The Office of Rail and Road has revealed that railway earnings were up last year, further reducing the level of subsidies paid by government. However, there is still some way to go before the level of government support falls back to the levels achieved before Covid. The news has come as

Talks to end the dispute between the RMT and CrossCountry have failed, and the union has announced new strike dates. The dispute is mainly over pay, including overtime rates, rest day working and differentials between grades. The RMT said it had tried to negotiate a settlement ‘for months’, and it called a

Updated 23 NovemberTransport secretary Heidi Alexander has confirmed that regulated National Rail fares in England will be frozen in 2026, instead of rising by at least the RPI for July 2025, which was 4.8 per cent. The government said: ‘The Chancellor is set to freeze fares at the Budget, with passengers

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander is set to announce that National Rail fares in England will be frozen in 2026, instead of rising by at least the RPI for July 2025, which was 4.8 per cent. The Scottish Government has already made rail travel cheaper by abolishing peak fares, and this decision

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is welcoming widespread reports that next week’s budget will include funding for a £1.7 billion extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead.  Although confirmation will have to wait until Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her formal speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday, a

New plans for East West Rail have been published following a public consultation, including a reduction in the number of stations between Bletchley and Bedford and a new station at Cambridge East, but the rail unions are opposing Chiltern’s intention to run driver-only trains on the newest section, between Bicester

The dates for the next 16 visits by the Railway 200 exhibition train up to mid-March have been announced. The train, ‘Inspiration’, started its journey on 27 June at Kidderminster, and has since been to various places, including several in Scotland. The new list takes the train to stations in the north

The Peterborough man accused of stabbing 10 people on an LNER train from Doncaster to London on 1 November is now facing seven more charges. Anthony Williams, of Langford Road in Peterborough, is already due to appear before Cambridge Crown Court on 1 December in connection with charges of attempted murder

The conclusion of engineering work on the Isle of Wight and in Cornwall has allowed trains to return to the lines between Ryde and Shanklin, and between Par and Newquay. Island Line has been dogged by repeated closures in recent years, often in connection with work on Ryde Pier, even though

A renationalised operator says it is not waiting for the ‘structural reform’ which will come with Great British Railways to get more passengers on board. Northern, which was returned to public ownership in March 2020, has unveiled a ‘30 by 30’ plan intended to increase annual passenger totals by 30 million