The European Parliament approved an agreement reached with the Council on the EU-wide approval of different types of railway rolling stock. ...

***Over on Tom Harris' blog there is an announcement about the formation of a new Labour Transport Group who are "organising to pr...

From our International Correspondent The Atkins sponsored "Case for Electrification" supplement in the July issue of Modern Railw...

Whilst DafT occupies itself with moving the deckchairs around it is instructive to see how our continental cousins are meeting the challenge...

More mutterings following the late publication yesterday of the National Passenger Survey. InterCity operator National Express East Coast is...

It is no surprise that Parliament is held in such low esteem when Ministers and their Civil Servants can't be bothered to get their fact...

What's come over Virgin? A passenger on this morning's fast 10.29 to Glasgow (which in more glamorous days was known as the Royal S...

Much media coverage today of the PassengerFocus report into passenger satisfaction. According to its survey only 40% of customers believ...

***Seen passing Coventry the 06:45 Wrexham and Shropshire service from London had just one passenger aboard.*** To be fair the other one cou...

***Howard Collins to be new London Underground Chief Operating Officer. Bob Thorogood to be new Deputy COO and continue with 'Metronet L...

***SWT deny new fare evasion policy heavy handed.*** Dorset Daily Echo story here UPDATE: Police apologise over gunpoint arrest

Telegrammed from our man in 222 Marylebone Road Network Rail Public members were invited to a briefing at the ORR in Kemble Street last Thur...

Occasional users of the railway are confused by the superabundance of TLAs (three letter acronyms). It is heartening, therefore, to see that...

The nation's oldest and biggest circulation specialist rail title, The Railway Magazine, looks to be planning a radical change to its ed...

Is there no limit to the talents of polymath Christian Wolmar? Cyclists' champion, cricketing legend, journalist, commentator, author ...

When is a bus not a bus? When it's used on a dedicated rail link according to South West Trains. Adam Carew, LibDem parliamentary candid...

Shaun Brady has been appointed acting General Secretary of the Associated Train Crew Union. "We are not just about pay negotiations. We...

Robin Sisson, Assistant Editor of Today' Railways, has died after being involved in a motor accident. Robin, 50, began his career as a s...

Unite - Britain's biggest union and well represented amongst railway engineering functions - is merging with the US-based United Steelwo...

Today is the 70th anniversary of Mallard's record breaking run down Stoke Bank. The special run saw the LNER locomotive achieve a top sp...