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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...

Clapham Junction celebrates 150 years

Clapham Junction celebrated its 150th anniversary on the 2nd March 1863. 150 years ago the station sat in rural splendour in an area blue with...

Grand Central Terminal celebrates centenary

One of America’s iconic railway stations, New York’s Grand Central Terminal - colloquially known as Grand Central Station - celebrates its 100th anniversary this...

Prince visits King’s Cross

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have visited the redeveloped King’s Cross station, seeing at first hand the restored train shed and...

King’s Cross: The final works

After the opening of the Western Concourse at King’s Cross in March 2012, the next stages of the work to restore King’s Cross to...

Cubitt returns to Square

With the old green canopy gone, the historic frontage of King’s Cross station has been revealed for the first time in 150 years. Lewis Cubitt’s...

New station for Wokingham

Wokingham is to have a new station with better shops, waiting areas and information displays. A new footbridge will link both platforms and provide step...

Cameron open Charlbury

Taking a break from more onerous affairs of state Prime Minister David Cameron stopped off to open Charlbury Station car park following the completion...

URS backs McNulty’s Value for Money Strategy

‘The rail industry has the opportunity for substantial further growth, building on the successes of the past fifteen years,’ said Sir Roy McNulty at...

Gold Standard for Games Trains

Railways have been praised for rising to the challenge of delivering 1000s of sports people and spectators to and from the 2012 Olympics in...

BTP help Olympic fan

Officers from British Transport Police in Cardiff helped keep one Team GB fan’s Olympic dream alive when she was reunited with her precious tickets. The...

Station staff save day-old kittens

Station staff at Bedford have been praised for saving the lives of four kittens left abandoned in a carrier bag on the station. Staff spotted...

Centro win for Balfour Beatty

Regional transport authority, Centro, has named Balfour Beatty as the preferred bidder to build the Midland Metro extension through Birmingham’s city centre. Says Centro chief...

Stalybridge speeds up

Line speeds will be raised through Stalybridge when a major revamp of tracks and signalling is complete. Control of train movements in the area will...

New £11m Dalmarnock station

Contractors are now hard at work building the new £11m station at Dalmarnock in Glasgow’s East End. The new station will replace the existing facility...

Vital lights up Sloane Square

Vital Technology has completed the installation of a new energy saving lighting system at Sloane Square station on the London Underground. The job was completed...

Changeover at Chester-le-Street

Alex Nelson’s eureka moment came to him when he was on the Durham to Newcastle train, stopping at the then defunct Chester-le-Street station. He recalls...

Portadown refurbishment

Portadown Station on the Belfast to Dundalk and Dublin main line is to receive a £3.6m refurbishment. Works will include a new atrium at the...