GB Railfreight has started another tranche of Class 99 testing with the new bi-mode locomotives visiting Felixstowe for the first time.

For more than a decade, battery-electric trains have hovered around the UK rail industry like a half-remembered promise. Always technically plausible, often politically attractive, but rarely allowed ...

The newly merged South Western Railway and Network Rail Wessex Region have been accused of an “accumulation of failings”, ...

If your rail or community group or partnership is organising a photographic competition, then RAIL would love to hear from ...

HM Chief Inspector of Railways has stepped in to speed up work to resolve incidents of overspeeding, having been concerned ...

Train services to Barnstaple from Exeter have returned after being suspended for several weeks due to storm damage. Initially ...

The first of an additional weekday service from Peterborough to London King’s Cross begun today (February 16).

Powered by six lithium iron batteries with fast-charging equipment installed at either end of the 2.4-mile-long line, the ...

As part of our regular Top 10 series, STEPHEN ROBERTS chooses his favourite scenic railway lines. You can read the full Top ...

Treasury Select Committee hears how increased value of company is set to lead to business rates rise with charges passed on.

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has agreed to bring forward £50 million in funding to accelerate early work on a ...

RICHARD WILCOCK goes up on the roof to get a first-hand report on how the teams have kept the UK’s busiest station open while ...