A new five-year contract between DB Cargo UK and Plasmor Group will extend a rail freight partnership that began almost four decades ago. The agreement…
South Wales was awash after taking the worst of the first seasonal weather fronts. The early winter Storm Claudia barrelled into the British Isles on…
British infrastructure agency Network Rail is playing down a potential disaster yesterday (Tuesday, 21 October). The terrifying possibility of a freight train at full speed…
Britain’s railway network is beginning to emerge from a weekend of intensive engineering activity. Infrastructure teams have been working around the clock. They have been…
The latest stage of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is complete, with electric trains now running between Church Fenton and York on the East Coast…
DB Cargo UK has begun fitting the European Train Control System (ETCS) to its workhorse Class 66 freight locomotives. The programme started this week at…
Scotland will be cut off from the UK rail network on Monday, 4 August 2025. Both the East Coast and West Coast main lines will…
Britain’s prestige railway line, the East Coast Main Line, was blocked again on Thursday (31 July). A vehicle, understood to be a commercial truck, hit…
The massive resignalling project on Britain’s prestige line takes another step forward this weekend. It may feel like a step back in the short term.…
DB Cargo UK has officially opened a new training centre of excellence at its HQ in Doncaster. The centre, which is a brand new build…
Britain’s East Coast Main Line is best known for its express passenger services and as the route of the Flying Scotsman. It’s also a critical…
Preserving access for freight is vital to a plan to speed up passenger services on the East Coast Main Line. The government-backed train operating company…