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Nottinghamshire Station for Crossrail

Stations for Crossrail are being constructed 130 miles north of London near Worksop in Nottinghamshire. Staff at Laing O’Rourke’s factory in Steetley in the East...

Better access for Leeds

A new £16 million scheme at Leeds station that will create a new entrance on the southern side of the station has been signed...

Park’n’Pedal

Drawing on its Dutch heritage, Greater Anglia has built a bicycle centre at Chelmsford station. The new CyclePoint combines secure cycle parking with cycle- hire...

Another brick in the wall

As part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the London Underground the Lego company has recreated five Tube Maps made entirely out of lego-bricks. The...

London Bridge for Aberystwyth

Sections of London Bridge station’s old roof have found a new home at Aberystwyth. The roof will be rebuilt as part of the Vale of...

New station for Westgate

Transport Minister, Simon Burns MP, interviewed in this edition of RailStaff, visited Wakefield Westgate station, to check out progress on the £8.8 million new...

A flock of seagulls

Seagulls at Newcastle Central Station have ruffled a few feathers among motorists. Two seagulls built a nest in a vacant bay in the station’s car...

Probably the best station in the world…

Atkins is helping to redevelop the historic Carlsberg quarter in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark with a contract to design a new station. The sad...

Stamp of approval for Bletchley Park

The important wartime role of Bletchley Park and Bletchley railway station next door has been recognised by a special postage stamp only available from...

Raising the roof

The £44 million transformation of Manchester Victoria is underway with contractors on site preparing to construct a spectacular new roof. Scaffolding is going up prior...

Alliance to reopen Waterloo International

International platforms at Waterloo – vacated by Eurostar five years ago – should be back in use next April thanks to moves by the...

New look for New Street

The first half of the gleaming new concourse at Birmingham New Street station has opened to passengers. Staff at the station have bid farewell to...

Station refurbishment can regenerate wider community

As our roads become more congested and the green agenda encourages us out of cars and onto public transport, rail is becoming more important...

New proposals for Euston

New proposals for Euston Station, southern terminus of High Speed Two, worked out by the innovative design team at HS2 Ltd will save time...

A city of two tales

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, or at least it has been for Wakefield's contrasting railway stations. Writes Graeme...

Glaze and blaze for Newcastle

An £8.6 million project to revamp Newcastle Central station has been welcomed by local people. Its centrepiece will be the pedestrianisation and glazing of the...

King’s Cross in satisfaction coup

King’s Cross station has seen a record-breaking jump in customer satisfaction in the year since the award-winning western concourse opened to the public, new...

Royal visit to Baker Street

Marking celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the London Underground, the Queen and Prince Philip with the Duchess of Cambridge visited...