THE Scottish Government is providing a further £4 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams in response to the pandemic and the revenue shortfalls which have resulted, but the chairman of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has described the award as ‘disappointing’. The award is the second of its

THE government has announced a grant of £17 million so that freight trains running to Southampton Docks can be increased in length from 520m to 775m, which will allow an extra 14 containers to be carried on each train. Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris said: ‘The injection of funding into the expansion

HS2 Ltd has announced that 412 new apprenticeships have been created on the project. The latest figures come just a month after main construction started on Phase 1 between London and Birmingham. Kate Myers is HS2 Ltd’s head of skills, employment and education. She said: ‘Apprenticeships with us, and companies within

Chris Milner concludes his interview with 100-year-old photographer Ron Buckley, who returned from wartime military service to a railway preparing for Nationalisation. AFTER leaving England in 1940 and serving with the Worcestershire Regiment, Ron returned home after demobilisation in 1945 after four-and-a-half years away – and to a very different railway. The

THERE are new calls for a further inquiry into the death of a Govia Thameslink employee who was ‘coughed at’ by a passenger and died soon afterwards from coronavirus. Belly Mujinga was working on the gateline at London Victoria during the morning of 21 March, when she and two colleagues were

The latest operator to be threatened by the coronavirus pandemic may be Eurostar. Sim Harris wonders how far our government would help.RAILWAY operators are now in a curious position, but they are not all in the same boat. The franchised TOCs are continuing to provide services as government contractors under the

THE former soldier who took over a disused military depot and converted it into a major railway test centre has been included in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Colin Flack, who has been awarded the OBE, retired from the army in 2010 with the rank of Colonel, took over the derelict Royal

A NORTHERN train driver who worked as a paramedic after the COVID-19 outbreak started has been included in the Queen’s Honours List. Jolene Miller from Stockton-on-Tees receives a British Empire Medal for services to the NHS. The medal is given in recognition of service to the community which can include charitable or

We’ve teamed up with one of the UK’s leading railway artist James Green GRA to offer you an outstanding prize worth £330! The winner will receive a collection of SIX mounted limited edition prints of their choice from the artist. Each hand signed and numbered limited edition print will be double mounted

The Severn Valley Railway is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government, thanks to the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. The Railway was preparing to welcome the Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage Nigel Huddlestone MP, who will meet the