THE track worker who was killed in an accident near Surbiton on Tuesday has been named by British Transport Police as Tyler Byrne. Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines said: ‘My thoughts are with the friends, family and colleagues of Tyler Byrne, who tragically lost his life while working near Surbiton

A group of protesters against the HS2 rail project have daubed the front of the Department of Transport offices with paint. Activists group Burning Pink claimed on social media that two of its members had “sent a message of love for our world and disdain at the corporate killing machine”. Related articles

PROPOSED open access services between London and Cardiff have been turned down by the Office of Rail and Road, but the decision could face a legal challenge. Grand Union Trains had wanted to run seven daily return trains from Cardiff Central in December and also serve Swansea and Carmarthen from December

THE Hybrid Bill authorising the next section of HS2, part of Phase 2a,  is expected to receive Royal Assent today. The new Act will allow HS2 to be extended from the West Midlands to Crewe. A second Act is due to follow which will take the high speed line on to

Photo: Network Rail Network Rail teams are preparing to carry out a major stage of the £1.2bn upgrade to the East Coast Main Line, the largest investment into the historic route in a generation. Over a three-month window, rail workers will simplify the track layout outside of King’s Cross station, as well

Photo: Eurostar Rail unions are stepping up their campaign for financial help to secure the future of Eurostar, which has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has launched a petition calling on the Government to assist the cross-Channel rail service. Related articles “Like other rail companies

THE RMT union is warning that the future of Eurostar is at risk because Britain and France have not agreed about emergency funding. Eurostar services have been reduced to just a couple each day following the clampdown on international travel, and the operator’s chief executive Jacques Damas has warned that ‘catastrophe

A new sea wall at Dawlish is protecting the section of railway track that was washed away seven years ago in devastating storms, according to Network Rail. In February 2014, storms struck the south Devon coastline at Dawlish and cut off the only railway line to the South West. Related articles But

Updated 10.13 THE first British railway operator to be formally renationalised is Transport for Wales, which became publicly owned yesterday. The Welsh Government said it had taken action to ‘protect services, safeguard jobs and deliver infrastructure improvements in light of the ongoing challenges of coronavirus’. Transport for Wales is now providing Wales and

IT IS seven years since the first of two savage storms destroyed several hundred metres of main line along the sea wall at Dawlish in south Devon, on 4 and 5 February 2014. Attempts to provide some emergency protection using freight containers filled with sand and stones did not prevent a