Hampshire’s Watercress Line hosts Southern Six heritage railway meeting
The Watercress Line - Hampshire’s only standard gauge heritage railway - hosted a meeting the Southern Six group of heritage railways on Wednesday 1…
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.
London – Essex railway line to close for 16 days
Trains will not run between London Liverpool Street and Chingford in Essex for sixteen days in a row this summer days, as Network Rail engineers will …
Essex miniature railway announces this year’s events
Barnard's Miniature Railway, near Brentwood in Essex, has announced its three major events for the coming year, two of which are firsts for the Railwa…
Track worker nearly hit by 50mph train in Devon
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating an incident last month when a train travelling at around fifty miles per hour nearly st…
Metro station footbridge reopens after £570,000 project
Nexus has announced the completion of a major project to refurbish Metro station's historic footbridge in North Tyneside.
New trains for Birmingham railway line
Cross City Line passengers in Birmingham are travelling on a new fleet of train from today (Monday 15 April).
Railway line reopens after Kent landslip repairs
From today (Monday 15 April), trains are running again between Redhill in Surrey and Tonbridge in Kent, after Network Rail engineers fixed damage caus…
First Alstom C-Series train enters passenger service for Western Australia Railcar Program
Alstom has delivered the first of its Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) C-Series train to the Western Australian Government’s METRONET Railcar Program.
Bedfordshire railway to host first diesel gala!
On Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday), the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society (LBNGRS) will host its first ‘Diesel Gala with a Hint of S…
West Sussex museum to welcome 1912 steam locomotive ‘Lily’
Amberley Museum in West Sussex will welcome Decauville 0-4-0T works No.648, affectionately known as 'Lily', to its Rail Gala on 20 and 21 July.