Category: UK

Greater Anglia completes table installation on its Stansted Express trains

Greater Anglia has completed the project to fit its Stansted Express trains with tables, ahead of schedule, delivering a significant customer-focused upgrade for travellers on the popular airport link. The initiative, which was due to be fully implemented by the end of this year, is now in place and will also benefit passengers on GA’s […]

Metro worker retires after 40 years repairing ticket machines

A long-serving Metro worker is set to retire after 40 years repairing ticket machines on the system. Alex Carr has headed up the maintenance of the 225 ticket machines across The Tyne and Wear Metro’s 60 stations for the last four decades. Alex, 60, of Dipton in County Durham, manages the Nexus Automatic Fare Collection […]

Digital signalling testing affects passenger services this weekend

A large section of the railway south of Peterborough will be closed this weekend (22 and 23 November) to allow for further testing of digital signalling, passengers are reminded. The work between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin in Hertfordshire will involve trains transitioning in and out of the digitally-controlled section. Further work will develop the […]

GTR creates safeguarding manager role to support colleagues and passengers

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which operates Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink trains, has created a new role of safeguarding manager to support passengers and colleagues. GTR previously employed a suicide prevention manager, the first person to be appointed to this position across the UK rail network. This role has now been broadened in […]

Northern sets sights on 30 million more journeys by 2030

Northern has unveiled its ‘30 by 30’ plan – an ambitious, data-driven strategy to grow annual customer journeys by 30 million by the end of the decade.  The plan outlines how the operator will achieve sustainable, long-term growth through a combination of organic demand, better performance and targeted strategic interventions that will make rail travel […]

Network Rail re-energises its Switched On website as rail safety is put onto English National Curriculum

All school children across England are to receive life-saving rail safety education when the subject becomes a mandatory part of the PHSE in the national curriculum from September 2026. Ahead of the compulsory introduction, Network Rail has relaunched its Switched On website, which provides teachers with free curriculum-linked materials designed to teach children how to […]

Full train services resume on the Isle of Wight after £3.5 million investment

Island Line services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin resumed this morning (17 November) following a mix of full and partial closures over the past month. During this time, engineers replaced the rail between Ryde Esplanade and Ryde St John’s Road, through Ryde Tunnel. Conditions in Ryde Tunnel are some of the most extreme in […]

East Kilbride–Glasgow line just weeks away from electric trains

Passengers travelling between East Kilbride and Glasgow are just weeks away from experiencing the benefits of a cleaner, quieter and more reliable railway, as the electrification of the line enters its final phase. With only one month to go until electric trains begin running on the route, teams across Network Rail and industry partners are […]