Plaid Cymru accuses Tories and Labour of failing North Wales rail electrification
Welsh separatist party Plaid Cymru has accused the Conservative party of failing to fully fund North Wales Main Line electrification and the Labour pa…
Author: Janine Booth
I worked on London Underground stations for 26 years. I am interested in all things railway, with particular interests in accessibility and industrial relations.
Video: Welsh railway celebrates seventy years of preservation
The Ffestiniog Railway is today celebrating the seventieth anniversary of its takeover by a partnership of Alan Pegler (Chair), a new Company Board an…
Extra trains after tomorrow’s Foo Fighters concert in Cardiff
Great Western Railway (GWR) and Transport for Wales (TfL) will provide extra capacity on their train services for fans leaving the last in a series of…
CAF to supply first batch of forty trains to Spanish capital
Train supply and services company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has won a contract to support the first of two sets of trains to Me…
London train operator advises of amended service
Chiltern Railways will operate an amended timetable on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June.
‘Roads to Rail’ steam rally to take place in Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck
Swanage Railway will host a 'Roads to Rail' steam rally on the last weekend of this month.
Nick Grimshaw unveils train named after Shania Twain ahead of Glastonbury
Broadcaster Nick Grimshaw today unveiled Great Western Railway's ‘Shania Train’, promoting travel on its services to this summer's concerts by Que…
Cotswolds heritage railway invites photographers to snap diesels at July event
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is to host an exclusive evening of diesel photography at its Toddington locomotive shed on Friday 12 July.
Events to be held as East London railway line set for 16 day closure
Passengers who may be affected by this summer's Chingford line closure will have the chance to quiz railway managers about the work.
Steam locomotive 82045 has a boiler that fits!
New-build steam locomotive 82045 had undergone a successful trial fit of its boiler.