Heidi Alexander, the UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, has explained that her ambitions for HS2 are inspired by tthe success of Japan’s Shinkansen network, known as ‘bullet trains’.
Open-access train operator Lumo is offering half-price coffee to Monday morning passengers after England’s match against Mexico in the men’s football World Cup.
Porterbrook has offered its congratulations to everyone who took part in and completed the Railway Children Three Peaks by Rail 2026, which the rolling stock company sponsored.
If an effort to bring relief from the heatwave, train operator Lumo gave out ice pops in the company colour of blue to passengers boarding the 16:36 service from London Euston to Stirling yesterday (Thursday 2 July).