Labour has vowed to put passengers “back at the heart” of Britain’s railways - as the government revealed a timetable for renationalising train firms. The first operator - South Western Railways - ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s railways are braced for their biggest shake-up in a generation, with train franchises scrapped and ...

With rail fares set to rise again by as much as 2.8 per cent, the debate over whether the UK should renationalise the railways – which Labour made a 2017 manifesto pledge – has already reared its head ...

According to Network Rail, digital signalling technology will help increase the number of trains running without having to embark on highly expensive railway infrastructure projects that take many ...

The countryside rolls by in a blur of green fields, stone walls, winding rivers, and tiny villages as the steam-powered locomotive hauls the heritage train on one of the world’s most scenic rail ...

Professor Paul Plummer has previously worked in the railway and receives funding for research from parts of the railway. Rail unions and operators have been meeting with the government to attempt to ...

The government is inviting technology companies to participate in a trial to see how 5G technology can boost the transport sector and improve communications on the UK’s main railway lines. The Trans ...

Mark Harper told how top innovators won prize money to bring their ideas of decarbonising the rail network to life. This includes removing harmful emissions from train exhausts and powering railways ...

Indian Railways has achieved a significant milestone by electrifying 99.2% of its broad gauge network, surpassing many global ...

UK-based TV personality Narinder Kaur praises Indian Railways after travelling on a Vande Bharat train, calling it better ...

Silent, water-emitting hydrogen-fuelled trains are to become reality in less than three years on some main lines across the UK, under ambitious plans to convert existing diesel rolling stock.

The entire British rail network should be radically overhauled to end the spectre of "nightmare journeys", campaigners have said, external. Scrapping franchises, reforming fares and handing control to ...