Rail Business

Hitachi Rail has been given clearance to proceed with its €1.66 billion acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems business today. The publication of the European Commission’s (EC) approval means that the deal has now received clearance from all 13 competition...

Campaign for Better Transport is calling for a Best Price Guarantee, a low-cost monthly public transport ticket, and rewards for frequent travellers in the form of Rail Miles as it launches its blueprint for fares and ticketing reform at...

ScotRail services between the Central Belt and Aberdeen and Inverness will return to normal from today (Monday 30 October) following a weekend of heavy rain. A Met Office yellow weather warning had been in place across North East Scotland since...

It’s the end of an era for train driver Phil Read who made his final station stop today (Friday 27 October), retiring after more than 37 years of driving trains. Phil joined CrossCountry as a train driver in July 1998...

Northern customers have celebrated Halloween early with a spooktrackular ghost train between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly. The trip by Northern helped kick-start the countdown to Halloween and celebrate a host of monstrously good events across Manchester city centre, including 'MCR...

Greater Anglia has donated several accessibility ramps to the North Norfolk Railway, to help customers with accessibility needs who travel on this popular heritage line. The train operator has donated seven ramps to the North Norfolk Railway, a heritage line...

Almost 10 years ago, a skinny black cat showed up at one of Northern’s Lancashire depots cold and hungry. The team at Blackpool took him in and named him 'Max'. And he must have spread the word that the depot...

Greater Anglia’s reported carbon emissions have decreased by 17% compared to last year, figures show. Emissions were reduced by over 67,000 tonnes between 1 April 2022 and 1 March 2023 according to a report by independent environmental consultancy, WSP. This...

The Transport Committee has written to the Rail Minister, Huw Merriman, with concerns about the proposed closures of rail ticket offices and its impact on disabled travellers and travellers with access needs.  The letter voices the Committee's concerns that these...

GWR has announced that due to flooding in the Royal Wootton Bassett area, all lines between Bristol Temple Meads via Bath and Swindon, and Bristol Parkway/South Wales and Swindon, are closed. The route between Gloucester and Swindon is also closed,...