Ten hurt in stabbing attacks on LNER train

Updated 10.46, 11.07, 11.20, 12.06 Ten people have been hurt, some seriously, in a series of stabbing attacks on board an LNER train last night. The train was the 18.25 from Doncaster to London King’s Cross, and it is believed that the attacks began after the train had called at Peterborough. The driver

Railways rescue stranded airline passengers

The collapse of Humberside-based airline Eastern Airways has left many passengers without the flight they were expecting, but several railway operators have offered to help. Free travel is available to passengers with confirmed airline documents, such as a boarding pass or staff ID. The operators involved are nationalised LNER, Northern, ScotRail and

FirstGroup bids for more open access services

FirstGroup has submitted a new application to the Office of Rail and Road for more open access services. First said it was the ‘first phase’ of three separate applications which it will be making to the regulator. Together, these applications cover a new route between Cardiff, Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield and York, as

Rail minister opens new station in Essex

Rail minister Lord Hendy is visiting Britain’s newest station today, after it opened to passengers yesterday morning. Beaulieu Park in north Chelmsford has been built with the aid of £141 million from the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund as part of the Chelmsford Garden Community project, which will include 10,000 new homes

Passenger trains to return to Cowley, says Chancellor

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the former Oxford-Princes Risborough passenger service is to be restored as far as Cowley, as part of wider funding to develop the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. The Ellison Institute of Technology has unveiled plans for a £10 billion expansion of its Oxford base over the next decade

Stations could be ‘gateways to opportunity’

A report from the Railway Industry Association is calling for a new model for investment in railway stations to boost transport, housing and growth. It identifies the 2,600 stations in Britain as an untapped resource which ‘could and should be harnessed’ for the regeneration of local communities as well as

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