All news on the topic: Railways

The Met Office today issued a rare red ’danger to life’ extreme heat warning for ’significant disruption to daily life’ as the UK faces road, rail and air travel chaos.

A rail company has been fined £1 million after a woman was killed by a tree branch while she stuck her head out of an open train window.

A London train station was named one of the best stations in Europe – the only UK station to make the top 10 list.

Fears the UK’s longest train route would cease this year have been calmed, at least for now, as the operator gives an optimistic update.

Train passengers caught without a ticket should be let off with a warning for a first offence, a watchdog has said.

A passenger had a narrow escape after getting trapped and dragged by a moving train at a west London Tube station.

Millions of passengers will be facing 10 years of severe disruption as once-in-a-generation upgrades are due to start on one of Britain’s most important railways.

Trains to Manchester Airport have been affected by the theft of more than £100,000 of power cable from a railway line.

Train operators in the UK are the most expensive in Europe, according to new analysis.

British Transport Police ‘exposed to a substance believed to be alkaline’ at railway station

Passengers have been warned of disruption on the rail network after signalling fault in Suffolk this morning.

A luxury high-speed train between two major European cities puts the UK’s creaking rail network to shame.

A trip to tourist attractions such as Madame Tussauds, the Tower of London, Kew Gardens, London Zoo and Westminster Abbey have all become a lot more expensive in real terms in the past 50 years

Strikes could be held by members at South Western Railway in a dispute about the "imposition" of changed working times

Employees in Coventry and Birmingham are going on strike next week. Their claim is for £15 an hour and recognition of their union, the GMB. I wish them well, says Paul Routledge

The online ticketing platform told investors that group net ticket sales increased by 22% to £5.3 billion over the year to February 29

Passengers have faced unprecedented rates of cancellations, massively overcrowded trains and dirty or substandard services - so what are your rights and how can you save money?

Neil Hughes, 62, took planes, trains and automobiles to get from his home on the west coast of Scotland to Stourbridge in the West Midlands - and he didn't regret a second of it

Neil Hughes, 62, literally took planes, trains and automobiles to get from his home on the west coast of Scotland to Stourbridge in the West Midlands

Dozens of flood warnings and alerts are in place after huge rainfall this morning which has caused rivers to burst their banks amid fears for homes and businesses across the UK

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt visited the site on Monday and said the investment was 'big boost' for the manufacturing sector

Jeremy Hunt's Budget on Wednesday will bore the pants off you, says Fleet Street Fox. Here's what you'll miss

Brits will experience a stark increase in rail fares from this weekend following 18 months of travel disruption across the country - campaigners have warned the damaging affects on commuters

The rail fare increase increase will be applied to regulated tickets, such as season, anytime day, off-peak and super off-peak - here is everything you need to know