1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (266+ words) Bob Young OBE, honorary president of Newcastle United, marked his 80th birthday year by taking the controls of a Sentinel locomotive at Weardale Railway in Stanhope, County Durham. The visit formed part of a driver experience day hosted by the heritage…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (239+ words) London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has drawn praise for its 2026 April Fools" campaign, delivering a playful concept that blurred the line between fiction and reality. At the centre of the campaign was a professionally produced trailer for a reality television…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (400+ words) Construction work is progressing well on a road in Collingham which is part of a multi-million-pound project delivering improved rail safety benefits and faster train services. The new link road is being built from just south of Cross Lane level…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (387+ words) A painstaking restoration of the clocktower has been completed as part of the Scarborough station upgrade. The "14 million project " preserving the grade II-listed building's historical character " includes a new roof, drainage systems and restored stonework. The waiting room and ticket…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (448+ words) Progress is being made in a major project that involves the installation of large rocks on the beach at Folkestone Warren, so that the coastal railway between Folkestone and Dover can be protected and ensuring that passenger trains can continue…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (431+ words) A new railway bridge supporting a four-way roundabout above the West Coast Main Line in Stockport has reopened after a year-long overhaul. Traffic restrictions were lifted on the evening of Friday 27 March at around 8pm. Network Rail has invested "20 million completely…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (243+ words) The High Speed Rail Group (HSRG) has welcomed infrastructure provider Balfour Beatty as its newest member. Richard Watts, managing director of Balfour Beatty's Rail business, said: "We're pleased to be joining the High Speed Rail Group, working alongside organisations with…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (264+ words) ScotRail is thanking customers for returning to rail travel with the resumption of the normal timetable at Glasgow Central High Level. On Wednesday 25 March, the first day of the restored timetable, ScotRail recorded around 120,000 passenger journeys at Glasgow Central as…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (458+ words) Throughout May and June, Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) teams will take another huge step in delivering faster, more frequent trains on a greener railway across the North, through a series of engineering works between Huddersfield and Leeds. From Saturday 2 May…...

1+ week, 47+ min ago  (381+ words) Passengers with a famous breed of dog named after Bedlington will be offered free travel when the town's new station is open. It is the sixth and final new station on the Northumberland Line, which reopened to passengers in December…...