator handrails. Since Covid can be spread by contact, the aim is to make the handrails virtually free of contamination so that passengers can hold on to them more safely. Equipment inside the escalator

The Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) is staging a week-long fundraising event designed to bring together the Railway Family in support of colleagues in need. Railway Family Week, from April 26 to May 2, will feature a range of fundraising events to support rail workers across the UK. Related articles The 1858 Challenge The

Long-distance rail operator Avanti West Coast has launched an alternative to traditional paper tickets. Passengers travelling on Avanti West Coast services can now store their tickets on a smartcard. Relate articles This is aimed at helping passengers concerned about paper tickets becoming lost or damaged, and their environmental impact. The scheme works by

RECORDS at Companies House show that transport ministers are taking steps to renationalise more train operators, according to a rail union. The RMT is demanding that the process is stepped up, following a series of ‘strategic changes’ which it says have been made to the structures of a a number of