The Railway Magazine

Passenger services on London’s delayed Crossrail project are on track to begin by June, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.

It is not often the name of a railway locomotive becomes adopted as an everyday saying in the English language, but many believe that happened in the case of the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has the story.

The public are being invited to have their say on plans for a new £5.9m collection building at Locomotion in Shildon at a free exhibition being displayed this month.

Train passengers have suffered one of the worst periods for cancellations on record due to coronavirus pandemic-related staff shortages, new figures show.

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.

A derailed freight train is causing disruption to high-speed passenger services to and from London St Pancras International.

An early Roman rare wooden carved figure has been discovered during work on the HS2 project.

Demand for weekday rail travel in Britain has exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time this year.