TRAIN services are still being disrupted at London Euston this morning, after a kilometre of overhead line was brought down between North Wembley and South Kenton stations on the West Coast Main Line. Repairs are taking longer than usual because of the extent of the damage, and are being carried out

New tram line opening date announcedMANCHESTER Metrolink has announced that its new Trafford Park line will open on 22 March. The £350 million project has added 5.5km of line and six stops to what is already the largest tram system in Britain. The route length will now be 101.5km, with

Nostalgic memories from the 1950s and 1960s golden age of steam and music hall entertainment are recalled in By Rail to the Music Halls – a new book written by Lancashire-based historian David John Hindle, featuring a foreword by the son of comedian Eric Morecambe. Hindle explains the early forging of

A BALLOT of 10,000 London Underground staff has opened today, as a pay dispute between their union the RMT and Transport for London remains unresolved. Talks have been in progress for more than a year without agreement, and the RMT is now warning of possible strikes and other action if its

Flybe free rail travel offer extended nationwide AN offer of free rail travel for passengers and airline staff stranded by the Flybe collapse has been extended to all rail operators in Britain, and will continue until 11 March. Passengers whose journeys were interrupted by the sudden ending of Flybe flights may

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 features the all important news that HS2 has been given the green light, plus the Department for Transport takes control

TRAIN operators have offered free travel today for Flybe passengers stranded by the airline’s collapse overnight. Staff from the airline can also travel without charge. Flybe has gone into administration after a financial rescue attempt staged earlier this year finally failed. Many flights from regional airports have been cancelled, and passengers are

 A TV naturalist is launching a legal challenge to HS2, following the overturning of plans to build a third runway at Heathrow by the Court of Appeal on environmental grounds. The Court ruled that the government’s plans for the new runway were illegal, because they did not take into account the

TransPennine Express md leaves at short notice THE managing director of TransPennine Express Leo Goodwin will be leaving TPE tomorrow. FirstGroup said he would now be pursuing ‘opportunities outside the Group’. First Rail managing director Steve Montgomery added: ‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank Leo for his contribution

An official portrait of railwayman and author George Dow.  The life of the great communicator and railway historian supreme, George Dow, is recounted by Robert Humm. George Dow was a man of many parts. Professionally he was a career railwayman for his entire working life, much of it spent in public relations