Britain’s best-selling rail title The Railway Magazine is back for another month of award-winning photos, news, features and exclusives from the rail industry, past and present. This month’s The Railway Magazine covers the recent derailment tragedy in Scotland, historic Kerr’s Miniature Railway closure and much more… Headline news Three people died following the

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has unveiled a moving art project to raise awareness of its support to those who may be feeling vulnerable. The project ‘Affirmation Art’ sees a team of artists spraying motivational messages in chalk across station entrances and exits. Working closely with

Photo: Network Rail A report into the Stonehaven derailment has found that the impact of severe weather events due to climate change is “accelerating faster than our assumptions”. An interim report by Network Rail admits that the rail industry must improve its response to extreme weather – following the fatal derailment near

PLANS have been outlined by Network Rail to increase the amount it spends on maintaining cuttings and embankments in the wake of the fatal derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven on 12 August, when a ScotRail train collided with a landslip. Water flowing from higher land beside the railway had washed

OPEN access operator Grand Central has scrapped its plan to run services between London and Blackpool. In a statement, the company said: ‘Following months of exploring all options to launch the proposed expansion of services to the North West route as planned, it is not now viable due to the economic

Grand Central’s No. 90029 with two of the Mk 4 rakes of stock and 90026 on the rear, pass Atherstone during a shake down run on June 26. Photo: Chris Milner Grand Central has permanently abandoned plans for the North West route train service between Blackpool and London after COVID-19 rendered

THE Department for Transport has named the schemes which have failed to qualify in the first round of its railway funding competition.It had already revealed the successful bids which have qualified for a share in a £500 million pot which will help to pay for further development. These comprise passenger

WORK to clear the line and restore train services through the site of the fatal derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven in north-east Scotland last month is beginning this week.Network Rail said a 600-tonne crawler crane is being used to remove the derailed vehicles, but this could only be done after

TIMETABLES on many lines are being increased to around 90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels from today, as children return to school and more commuters are set to travel to offices again, at least on some days each week. One priority is to maintain social distancing on board trains, so units

They are not too happy in Kent, because Eurostar has announced that its trains are not expected to call at Kent’s two international stations at Ashford and Ebbsfleet again before 2022. Sim Harris wonders whether they will ever return.THE reason, says Eurostar, is that it must ‘take action to reduce