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Iarnród Éireann unit crosses a river during a test run on the Limerick to Foynes line.

News

Reinstatement of 26-mile railway enters testing phase ahead of reopening

Reinstatement of freight route in the west of Ireland last used in 2001 has reached an operational milestone.

Ireland 5 Nov

LNER makes revenue gains on open access rivals during fare trial

News

LNER makes revenue gains on open access rivals during fare trial

LNER 4 Nov

Carmont-ALAMY-2CCCNJK

News

Fatal Carmont crash 'could have been avoided if drain was built correctly'

Safety 4 Nov

A head-on shot of Chiltern 196007 in dark blue livery arriving at Oxford station. PETER FOGARTY.

News

New Oxford station redesign expected as 'masterplanner' commissioned

Oxford 4 Nov

Transport for Wales Class 398s lined up at Taffs Well depot. DAVID STUBBINGS.

News

TfW tram-trains re-enter traffic with 14 now available

Transport for Wales 3 Nov

The gates at Tackley crossing. NETWORK RAIL.

News

Level crossing to permanently close after three-year process

Level crossings 3 Nov

Former East Midlands Railway 222104 passes Stamford while being taken from Derby Litchurch Lane-Ilford by RailAdventure. DARREN WETHERALL.

News

First Class 222 moves ahead of ScotRail training

ScotRail 2 Nov

An artist's impression of an Alstom Adessia Stream unit for TransPennine Express in Great British Railways blue, red and white livery with black front end. The destination is Hull. DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT.

News

Great British Railways begins search for CEO as job listing advertised

Great British Railways 2 Nov

Two Transport for Wales Class 197 units at Carmarthen station. TRANSPORT FOR WALES.

News

Transport for Wales Bristol service approved - but only for 12 months

Transport for Wales 2 Nov

ScotRail 156511 at Glasgow Central with people walking past on the platform after alighting. CONRAD LANDIN.

News

Rail link to Glasgow Airport to be 'at heart' of city's metro plans

Scotland 30 Oct

A Northern line train at Angel station with people on the platform. ALAMY.

News

Failing escalators prompt TfL to make Angel Tube station exit only at weekends

Transport for London 30 Oct

TransPennine Express 185145 passes Church Fenton with the 1158 York-Manchester Piccadilly on October 10. CHRIS HOWE.

News

Trans-Pennine ETCS by 2036 in £900 million project

Transpennine Route Upgrade 29 Oct

A drone shot of HS2 Curzon No2 viaduct, a 25-metre-high weathering steel truss structure. HS2 LTD.

News

Scope of government's rail infrastructure costs review set out

Infrastructure 29 Oct

Comment

Chiltern Railways train standing at Princes Risborough station. JOHN STRETTON

Comment

The demise of Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways blazed a trail in the early years of the privatised railway and showed how it could be done

Phil Haigh 4 Nov

Atherstone Station photographed in spooky black and white. Dave Porter / Alamy Stock Photo

Comment

Welcome

Welcome to our Halloween top ten touring the railway's haunted stations, stopping at less spooky stations along the way

Editor's comment 30 Oct

Atherstone Station photographed in spooky black and white. Dave Porter / Alamy Stock Photo

Comment

Welcome

Editor's comment 30 Oct

Underground train standing at station. SHUTTERSTOCK

Comment

UK stations need more resilience

Industry views 29 Oct

Passengers get on and off a train at Solihull. Transport Focus wants to raise the priorities of passengers before decisions are made.

Comment

Should Delay Repay be rethought?

Christian Wolmar 28 Oct

Artist's impression of the new GBR headquarters building in Derby. DfT

Comment

GBR: new chair and HQ

Christian Wolmar 26 Oct

Insights from the experts

Thameslink trains at Bedford August 2023

Feature

RAIL Interview: Thameslink improvements

Greater Thamelink Railway Chief Executive JOHN WHITEHURST talks to ANDY COMFORT about comfier seats, reducing cancellations and more trains to Gatwick Airport

Maintenance and refurb 4 Nov

DRS 88010 at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal alongside a line of Tesco containers with a large forklift holding another up. DAVID STUBBINGS.

Tesco Express - a 20 year success story

Freight 2 Nov

Bury Bolton Street station with steam coming from under Mark 1 carriages

Some eerie Halloween railway stories

Passengers 30 Oct

East Midlands Railway (EMR) 810016 arrives at Market Harborough station on a service to London St Pancras.

Feature

Can GBR help the UK's economy and attract more passengers?

GBR 28 Oct

Jack Plumb in front of 93006 at Ely North Sidings

Feature

How apprenticeships can lead to a managerial career

Staff and employment 26 Oct

The Network Rail Record Centre houses millions of engineering records and drawings, like this of the Forth Bridge.

Feature

Inside the treasure trove of Network Rail's archives

Engineering 22 Oct

A Class 399 tram train on the bowstring bridge over Park Square and Commercial Street, Sheffield.

Feature

How light rail can grow under GBR

Light rail 21 Oct

RAIL events

DRS 88010 at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal alongside a line of Tesco containers with a large forklift holding another up. DAVID STUBBINGS.

Feature

Tesco Express - a 20 year success story

Freight 2 Nov

Dickon Ross presenting at the 2026 National Rail Awards. JACK BOSKETT

Comment

The NRA results and new Rail Live awards

Editor's comment 29 Sept

A view across the National Rail Awards 2026. JACK BOSKETT.

News

National Rail Awards: all the winners from the 2026 'Railway Oscars' (gallery)

National Rail Awards 18 Sept

News

National Rail Awards 2026: shortlists for 'Railway Oscars' announced

National Rail Awards 22 Jul

Reviews

TfW 197048 stands at Blaneau Ffestiniog with the Ffestiniog Railway narrow gauge track in the foreground.

Feature

RAIL's Mystery Shopper reviews a journey through Wales

MYSTERY SHOPPER heads to Wales for a standard and narrow gauge journey

Reviews 18 Aug

Northern 158859 and 156438 cross in the passing loop at Glaisdale on the Whitby line

Feature

Mystery Shopper: The North East - from misty moors to modern Metro

Reviews 14 May

Great Western Railway 166211 arrives at Dawlish.

Feature

RAIL's Mystery Shopper tries out the railways of Devon

Reviews 19 Nov

Downham Market station.

Feature

About Anglia: some high scores

Reviews 24 Oct

Mary Grant, Lord Peter Hendy & Craig Bentley talk to RAIL Editor Dickon Ross

Feature

Review: meals on train wheels

Reviews 12 Aug

Most read

GB Railfreight 99009/008 run light through the cutting at Sunderland Bridge on the East Coast Main Line heading for Mossend. PAUL BIGGS.

More Class 99s expected to be ordered for Caledonian Sleeper work

GB Railfreight 16 Oct

Three former Avanti West Coast Class 221 Voyagers at Derby Litchurch Lane. ALSTOM.

CrossCountry to take on remaining Class 221 Voyagers

CrossCountry 12 Oct

Arriva Grand Central train

"No longer commercially viable": Grand Central withdraws Cleethorpes plan

Grand Central 7 Oct

The signaller at Glenwhily waits to complete the token exchange with the driver of ScotRail 156514 on the 1305 Stranraer-Ayr service on May 20. It’s one of three loops between Stranraer and Girvan Network Rail plans to remove. DAVID PALMER.

Remove loops from Stranraer line to improve resilience, says Network Rail

Scotland 14 Oct

Northern confirms entry date for Class 350s on North West routes

Northern confirms entry date for Class 350s on North West routes

Rolling stock 9 Oct

East Midlands Railway 810018 stands at Derby station on September 8 with the 1302 London St Pancras-Sheffield. JACK BOSKETT.

Dynamic brakes switched off on EMR '810s' after units overshoot stop marks

East Midlands Railway 6 Oct

London Overground 710112 derailed at London Liverpool Street after hitting buffers.

London Overground unit derails in Liverpool Street buffer stop collision

London Overground 15 Oct

Ryde Tunnel Interior. PAUL CLIFTON

Island Line to close for the seventh time in six years

South Western Railway 8 Oct

Wagons cut up on site after Barking derailment

Wagons cut up on site after Barking derailment

Derailment 28 Oct

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