Although the retail premises is temporarily closed to the public, popular railway modelling store A2B Model Railways in Derbyshire is doing everything possible to support modellers during these difficult times. A2B continues to trade online at www.a2bmodelrailways.co.uk and customers can also shop over the phone or via a new Skype service. Customers

Although the retail premises is temporarily closed to the public, popular railway modelling store A2B Model Railways in Derbyshire is doing everything possible to support modellers during these difficult times. A2B continues to trade online at www.a2bmodelrailways.co.uk and customers can also shop over the phone or via a new Skype service. Customers

FREIGHT operators are examining ways to load more containers on their trains, as the demand for rail freight services continues to grow during the coronavirus crisis. Network Rail says one million tonnes of cargoes are travelling on the West Coast Main Line every week, with a further 370,000 tonnes being carried

Merseyrail reverses evening trains decision MERSEYRAIL has abandoned its plan to axe evening services from tonight, which it announced yesterday. There have been reports of protests from health workers, who would not have been able to reach their hospitals for night shifts if no trains were running. In response, Merseyrail has

Network Rail is appealing for former professional signallers across the country to help keep the railway running during the coronavirus crisis. Network Rail is working hard to keep signal boxes and control centres across the region open round the clock. This allows key workers such as doctors and nurses to travel

Labour publishes ‘shadow rail white paper’ THE Labour Party is reported to be calling for public ownership of the passenger railway to continue after the coronavirus crisis is over, under the title ‘GB Rail’. Its recommendations come in the form of a ‘white paper’, of the type which governments use to

LNER restores trains to Hull LNER has stepped in to plug some of the gaps in the former Hull Trains timetable. The open access operator withdrew all its services from the start of this week as a result of falling demand. LNER had removed its Hull services as part of the

NEW direct awards have been agreed for First Group’s Great Western Railway and Govia’s Southeastern, where the existing franchises had been due to end at 02.00 on 1 April. GWR now runs for another three years, extendable to four, and Southeastern for up to two years. Both awards are management contracts for

HULL TRAINS has cancelled all its services between London and Hull from today. The move follows declining demand as result of coronavirus travel restrictions. There have already been sharp reductions in the timetables of franchised operators, and the Gatwick Express service of Govia Thameslink Railway has also ceased today. Franchised operators are