There has long been a peculiar and enduring interest in new locomotive designs emerging from Swindon. For decades, the works of the Great Western Railway ha ...

Passengers on the East Coast Main Line will see more trains and reduced journey times following a £4 billion investment over the past decade. LNER said the “transformational” changes mean it will run ...

Avanti West Coast and Railway Children have released a Christmas film to encourage people to be on the lookout for runaway children on the rail network. One child runs away every five minutes, with ...

Trains will be given a Union flag-inspired red, white and blue paint job as part of the Government’s rail-nationalisation plans. State-owned company Great British Railways unveiled its branding on ...

On the anniversary of their first meeting on board a late-night train from London, a couple returned to the same service and got engaged. The railway love story began on the 23:09 London Northwestern ...

The Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, revealed the design using a specially produced Hornby 1:76 scale model of the Class 800. The event offered the first public look at the new GBR ...

The funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) will support the Carlisle Station Gateway Project, a partnership between Network Rail and Cumberland Council. The upgrade will create new entrances, ...

The Manchester & Birmingham Railway plaque was installed at the newly built Manchester Piccadilly station in the mid-1960s. It was a replica of the 1839 original. The plaque was removed in 1998 during ...

Train services in some areas will be suspended as Storm Bram to bring forecast winds of up to 90mph. The Met Office has issued an amber wind warning for northern Scotland from 4pm on Tuesday while the ...

The Minister for Rail, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, presented the National Railway Heritage Awards at a ceremony in London on Wednesday 3 December 2025. The awards have been presented annually since ...

The time capsule has been handed over to Derby College, where it will be stored in the Roundhouse building until the railway’s 250th anniversary. The Roundhouse is the world’s oldest rail roundhouse, ...