Train Operating Companies

New ticket vending machines are being installed by Transport for Wales (TfW) on many of its routes across the Wales and Borders network, and barriers are being reworked to accept smartcards. This new technology and contactless option for customers will...

Train leasing company Angel Trains will be donating £100,000 to its long-standing charity partner, Railway Children. Of this sum, over £80,000 has been raised following the sale of retired Class 142 Pacer units to heritage railways, community railways and emergency...

There will be more direct trains from Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire to London next month after Hull Trains has announce it will resume services. Trains between Beverley and London Kings Cross will be running from Friday 21...

South Western Railway has run a special ‘fact-finding’ train on the Fawley branch line in Hampshire, to investigate the potential of re-opening it after more than 50 years since regular passenger services ceased. Hampshire County Council has made a successful...

Greater Anglia has commenced services with two of its new Class 745 Stansted Express trains between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport. The first train to be operated by one of the new 12-carriage electric trains, built by Swiss company...

In response to the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced that it will provide up to £9 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams. These emergency measures will be in place...

Rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published its 2019-20 annual assessment of Network Rail and has found that the infrastructure owner beat its target for efficiency savings last year. In the first year of the new...

South Western Railway's (SWR) first Class 701 train has arrived at Wimbledon depot, marking a significant milestone in the £1 billion transformation of suburban travel. The 10-car train, known as ‘Train 6’, will become the focus of training programmes and...

Transport for Wales will replace Ty’n Y Graig footbridge at Llanbradach on the Rhymney line as soon as possible, CEO James Price has stated. The footbridge was demolished by contractor Alun Griffiths last month. It crossed both the railway and...

The 40th anniversary of the Tyne and Wear Metro is being celebrated with a special train livery to mark the occasion. Metrocar 4001, one of the original prototypes in use since Metro opened to the public in 1980, will bear...