Trains have been cancelled on a number of routes after Storm Austen arrived overnight. Great Western Railway, Northern, Greater Thameslink Railway, CrossCountry, South Western Railway, Transport for Wales and ScotRail are all reporting problems. GWR is running no trains to Okehampton, Newquay, Looe or Gunnislake, and services have been halved on the

Great Western Railway has warned that it will be reducing services in Devon and Cornwall on Friday, as Storm Austen could bring gusts of 60mph (96km/h) or more in Cornwall and west Devon. The Met. Office has issued an amber weather warning which applies between 03.00 and 10.00, and speed

David Horne launches the Azuma fleet at London King’s Cross in May 2019LNER managing director David Horne has been named as the integrated chief customer and commercial officer at Great British Railways. He was formerly the managing director of East Midlands Trains and then joined Virgin Trains East Coast. When that

The station at Bradford Interchange is to be rebuilt, replacing a structure which dates from the 1970s.  Interchange is one of two stations in the city centre. It was opened in 1973, replacing the larger Bradford Exchange, and includes a bus station. It is now used by intercity services as well

Rail passengers who play music out loud on their phones or computers, or make loudspeaker calls, are the targets of a new campaign from today to get them to turn it down. Railway byelaws already allow staff to remove such passengers, who can also be fined up to £1000, but

Sir John Kingman has been named as the first Chair of Great British Railways. Sir John will begin his duties immediately. The Government said he will play a ‘critical role’ in shaping the design of the new organisation, continuing the integration of train and track operations, as the Railways Bill continues

Passengers have made more than 2,000,000 journeys on the Northumberland Line, less than two years after it opened. To celebrate the occasion, Northern staff have been handing out millionaire’s shortbread, made by a bakery in Ashington. The 29km former freight line was reopened to passengers in December 2024. Six stations were built

The headquarters of Great British Railways in Derby will be in the city centre. Work will begin at Becketwell, a brownfield site, early in the New Year. It is set to be completed by spring 2029. The shadow GBR has been using temporary quarters at Pride Park, and the possible site

CrossCountry will lease eight more Class 221 Voyagers from early next year. Six of the units have been cascaded from Avanti West Coast, and two have been released by Grand Central. The transfers have been arranged by agreements between Arriva, the Department for Transport and rolling stock company Beacon. CrossCountry managing director

One casualty of privatisation was probably unexpected – the names of stations, writes Sim Harris. Private sector operators could choose whatever names they liked, and so could Network Rail, which persists in referring to ‘Edinburgh Waverley’ when the national ticketing database says ‘Edinburgh’. This database also feeds timetables, so that the official