The UK's rail franchising system has been described as "completely inadequate" and "broken" in a report by the Public Accounts Committee into the East...
Open access operator Grand Central has started the consultation process to operate more services per day.
If approved, Grand Central will operate six return services...
Arriva Trains Wales has completed a £500,000 refurbishment of its fleet of Class 142 and 143 Pacer DMUs.
The 30 two-carriage trains, which operate on the...
Virgin Trains founder Richard Branson has defended the so-called government bailout of its East Coast franchise.
Critics, including former Labour transport secretary Lord Andrew Adonis,...
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...
The Great Western and Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchises could be split under new government plans.
Rail minister Paul Maynard said the scheme would...
Siemens workers have completed the first five refurbishments of TransPennine Express' (TPE) fleet of 51 three-carriage Class 185 trains.
Each train is having new seating,...
The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, says he is 'absolutely certain' that the South West route's Class 707 Desiro City trains...
Amey has become the first rail infrastructure company to be awarded a rail franchising pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport from the Department for Transport (DfT).
On June 23,...
Top rail and community leaders came together in Leeds last month to discuss new thinking about creating the sustainable railway of the future.
Sustainability -...
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...
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...
FirstGroup has managed to steady investor nervousness with news that it has won extensions to two of its franchises.
The flagship operation, First Great Western...
