Train Operating Companies

FirstGroup plc, has submitted the first phase of an application for a new open access rail service between Rochdale and London to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), restoring this direct link for the first time in almost...

In 2023, the train operator announced it had signed a deal with recycling specialist Avena so that its ‘end of life’ uniforms could be shredded and turned into ‘further life products’. The arrangement has saved over 4,000kg (4,364kg CO2e) of carbon emissions...

Tyneside-based train operator, Lumo, celebrates that 95% of its workforce began as apprentices recruited through partnership with provider, Train’d Up. Lumo’s 95% milestone follows a five year partnership between Lumo and Train’d Up, which has seen many successes. This includes,...

Hull Trains has revealed plans to support Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May 2024) by partnering with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Meteorologist Jon Mitchell to produce a week-long series of videos promoting places along the Hull Trains route...

Long-distance train operator CrossCountry has announced the grand totals of funding for local charity, the Cornwall Community Foundation, after a year-long funding period came to an end in April. The £20,000 donation from the business’ Customer and Community Improvement Fund...

A new managing director and chief operating officer have taken the helm at Northern this week. As managing director, Tricia Williams now leads the UK’s second largest train operator, an organisation that makes an annual contribution to the national economy...

South Western Railway (SWR) has released new, unseen photos ahead of the first anniversary of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen. The photos provide a behind-the-scenes look as over 5,000 Armed Forces personnel from the Royal Navy,...

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published, for the first time the track access dashboard, an overview of how passenger and freight train operators are using the capacity available across the GB rail network (access rights) and...

TransPennine Express (TPE) is offering full refunds to customers impacted by delays to the opening of Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena. The train operator will also still run its extra late-night service which had been planned to coincide with fans returning...

Rail passengers travelling between Doncaster and Cleethorpes are being urged to check before they travel after a landslip near Scunthorpe station. Network Rail engineers are currently assessing the track at Frodingham after it’s thought a suspected landslip caused trees to...