East Midlands Railway (EMR) is advising customers to plan ahead and allow extra time when travelling on Sunday March 15 as major engineering work will mean some services will be extremely busy. This Sunday there will be no LNER trains between London King’s Cross and Peterborough as part of digital signalling upgrades by Network Rail. […]
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Major fire closes Glasgow Central Station
Glasgow Central Station has been closed following a significant fire in a shop next to the station on Union Street. The station will remain closed for the entire day after the major fire caused part of a neighbouring building to collapse on Sunday evening (8 March). It means that no ScotRail services will operate to […]
TPE children’s book starring therapy dog Nya helps young rail travellers stay safe
TransPennine Express (TPE) is set to launch a new children’s book featuring Nya, its much‑loved therapy dog, in a bid to help young passengers feel more confident and reassured when travelling by train. Written by the train operator’s safeguarding and crime prevention Lead, Steve O’Callaghan, the story will be released on World Book Day. Nya, a six-year-old German Shepherd […]
TPE children’s book starring therapy dog Nya helps young rail travellers stay safe
TransPennine Express (TPE) is set to launch a new children’s book featuring Nya, its much‑loved therapy dog, in a bid to help young passengers feel more confident and reassured when travelling by train. Written by the train operator’s safeguarding and crime prevention Lead, Steve O’Callaghan, the story will be released on World Book Day. Nya, a six-year-old German Shepherd […]
Online virtual tour of Beaulieu Park station will help people travel with confidence
Train operator, Greater Anglia, has launched an online virtual tour of Beaulieu Park rail station to help people plan their journeys and travel with confidence. The tour has been designed to support journey planning, give passengers a clearer picture of the station before they travel, and reduce anxiety about how they will get around. It […]
Passengers advised of major upgrade work starting this weekend
Passengers are being reminded that a programme of major improvement work is taking place on the East Coast Main Line from this weekend (Saturday 7 March). A range of railway upgrades are planned for various sites between York and Newcastle for four weekends: 7-8, 14-15, 21-22 and 28-29 March. There will also be digital signalling […]
Hollywood style Walk of Fame honours female heroes of the Railway Industry
Trailblazers Elizabeth Holman, Gladys Garlick, and Betty Chalmers are among the women honoured in LNER’s Hollywood walk of fame-style installations unveiled at stations. The new campaign launches ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March 2026) to highlight the incredible contribution of women within the rail industry – both past and present. This comes as new […]
Publicly owned train operators mark World Hearing Day
Train operators in public ownership have marked World Hearing Day (Tuesday 3 March) by highlighting initiatives that have improved the travel experience for deaf, hard‑of‑hearing and British Sign Language (BSL)‑using passengers. The measures include a mix of live interpreter services, AI-powered BSL translation, and speech‑to‑text systems. Central to the train operators’ approach is the availability […]
ORR secures improvement package from Northern Trains after accessibility failings
Passengers who rely on assistance when travelling with Northern Trains should see improvements to the service over time, after the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) secured commitments from the operator to ensure staff receive disability awareness training and to provide a £550,000 additional package of measures. Northern Trains is currently working on resolving the […]
Sheffield bridge replacement taking place this weekend
Passengers are reminded that journey times this weekend will be affected by the reconstruction of a bridge deck in Sheffield this weekend (7-8 March). Services between Sheffield and Chesterfield will be affected while the core work takes place to replace the steel structure carrying the railway over the River Sheaf at Beauchief to ensure the […]