Rail Business

Cambridge and Peterborough-based teenagers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been shown the ins and outs of train travel by Great Northern and Thameslink. The ‘Try A Train’ event, hosted by station teams from St Neots and Stevenage,...

LNER, the British Transport Police (BTP) History Group, ‘Raids Over York’ heritage project, and Normandy veteran Ken Cooke have joined together to commemorate the life of Robert Smith, an LNER railway police constable who served at York Railway Station...

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has signed a new long-term maintenance contract with CrossCountry to continue maintaining the long-distance operator’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham. The contract, which started this month, secures jobs in the region through...

East London and South Essex rail firm Trenitalia c2c Ltd (c2c) is celebrating a major operational milestone as its fleet of 357 Electrostar trains clock up 150 million service miles. C2c's fleet of 357 ‘Electrostar’ trains have recently completed an...

Arriva Rail London (ARL) has announced the appointment of Anjuli Ramburuth as the company’s finance director with immediate effect. Anjuli takes over the role from Steve Best, who became managing director in January 2024. Anjuli joins ARL from Arriva UK...

Don Coffey, a train driver from TransPennine Express (TPE) based at Manchester Piccadilly and owner of 'The Best Cab Ride Channel’ on YouTube, unveiled a plaque at Chapel-le-Frith Station on Friday 26 April to commemorate his charity work with...

Three Greater Anglia stations (Battlesbridge, Brundall, and Darsham stations) have received a ‘Wildlife Friendly’ accreditation recognising the work of community volunteers to improve biodiversity and support nature. Greater Anglia has partnered with the region’s Wildlife Trusts to formally recognise the...

ScotRail is adding more seats to services between Motherwell and Balloch this Sunday as thousands of people are expected to take part in Glasgow’s biggest ever charity Kiltwalk. A record 14,000 walkers will get their tartan on and take part...

The Labour party has set out its plan for rail, ahead of this year’s general election, with pledges to provide a long-term strategy which outlines the role of rail in economic growth and levelling-up, and to deliver taxpayer value...

Train operator c2c Trenitalia says its work to crackdown on fare evasion and ticketing fraud has led to one customer recently paying back £10,000. The customer, recently travelling through one of c2c's London stations, was asked to present their rail...