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Euston station to welcome the homeless for Christmas dinner

Around 200 specially invited homeless guests will enjoy Christmas dinner at Euston station this Christmas. Steve Naybour, head of transformation in Network Rail's track team, said...

Council produces £286m business case for Birmingham International station

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has produced a business case worth £286 million for the development of Birmingham International station. The Urban Growth Company, a special-delivery...

Virgin Trains launches industry’s first train driver apprenticeship

More than 1,200 hopefuls applied to join the industry’s first train driver apprenticeship scheme launched by Virgin Trains. A cohort of 30 high-calibre candidates were...

East Midlands drafts rail masterplan

Stewart Thorpe attended the Rail Forum East Midlands (RFEM) annual conference to get a flavour of the region's big plans   It might be overshadowed by...

‘I built Ordsall Chord’

The ambition and scale of the Ordsall Chord project has given MPs and other local leaders plenty of opportunities to dust off their favourite...

Powerlifting train driver talks about his journey to the Invictus Games

Grabbing a set of 25kg weights, Freightliner’s Steve Cokayne talks me through his warm up routine. We meet at the gym he trains at...

TransPennine Express to open £7m train depot in Scarborough

Operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has announced a new £7 million train depot will open next summer in Scarborough. The facility will create 15 jobs and provide...

4G mobile coverage on the London Underground from 2019

Transport for London (TfL) is to launch a tender for a service provider to deliver 4G mobile coverage on the Tube from 2019 next...

New 26-30 railcard pilot to begin next week

Greater Anglia will launch a pilot for the new railcard for 26-30 year-olds next week. Chancellor Philip Hammond recently confirmed the introduction of the new...

Government to look at reopening more regional rail routes

Transport secretary Chris Grayling also indicated that the government would be looking to reopen more of the regional rail routes that were mothballed in...

National Train Driver Academy to launch in April

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that the Train Driver Academy is set to launch in April, 2018. The academy will pool together existing industry...

Tender launched for South Eastern franchise

The competition to find the next train operating company (TOC) to run the South Eastern franchise has been launched by the Department for Transport...

Timeline confirmed for new Tyne and Wear Metro rolling stock

Nexus has confirmed the timeline for the new £337 million Tyne and Wear Metro rolling stock. The announcement from the public body, which owns and manages...

Emergency services test their response to a major incident on the Tube

Emergency services have conducted an exercise on the London Underground to prepare for a potential major incident. Personnel from the local fire brigade, ambulance service,...

Autumn Budget 2017: what does it mean for the rail industry?

Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond has presented the Autumn Budget 2017, setting out his strategy for the UK's future economy. Infrastructure - and railways...

Something in the Water-loo?

History has been made in Waterloo after two women went into labour on the railway in the space of one month. Baby Reign Brandao was an early...

Trainline launches voice-activated rail app

Online train ticket retailer Trainline has launched a new mobile application that uses voice recognition technology. Built using the Google Assistant platform, the app allows...

New-look Bond Street station unveiled

Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a new-look Bond Street Tube station following a £300 million upgrade. Capacity and accessibility have both been improved at...