2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (831+ words) Freight operators have welcomed a plan to relieve congestion on the East Coast Main Line but remain concerned about a lack of funding. In December Network Rail officially declared three stretches as congested infrastructure due to the inability to accommodate…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1215+ words) Operational changes and tactical lower-value investments form the focus of Network Rail's plan to alleviate congestion on the East Coast Main Line. NR has published its capacity enhancement plan for the route, after declaring three stretches of the route as…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (478+ words) The energisation overhead line equipment along the 800-metre-long line between Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Bay means electrification of the Core Valley Lines (CVL) is complete. Transport for Wales (TfW) has completed the six-year, "1 billion programme to electrify the 170km (105.5-mile) network....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (826+ words) CrossCountry (XC) has estimated that "14 million of revenue would be abstracted if Grand Central's Newcastle-Brighton service was approved. The operator has said the open access service " which would run via Doncaster, Sheffield, Birmingham New Street, Reading and Guildford " would "directly block…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1707+ words) Preliminary reports appear to show that the cause of January's high speed train crash in Spain was a broken rail. This, along with several broken rail incidents in the UK recently, have once again thrown the spotlight on welding methods…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (869+ words) The final HS2 tunnel boring machine (TBM) has begun its 4.5-mile journey from Old Oak Common to Euston. The TBM (named after Karen Harrison, one of the UK's first female train drivers based out of Old Oak Common) was switched on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (686+ words) Around half of a planned new London Overground route will be electrified. The West London Orbital, which will run between Hendon and Hounslow, is moving forward after "6.65 million funding was committed towards designs and a public consultation. Transport for London…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1215+ words) The people behind Transport for Wales" vision to overhaul the Welsh rail network believe it can continue under different governments in both London and Cardiff, and could evolve in future. The vision (Today, Tomorrow Together: A vision for rail across…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago  (552+ words) Tickets are on sale for open access operator Lumo's first Stirling/London Euston services, which will start on May 17. The company says a phased timetable will operate initially until full launch on July 27 and is advising people to check journey…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (586+ words) Speeding kills hundreds of people every year on Britain's roads. A railway with that number of fatalities would not stay open for long. But because those road deaths are distributed throughout the year, rather than occurring in a single disastrous…...