Latest Rail News

The electrification of the Great Western route was a “stark example of how not to run a major project” according to the chair of the influential Commons public accounts committee (PAC).

France’s South Europe Atlantic (SEA) Tours to Bordeaux high speed line has been completed on budget and ahead of schedule.

Phase 3 of the Manchester Metrolink expansion is now open, making it the largest light rail system in the UK.

Network Rail chief executive has called on the private sector to “step up” and start working on how it could finance the digital railway programme.

A section of trackside wall has collapsed onto the railway at Liverpool Lime Street station blocking all four lines into the station and damaging overhead wiring equipment.

Earlier this month, rail engineers set to work lowering a section of track to the west of Bath in preparation for the future electrification of the line between Bath and Bristol. On the face of it, it was a standard job. But was the work in vain?

Construction of the first phase of the £56bn High Speed 2 (HS2) rail line is set to begin after the bill giving it the planning go-ahead finally received Royal Assent today.

Construction of the Northern Line extension has taken a major step forward with the lowering of two giant tunnel boring machines into  20m deep shafts in Battersea.

Network Rail has been rapped over a dangerous incident in which three trains travelled across an unsupported area of track last year.

Aecom, in collaboration with architect Farrells is to design the Singapore terminus for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail after winning the contract with the Land Transport Authority.