Tragedies like the Potters Bar train crash will reoccur if proposed cost-cutting measures are introduced on the railways, unions warned before the 10t...
My wife and I arrived at Paddington railway station on Sunday lunchtime after a wet cold weekend in London. We were at the head of the queue entering the platform to board the train to Exeter. As I walked along the platform I counted three first class carriages out of a total of eight.
Detectives are investigating after suspected human remains were found near a railway line. A skull and other bones were discovered by workers clear...
The railway arch is enjoying something of a renaissance. Far from being a glorified cupboard, it now has more uses than probably any single piece of architecture out there.
George Osborne is being urged to pump money into northern railway lines, as a way of stimulating the economy of the north of England. The think-ta...
Britain's railways are on course to miss their targets for improvement, the head of Network Rail admitted to MPs on Tuesday morning. David Higgins...
Network Rail is to appear in court facing prosecution over the fatal Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria. Margaret Masson, 84, from Glasgow, died from ...
Travelling by train is, statistically, far safer than travelling by car - in terms of distance travelled, around ten times safer - but some persist in pushing the line that somehow the railway does not care about safety, or at least that it does not take it seriously enough.
Britain's railways are at the bottom of the league for fares, efficiency and comfort compared with other European countries, according to a union-comm...
Commuters returning to work after the festive break are being urged to tell the government exactly what they think of the above-inflation rail fare ri...
Rail fares go up by an average of 5.9% today, but some commuters will find their season tickets are rising by almost 11%. Under an annual price-ris...
Labour called on the Government today to stop train companies raising fares above strict limits. From tomorrow, regulated fares, which include seas...
Rail services could be disrupted from Christmas eve as signal workers in Scotland stage a 72-hour walkout in a row over career progression. The Rai...
Millions of people have taken to the roads on what is expected to be the busiest day of the Christmas getaway. Airports and ports are also full of ...
A series of cable thefts have been carried out by a sophisticated team that may be posing as rail workers, police say. British Transport Police, wh...
The government is to delay any decision as to whether to go ahead with High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) until next year, the transport secretary has announced....
Rail workers are being told to take German lessons as part of their training course for operating new track equipment, it has been revealed. Staff...
Former Gurkhas have been deployed to patrol Britain's railway network to prevent the theft cables and metal from the lines, it has been reported. I...
Railways have become a "rich man's toy" but factory workers will still feel the benefits of a new high-speed link even if they do not g...
A Conservative MP has accused Tory-run local authorities of potentially breaking the law by spending £1 million of taxpayers money opposing High Spee...
Train commuters in England will be subject to rail fare rises of at least eight per cent next year as inflation rates remain high. The fare increa...
A sudden surge in veteran record producer Pete Waterman's popularity on Twitter has baffled users of the social network, with many tweeters speculatin...
PRESS ASSOCIATION - Whitehall created a "moral hazard" in its handling of the termination of National Express's East Coast rail franchise, a report by...
