Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Andy Burnham hails nationalisation of much-criticised service between London, Birmingham and GlasgowBritain’s biggest intercity rail operator, Avanti West Coast, will be renationalised in spring, ministers have announced, while new trains could also be…
Read MoreUnions say record high of nearly 25,000, including assaults on rail workers and public, shows need for more staff and policingBusiness live – latest updatesThe number of reported assaults on Great Britain’s railways has risen by a fifth to a record hig…
Read MoreExclusive: Five gardening teams shortlisted for Royal Horticultural Society’s new Railway Stations in Bloom awardEvery year since 1964, towns across the UK have bloomed with hanging baskets and brightly coloured flowerbeds planted by residents.They wie…
Read MoreOperator that runs services between London Marylebone and Birmingham is sixth to be nationalised since 2025Chiltern Railways has become the latest train operator to enter public ownership as the government closes in on its ambition to renationalise all…
Read More‘Commonsense change’ looks to end current confusion and put ‘passengers first, not shareholders’ when services are disruptedRail passengers whose trains are cancelled will have the immediate right to travel on other operators’ services to finish their …
Read MoreNo 10 says new fleet of trains built in Derby will support 6,000 jobs across UKA new fleet of battery-powered trains will be built to “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”, Downing Street has announced.The 29 new trains, which will be run…
Read MoreSix employees killed on Tuesday after Moscow escalates attacks on infrastructure and Ukrainian capitalRussia has opened a deadly new phase in its war against Ukraine by deliberately targeting the country’s railway network, with six employees killed on …
Read MoreDeal agreed between Avanti West Coast and Aslef is first to be approved by Burnham governmentTrain drivers have secured a significant pay rise after the threat of strike action was floated on busy routes across the UK, including on the busy London-Manc…
Read MoreTransport secretary asks ‘publicly owned operators to lay on extra services where possible’CrossCountry has cancelled almost all of its train services in Great Britain after a power cut in Birmingham hit its control centre on Sunday.Most services have …
Read MoreExperts say more must be done to adapt to changing climate, after two trains derailed within 24 hours during a recent heatwaveRailway companies are racing to prepare for another brutal summer next year, as a developing El Niño could see 2027 break more…
Read MoreDerailed carriages lifted using two cranes as workers operate under ‘very challenging circumstances’Business live – latest updatesThe East Sussex railway line on which a train derailed will reopen in September as crews continue to remove the carriages …
Read MoreNetwork Rail and Southern owner GTR apologise after investigators reveal picture of possible heat-buckled track Rail operators have apologised after a report into last Thursday’s derailment in East Sussex found a track defect on the approach to where t…
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