Publicly owned train operators take steps to improve accessibility

The Department for Transport has revealed how train operators in public ownership are improving the accessibility of their services.

Train services to be disrupted as new signalling system commissioned at Darlington

Darlington has a new, improved signalling system – but Network Rail is warning passengers that journeys between York and Newcastle will face disruption when the system is brought into use.

Sunday’s Greater Anglia transfer means half of operators now publicly owned

This Sunday (12 October), Greater Anglia’s services will transfer into public ownership under Great British Railways (GBR). This will mean that half of Britain’s train operators will no longer be owned by private companies.