Passenger numbers at major railway stations were below a fifth of usual levels as services were hit on the second day of rail strikes.
Read morePassenger numbers as low as 12% as services disrupted by rail strikes
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What rail services will run on Friday after the latest strike?
Rail services will continue to be disrupted on Friday due to the knock-on effects of the second day of this week’s rail strikes. Here are answers to 10 key questions about what passengers should expect to see on Friday. How many trains will run on Friday?
Read moreThree new railway titles available on Mortons Books
Three new railway titles are now available to buy on the Mortons Books website – Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys 1914-1967 Vol 2; More Memories of a Didcot Apprentice; and Stratford Depot Locomotives in the Eighties and Nineties
Read moreRail strikes to go ahead after last-ditch talks fail
The rail strikes are to go ahead after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
Read moreNew TV series to feature York’s National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum is set to feature in a new TV series produced by Whitworth Media appearing on More4 this summer. Called “Cleaning Britain’s Greatest Treasures”, the programme will follow the museum’s conservation team
Read moreSevern Valley Railway launches customised Monopoly and Top Trumps
The classic games have been adapted to feature iconic locations and locomotives associated with the leading heritage railway.
Read moreTransport for London and FirstGroup to admit safety failings over tram crash
Transport for London (TfL) and FirstGroup-owned Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have indicated they will plead guilty to health and safety failings over the 2016 Croydon tram crash.
Read moreMore rail workers to be balloted for action over pay disputes
Train drivers are to strike over pay and more rail workers are to be balloted for industrial action in growing disputes in the industry which threaten huge travel disruption in the coming weeks.
Read moreGreat Central Railway goes digital with its ticketing system
Nutickets, an event technology company, has partnered with Great Central Railway (GCR), Britain’s only double track mainline heritage railway.
Read moreRail strike: Talks held to avert industrial action later this month
Railway workers will go on a three-day strike over pay and jobs later this month.
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