Yesterday saw Scotland launch a massive nationwide crackdown which hopes to address the ongoing issue of fatalities and injuries on the country’s level crossing network. The new scheme comes just months after a horrific crash claimed the lives of an elderly couple last September. In that incident, Margaret and Angus MacKay, both aged 81, were [...]

Thousands of stranded passengers just before Christmas and hundreds of holidays ruined has not apparently affected the standing of the Eurostar boss who oversaw the chaos. An estimated 100,000 people were caught out by the closures brought about by heating defects and cold weather. Eurostar is expected to announce this week the appointment of CEO [...]

After an agonising wait, the delays that have affected some 30,000 passengers utilising the Eurostar Channel Tunnel should finally be over today. However, the company has acknowledged that thousands of people are unlikely to make it home in time for Christmas. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has demanded that services are operational by Tuesday, having ordered [...]

There will be no Eurostar services today – for the third day running – as Eurostar continues to undertake a range of tests and upgrades on its train fleets. Today will see a continued cancellation of services as weatherproofing upgrades continue after five trains have broken down over the weekend. Thousands of passengers were trapped [...]

The east-Cheshire town of Knutsford is looming as a key player in the calls for improvements to rail links in the area, with better promotion of the Mid Cheshire line seen as one badly in need of more comprehensive promotion says a rail partnership organisation. The Mid Cheshire line, which runs from Cheshire to Manchester, [...]

Capgemini UK Plc has been has its long term contract for outsourcing IT provisions for The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) for a further 10 years. The extension which will last till 2019 has been signed by the Rail Settlement Plan Ltd in conjunction with the provider and is worth an estimated £18.5 million. [...]

At 5.13am this morning a revolution in British rail travel as an early whistle will sound out in the darkness signalling the departure of a historic journey. Britain’s first high-speed commuter train will have hit the dizzying heights of a top speed of 140mph as it flies across Kent from Ashford to eventually dock at [...]

Britain’s largest and busiest commuter train service, Stagecoach Group Plc, has announced that its first half profit has fallen by 13 percent due to the reduced demand for travel brought about by the recession in addition to rising fuel and pension costs. Net income for the group fell by £60.6 million to a total of [...]

The Scottish public agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced that it has allocated some £4 million in funding over the next three to four years for the iconic Cairngorm funicular railway. HIE claimed that its investment would see the site brought up to an appropriate standard that would enable bids from new contractors [...]

Massive changes have been called for in the services offered by Irish Rail ahead of the Malahide viaduct reopening tomorrow by a railway passengers group. Rail Users Ireland said in a statement that while they welcomed the viaduct’s reopening, they also warned against being sucked in by the back-patting Irish Rail organisation who has trumpeted [...]