ScotRail celebrates Scottish Careers Week with a focus on early careers

As part of Scottish Careers Week (10–14 November), ScotRail is celebrating its largest-ever apprentice and graduate intake and showcasing the wide range of career opportunities now available across Scotland’s Railway. On Thursday, 13 November, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop MSP, visited ScotRail’s Shields Depot in Glasgow to meet apprentices and graduates, hear about […]

ScotRail celebrates Scottish Careers Week with a focus on early careers

As part of Scottish Careers Week (10–14 November), ScotRail is celebrating its largest-ever apprentice and graduate intake and showcasing the wide range of career opportunities now available across Scotland’s Railway. On Thursday, 13 November, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop MSP, visited ScotRail’s Shields Depot in Glasgow to meet apprentices and graduates, hear about […]

Publicly owned train operators lead the way on accessibility

Following publication of the government’s Accessibility Roadmap last week, train operators in public ownership are highlighting how they are already turning that vision into reality. The Accessibility Roadmap outlines a long-term vision for a more accessible railway and was published alongside the Railways Bill which sets out plans to overhaul Britain’s rail network through the […]

Industry launches trial to get essential items to vulnerable women in refuges across the country

The rail industry is joining forces to provide essential items such as winter coats, jumpers and children’s toys to women’s refuges nationwide, in a new initiative that builds on its commitment to support survivors of domestic abuse and the government’s wider aim to halve incidents of Violence Against Women and Girls within the decade. Southeastern […]

New Darlington signalling system commissioned as part of £140 million transformation

Passengers are advised that journeys between York and Newcastle will be affected when Darlington’s new signalling system – part of the station’s £140 million upgrade – is brought into use. The major improvement work by Network Rail will mean changes to services over three days, from Saturday 29 November to Monday 1 December. Commissioning the […]

ScotRail records busiest day of 2025

ScotRail has recorded its busiest day of 2025 to date, with around 340,000 journeys being made across Scotland’s Railway on Saturday 8 November. The record number of journeys (337,441) exceeded previous peaks achieved in August during the Oasis concerts and the Edinburgh Festivals, which saw around 326,000 journeys made. It also marks the train operator’s […]

ScotRail records busiest day of 2025

ScotRail has recorded its busiest day of 2025 to date, with around 340,000 journeys being made across Scotland’s Railway on Saturday 8 November. The record number of journeys (337,441) exceeded previous peaks achieved in August during the Oasis concerts and the Edinburgh Festivals, which saw around 326,000 journeys made. It also marks the train operator’s […]

SWR to welcome back full West of England timetable with discounted fares

South Western Railway (SWR) is making thousands of additional discounted off-peak tickets available for travel when the full West of England timetable is restored. SWR and Network Rail announced on Tuesday 4 November that the full timetable for services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids is set to be reintroduced on Saturday 29 November. […]

Pay-as-you-go car club helps TransPennine Express passengers let the train take the strain

Low-emission hybrid vehicles at Scarborough, Selby and Malton are ready for action and bookable from anywhere with the Enterprise Car Club app. Business and leisure passengers travelling to Scarborough, Selby, and Malton TransPennine Express (TPE) stations in North Yorkshire can now hire a low-cost, pay-as-you go car from the train station for the last leg […]

Translink announces defibrillator roll-out across NI Railways fleet

Translink has announced that Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) will be installed across the NI Railways train fleet by the end of December 2025. Local trains will feature the life-saving equipment which will play a vital service in helping people who suffer a cardiac arrest, which can happen to anyone. This latest development follows the installation […]