A STRIKE ballot of ScotRail conductors has been launched by the RMT in a dispute over pay, but the company has condemned the vote, saying that such a move ‘is wrong for staff at a time of financial crisis for the railway’. ScotRail pointed out that all jobs have been protected,

No. 2999 Lady of Legend. Photos: Frank Dumbleton/SVR The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has announced No. 2999 Lady of Legend will be the star guest of the railway’s Spring Steam Up in April. This unique locomotive is the only Saint class engine in existence and is set to prove a big draw

HIGH SPEED RAIL developer HS2 Ltd is inviting bids from contractors to build HS2’s £275 million centrol control centre and principal depot at Washwood Heath in Birmingham. At least 54 200m high speed trains will be based there. The site was last used by Alstom to build Pendolinos for the West

The three land towers on Britannia Bridge are set to receive refurbishment works from February 17, 2021. Designed and built by Robert Stephenson in 1850, the Grade II listed bridge provides a vital rail and road connection between communities on Anglesey with mainland Wales.  Related articles The work will see support beams installed underneath the stone lintels at

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is working with Network Rail and Freightliner to mark 20 years since the Great Heck train crash. The memorial will be a virtual event held on February 28, 2021 from 10am. Related articles If you would like to register to watch the online memorial, please click here. If

A DELAY in publishing the Department for Transport’s Integrated Rail Plan is causing more concern at Transport for the North, whose board is set to be told that improvements to the region’s rail services are also being affected by the uncertainty. TfN had already reacted with dismay in January when cuts

The National Railway Museum is to launch a new exhibition that celebrates the vital role played by railway key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Named ‘Railway Heroes,’ the exhibition recognises the selfless achievements of 16 people from across the rail industry who have played an essential part in the country’s COVID-19

A NEW station has opened on the outskirts of Aberystwyth, but the time of the first train was not advertised in case it tempted enthusiasts to ignore pandemic restrictions by going to welcome it. Railnews can now reveal that the first departure from Bow Street was at 09.12 yesterday morning.  The original

Railway engineers have secured the West Coast Main Line between Milton Keynes and Birmingham from being damaged by thousands of tonnes of moving earth. Network Rail specialists have spent 17 days completely rebuilding a railway embankment at Hillmorton Junction, just south of Rugby, after land started to slip underneath the tracks

THE West Coast Main Line south of Rugby will reopen tomorrow after Network Rail engineers spent more than a fortnight repairing a landslip at Hillmorton junction. Trains were diverted via Northampton for 17 days while the engineers reconstructed an embankment 10 metres high and 40 metres wide, used 10,000 tonnes of