Pledges to significantly improve services and buy new trains aren’t ‘PR fluff ’ but promises of real change, says Northern’s Alex Hynes (pictured right).
On...
The new Northern franchise will ‘start the transformation of rail travel in the North’ said Northern Rail’s managing director, Alex Hynes, in a press...
There must have been some point during the 10-year restoration of Flying Scotsman when even the most optimistic of the engineers involved wondered whether...
As the new Borders Railway smashes passenger projections, new stations open and leading companies expand their use of rail freight, the government has announced...
As Britain suffered extensive flooding, sustained bad weather and gale force winds, over 20,000 members of Network Rail’s Orange Army worked on undaunted over...
The official opening of Apperley Bridge Station - between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square - was held on 18th December 2015.
Dave Taylor, who acted...
Three far-reaching reports have dominated discussions over the past few weeks, and there was a common theme: some things need to change.
Network Rail chairman Sir...
Chief executive of Keolis, and chairman of the Rail Delivery Group’s technology and operations working group, Alistair Gordon said the business case exists to...
Story’s Tom Wall talks about how a new purpose-built training facility is driving up standards within the company and the industry.
Training is a vital...
FirstGroup HR director John Evans has been appointed as the chief executive of the UK's National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR).
Evans, whose 25-year career...
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) chief executive Charles Horton talks to Marc Johnson about how the operator is addressing the service challenges posed by Thameslink’s...
Dutch-speaking Phil Verster has been appointed as managing director of the new Abellio ScotRail - Network Rail Alliance.
The quick release of Phil Verster by...
A former engineer who has been volunteering at York’s National Railway Museum (NRM) for almost 40 years has been awarded the British Empire Medal.
Dave...
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Railfuture Scotland has proposed reopening more lines and 50 new stations, publishing ambitious plans designed to maximise...
The Olivier Award-winning stage version of Edith Nesbit’s ‘The Railway Children’ is set for further performances during school holidays this year at its purpose-built...
