Volunteers help to restore Kent heritage railway
Volunteers from UK Power Networks Services spent a day helping to make improvements to the Kent and East Sussex Railway (KESR).
Hampshire heritage railway to hold nostalgia-themed summer event
The Watercress Line has announced that it will be organising a 2-day special event on Saturday, 15 June and Sunday, 16 June.
New custodian announced for Flying Scotsman
The National Railway Museum has announced a new custodian for world-famous locomotive, Flying Scotsman.
GB Railfreight names Class 73 loco in tribute to Kent & East Sussex Railway’s half-century
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has renamed class 73 locomotive 73128 “Kent & East Sussex Railway: 50 Years of Heritage 1974 –2024” to mark the Railwa…
Parklife: Festival-goers urged to use public transport to Manchester festival this weekend
Transport for Greater Manchester is urging people to use public transport when travelling to the Parklife festival in the city's Heaton Park this week…
London North Eastern Railway helps WW II veteran remember D-Day on his way to Normandy
LNER Class 91 locomotive 'For the Fallen' was on one end of a train taking a WW II veteran to King’s Cross on his way to Normandy for D-Day events.
First digitally signalled train runs on East Coast Main Line
On Sunday, 2 June Great Northern operated a Class 717 electric multiple unit using European Train Control System (ETCS).
Mechant Navy steam loco 35006 has Dorset stay extended
Swanage Railway has revealed that the Merchant Navy locomotive 35006 “Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co” will take part in its Strictly Bulleid II…
‘Magstripe’ tickets soon to be a thing of the past?
Operator Northern has announced that it believes that the iconic, orange 'magstripe' tickets that used to be the sole form of ticket on the nation's r…
Indian metro line receives new trains
Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has announced that it has delivered the first of 22 three-car sets to the Indian city of Pune.