Network Rail has announced that the West Highland Line has fully re-opened for start of service today, after repair works finished following flash floods.
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North set to receive ‘£2,300 less per person in transport spending than London’
Boris Johnson has been urged to keep his promises after a report suggested the North is set to receive more than £2,300 less per person in transport spending than London.
Read moreBritish railways still Europe’s safest – but SPAD risk rises
The RSSB annual health and safety report for 2018/19 confirms Britain’s place as the safest of the European Union’s 10 biggest railway networks.
Read moreFirstGroup replaces Virgin to run West Coast route
FirstGroup, along with Italian firm Trenitalia, will operate train services on the West Coast Main Line from December.
Read moreMerseyside group launch £12,000 appeal to finish only surviving Warrington tram
The society hopes the G F Milnes-built double-deck car will be finished by the autumn of 2020.
Read moreSteam lines face double threat in crackdown on coal-burning
Britain’s heritage railways are fighting for their future in the face of a Government crackdown on carbon emissions.
Read moreGreat Central secures overhaul agreement for Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell, the National Railway Museum’s BR ‘Britannia’ Pacific, is on course for a return to steam after the museum agreed a two-year overhaul loan agreement with the Great Central Railway at Loughborough.
Read moreUK railway news round-up
We start this week’s railway round-up with some good news as Whaley Bridge residents return as lines reopen too. Read how Britain’s train companies announced that they were pulling out of Interrail, only to reverse the decision a day later.
Read morePlanned protests over higher rail fares
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) is planning a series of protests on the day higher rail fares are set to be announced.
Read moreSouth Eastern Franchise competition cancelled
THE Department for Transport has confirmed it has cancelled the competition to bid for the SouthEastern Railway franchise. The announcement on August 7, follows the suspension of the CrossCountry and West Coast Partnership bids in
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