North Shields teen runs to every Tyne and Wear Metro station in one day
There are 60 stations in total on the Tyne and Wear Metro, and one teenager ran to all of them in one day in memory…
Day: 16 September 2024
Extra trains to run as 10,000 expected to use Scotland trains to get to Ayr Gold Cup
In 5 days time, the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Festival will begin, and ScotRail is adding extra trains for those heading to Scotland for…
Pacer train set to enter service at Shropshire railway
Ex-Northern Class 142, 142055, is set to enter service for the first time since it entered its preservation life in 2020.
New Ranger train tickets are ideal for days out in Essex
Greater Anglia has introduced new Ranger tickets on the ‘Mayflower’ and ‘Sunshine Coast’ branch lines in Essex.
Yorkshire students win locomotive building competition
A University of Sheffield team has used its first-class engineering skills to win a prestigious competition for future railway engineers
Steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas set for Blackpool visit
On 16 November 45596 Bahamas will haul The Blackpool Illuminations Express from Birmingham New Street to Blackpool North.
Hitachi rolls out its 300th train for UK railways
On 13th September, a Class 807 for Avanti West Coast built by Hitachi became the 300th train that the company has built for the UK railway network.
Report released after train heads through Cambridgeshire station at ‘excessive speed’
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released its report into an overspeed incident at Spital Junction in Peterborough back in May 2023.