
ETCS HSTs test on East Coast Main Line
New Measurement Train power cars valdiate on-board and lineside equipment

Signalling commissioned for tram-train depot access
Permanent access to Taffs Well depot is ready

Porterbrook rolls out RCM on Northern ‘170s’
Turbostar fleet gains labour-saving upgrade

Golden Spanners winners revealed
Britain's most reliable trains and their maintenance teams recognised

Rail Staff Carol Service returns
All welcome at St Mary's Somer's Town on 19 December

British Steel opens rail stocking facility
£10m investment at Scunthorpe secures NR supplies

New operator wins Crossrail contract
MTR loses Elizabeth Line concession

Battery ‘e08’ trials success
Shunter tested at Whatley Quarry

DP World celebrates modal shift to rail
Cabon emissions cut by 17,000 tonnes

‘756s’ enter passenger service
Initial deployment on Merthyr and Aberdare lines

Avanti Class 807s enter service
EMUs roll out on new Liverpool to London service

Euston not in fit condition
Rail Minister acknowledges station issues

Bus guru Hornby moves to Northern
Hornby joins as Commercial and Customer Director

Northern City Line now fully ETCS
Lineside signals to be switched off in 2025

Morgan Sindall wins Liverpool Street roof deal
Revised plans for station redevelopment also unveiled

Ride revelations raise more questions
■ DfT coy on IEP ride tests■ LNER trials – Mk 1 posterior vs accelerometer discrepancy■ Canny CAF seeks easy ride?

The curious case of the ‘230s’
Should the Vivarail units feature in our new fleet reliability table?

It’s an electric railway, Jim - but not as we know it….
Battery trains are now cheaper than DMUs: can they REALLY replace the BR regional fleets?

Hitachi battery trial ‘exceeds expectations’
Fuel savings of up to 50% claimed
Spital Junction 2 overspeed revives legendary question
■ RAIB report highlights driver-signalling interface issues■ Slow progress with additional protection following Spital 1 ■ Third similar overspeed on ECML
Passenger revenue revival stirs
■ Latest quarter-on-quarter overall revenue up 8%■ Annual equivalent revenue now £11.3 billion ■ Trainline UK sales up 15% year-on-year■ Business travel’s strong recovery■ Open access operators bounce back
Passenger revenue revival stirs
■ Latest quarter-on-quarter overall revenue up 8%■ Annual equivalent revenue now £11.3 billion ■ Trainline UK sales up 15% year-on-year■ Business travel’s strong recovery■ Open access operators bounce back

Blocked sanders on Talerddig crash ‘158’
RAIB update finds low wheel/rail adhesion and that sanders should have activated