Lines reopen after tree blocks major rail route into Scotland
Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express trains are running again after a tree blocked the West Coast Main Line yesterday (26th September). The tree fell…
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New discounts on rail season tickets in Scotland
From 28 September and for the next 12 months, the cost of weekly, monthly, and annual season tickets and Flexipasses will be reduced by 20 percent.
Scottish railway bridge to be rebuilt
Network Rail has announced that a multi-million-pound project to demolish and rebuild a bridge in Angus has now begun.
200th Anniversary of the railways to kick off with locomotive ‘whistle off’
In Darlington on 19 September, organisations and communities were encouraged to become involved in Railway 200 celebrations to mark 200 years of the m…
£1.6m rail improvement project set to get underway in Scotland
As part of a £1.6m project, Network Rail engineers are to start on a series of works on the Far North Line. Rails and sleepers…
Scottish road set for closure as railway crossing upgrade begins
The A835 in Scotland is set for a closure in September and October as upgrade work takes place on the level crossing in Garve.
Glasgow railway station to get new ticket office and first-class lounge
Avanti West Coast and Network Rail have revealed plans and to create a new ticket office and first-class lounge at Glasgow Central station this autumn…
Plans approved for new railway station in Scotland
Plans have been approved for the building of a new station at Balgray
RAIB release report into Flying Scotsman incident in Scotland
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released its report on the incident at Aviemore involving Flying Scotsman.
End of the line for Scotland’s HSTs as procurement for new trains announced
The Scottish Government has announced that ScotRail's InterCity HSTs are to be replaced.