Women’s charity Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) has partnered with Southeastern Railway to establish a community-led forum, launching this summer. It will be focused on improving safety and confidence for women and girls using rail services. Southeastern Railway is working in collaboration with SIGBI and other representative groups, to ensure the forum is […]
Category: Train Operating Companies
Go-Ahead Group appoints chief operating officer
Go-Ahead Group has announced that Sian Leydon will be joining the company as chief operating officer, a newly created role, in July. Sian will take her track record of leading growth, transformation, and delivering results across complex, customer-focused industries to Go-Ahead. Sian was most recently managing director for mainland Europe at Arriva. Before that, her […]
CrossCountry advises customers to plan ahead over busy Bank Holiday
West Midlands rail users travelling this Bank Holiday weekend are being urged to plan ahead, as trains across the CrossCountry network are expected to be significantly busier than usual. From Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May, a combination of planned strike action affecting another train operator, major events and the Spring Bank Holiday is likely […]
Northern City Line celebrates one year of digital signalling
The Northern City Line (NCL), between Finsbury Park and Moorgate in the City of London, today (Tuesday 19 May) celebrates one year since its physical lineside signals were removed. The NCL became Britain’s first ‘no signals’ commuter railway in May 2025, and since then almost 70,000 train services have been operated by Great Northern using […]
Daily direct services return between Bristol, Swindon, and Oxford
Direct services between Bristol Temple Meads, Swindon, and Oxford are now running every two hours, providing daily links between the three destinations for the first time in more than 20 years. The new services will run Monday to Saturday, calling at Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Chippenham, Swindon and Oxford. The first service left Oxford […]
New ScotRail timetable supports leisure travel
ScotRail has brought into effect a new timetable delivering additional services across parts of the network to support growing demand for leisure travel. The improvements include extra services on several routes at weekends, including Glasgow Queen Street – Anniesland via Maryhill, Glasgow Central – Kilmarnock, the Levenmouth Rail Link, Edinburgh Waverley – North Berwick, Ayr […]
Works begin to create more space for passengers at Peckham Rye station
Passengers using one of south London’s busiest stations – Peckham Rye – are set to benefit from a package of improvements being delivered by Network Rail and Southern Railway, designed to reduce congestion, improve passenger flow and cater for future growth. A ‘hidden’ corner of the station’s booking hall that previously held cash machines will […]
ScotRail encourages customers and staff to take action during Mental Health Awareness Week
ScotRail is encouraging customers and staff across the country to take action to support good mental health as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, with station announcements across the network reminding people that it is ‘OK to talk’. Throughout the week, audio announcements at stations and messages on customer information screens have been encouraging people […]
Successful testing of Class 700 train with upgraded digital software
Successful testing at speed has been completed of upgraded digital software on a Thameslink Class 700 unit, preparing the largest passenger fleet on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) for the introduction of in-cab digital signalling. The 115-strong Thameslink fleet is the largest passenger fleet in the Government funded £1.4 billion East Coast Digital Programme […]