The images show an artist’s impression of the IHSRSI. Please note the plans are subject to detailed planning approval. Credit: Atkins, artist’s impression. The Government has confirmed funding to create one of the most advanced conventional and high speed rail research facilities in the world, in Leeds. The University

Didcot’s GWR ‘King’ No. 6023 King Edward II will break new ground for the class this autumn when it takes a starring role in the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) September 27-29 Autumn Steam Gala alongside ‘A4’ Union of South Africa. The visit will mark the BR blue Collett 4-6-0’s first

FRANCE: National operator SNCF has successfully tested a remotely-controlled train over a distance of 4 km in the Paris suburbs. Representing a key stage in SNCF’s programme to develop automated operations, the ‘drone train’ ran from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges to Juvisy and was driven from a control centre established at Vigneux-sur-Seine.Describing the test

AUSTRALIA: Fortescue Metals Group held a ceremony on July 5 to officially launch construction of its Eliwana mine and railway in Western Australia. The US$1·275bn project includes the construction of 143 km of railway to connect the Western Hub mining area to the Solomon Hub on the existing 620 km rail network

A curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900. As will be seen by our illustration, a curious railway accident occurred at terminus of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway about half-past four on the after the noon of Wednesday, February 14, 1900. A cattle train

Predicted wet and windy weather failed to deter visitors from attending the Crewe diesel depot open day on June 8, which was held at the Locomotive Services Limited (LSL) site, next to Crewe station. Charities will be benefiting from more than £72,000 raised by the event, which was backed by

UK: Inter-city operator Virgin Trains has provided its staff with a mobile app which is designed to enable them to supply passengers with more timely and accurate information during service disruption. Back on Track was custom developed for Virgin Trains by UP3 and ServiceNow, but the operator told a launch event

A SETTLEMENT of £33 million paid to Eurotunnel by the Department for Transport in connection with the failed contract to provide more ferries in the event of a no-deal Brexit ‘amount to little more than window-dressing’, according to a committee of MPs.The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee says the

Welsh rail network has been ‘underfunded for years’A TRANSPORT specialist has told the Welsh Affairs Committee that the rail network in Wales has been underfunded for a ‘long, long time’, and that the Valley lines had been particularly hard hit. Professor Mark Barry of Cardiff University is the architect of

WHEEL PROTECTION: Protective boots designed to protect wheel treads and flanges while bogies and wheelsets are in transport or storage have been officially endorsed by UIC and included in its latest shipping guidelines. Developed by Swiss manufacturer Rex Articoli Tecnici, the moulded boots are intended as a reusable alternative to the