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CrossCountry plans to transform customer experience by May 2025

Long-distance train operator CrossCountry has secured a further five Voyager trains from rolling stock company Beacon Rail in a significant boost for capacity. The five trains come in addition to the seven extra Voyager trains secured in October. The 12 extra trains - totalling 60 additional carriages - will strengthen...

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First electric train completes test run between Manchester and Stalybridge

An electric train has travelled for the first time between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge, as part of the Transpennine...

Planning approval received for HS2’s Burton green tunnel

HS2 has received Schedule 17 planning permission from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for the design of the green tunnel...

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Andrew Haines looks back on five years of CP6

As Control Period 6 (CP6) comes to a close on 31 March, Network Rail is taking a look back...

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Andrew Haines looks back on five years of CP6

As Control Period 6 (CP6) comes to a close on 31 March, Network Rail is taking a look back at the five-year funding period...

Hilton level crossing to reopen following emergency repairs

Network Rail teams are working to reopen a level crossing in Derbyshire after it was...

Phase 1 of Stanway Viaduct repair complete

Work to re-waterproof the surface of Stanway Viaduct on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR)...

RAIB report: derailment of a tram at Bulwell

RAIB has released its report into a Derailment of a tram at Bulwell, Nottingham, on...

ScotRail trains cross iconic Forth Bridge in new Train Sim game

Only the lucky few get to drive trains across the iconic Forth Bridge in real...

GTR launches poetry competition to get kids’ imaginations back on track

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has launched a national poetry competition in partnership with Children’s Laureate,...

75-tonne footbridge and lift-tower installed at Uddingston station

Network Rail engineers worked through the night to install the steel structures on Saturday 23...

Hope Valley Railway Upgrade team thanks passengers after nine days of major upgrades

From Saturday 16 March to Sunday 24 March, the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade team worked...

Government sets out next steps on Northern Powerhouse Rail between Liverpool and Manchester

The next steps of development for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between Manchester and Liverpool have...

CrossCountry plans to transform customer experience by May 2025

Long-distance train operator CrossCountry has secured a further five Voyager trains from rolling stock...

Jenny Gilruth MSP sees Levenmouth rail link progress

Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid-Fife and Glenrothes, visited the site of the Levenmouth Rail...

Disruption between Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness could last two weeks after train derailment

Railway engineers have been inspecting the damage and carrying out ground investigations after a...

OFSTED report says Northern’s training academies ‘key to addressing national skills shortage’

Northern’s training academies in Leeds and Manchester are key to addressing the national skills...

Train services resume in Devon after major signalling upgrade

Trains are now running again between Plymouth and Totnes after Network Rail completed signal...

Mystery LNER train found in Belgium

More than 400 miles from LNER’s current home in York, an LNER train has...

Autumn storms cost railway £21 million in lost revenue

Extreme weather, which disrupted train journeys last autumn, meant the railways missed out on...

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CrossCountry plans to transform customer experience by May 2025

Long-distance train operator CrossCountry has secured a further five Voyager trains from rolling stock company Beacon Rail in a significant boost for capacity. The five trains come in addition to the seven extra Voyager trains secured in October. The 12 extra trains - totalling 60 additional carriages - will strengthen CrossCountry’s long-distance services from May 2025, increasing capacity on north-south routes by over 36,000 seats per week. Combined with a...