The Arterio train has one of the largest windscreens of any modern UK train, with other designs (such as the Siemens Desiro also used by SWR) restricting the driver to a small side window so a ...

The UK’s first intercity battery train has greatly surpassed expectations during its trial phase which is a collaboration between TransPennine Express (TPE), Hitachi Rail and Angel Trains.

A ranking of the loneliest railway stations in Britain is topped by a stop that sees just 34 passengers a year. The list has been produced by website everylaststation.co.uk, which analysed 2023 ...

How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS ...

and the resulting prototype turbo-generator will replace the diesel engine in a redundant British Rail class 60 freight locomotive. It’s unclear whether it will incorporate a condenser ...

High speed trains (HST) were the future of British Rail in the 1970s, with advertisements promising unheard of speeds and shorter journey times. Better known as the InterCity 125, the diesel ...

The great and good of the rail industry - supply chain and direct manufacturers - have had the ambitious plans for Great British Railways (GBR) spelled out for them during a Rail Campus Derby ...

Denton station – the second of four stops on the route – has just been named the least used railway station in Britain according to 2023 data from the Office of Rail and Road. It recorded only ...

You might find this rare breed hiring – for example – their own rail car, or perhaps chartering the likes of the Royal ...

Presenter Michael Portillo, a British journalist, travels the railways throughout England using George Bradshaw's maps to compare 1840s-era Britain to modern-day Britain. Michael Portillo starts ...

Credit: Hitachi Rail. Angel Trains, Hitachi Rail, and TransPennine Express have successfully concluded the UK’s first intercity battery trial in the North of England. The trial is said to have ...

Dogged by delays and cost overruns, HS2 has become a symbol of Britain’s inability to upgrade its creaking infrastructure. Yet as the Budget nears, it is another, little-known rail project that ...