A public inquiry is to be held in the autumn regarding Chiltern's Evergreen 3 project, which will see a new train service introduced between Oxford and London Marylebone. The inquiry, which opens on November 2nd, will look at any outstanding objections to the rail improvement scheme between Bicester and Oxford and...

A new trial bike and ride scheme has been launched at Richmond station by by South West Trains. The trial allows passengers to hire a bike from just £10, allowing them to explore the surrounding area or take them on peak or off-peak trains to complete their journey. In addition 108...

A Eurostar train has been named Remembering Fromelles at St Pancras International station. After the naming, carried out by HRH The Duke of Kent, the Eurostar carried over 400 invited guests, many related to those who died in the Battle of Fromelles, to Lille. From there guests made the short journey...

Railway companies in Tokyo and the surrounding areas are opening nurseries at or near their railway stations to make the areas along rail routes more appealing to working parents and  attract more passengers to their trains. The line between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture already has 5 such nurseries and there are...

A new report, launched today (Monday July 19th) shows there are now over 450,000 jobs in sustainable transport industries in the UK. It also finds that investing in more sustainable transport modes (like rail) creates more direct and indirect jobs than investing in less sustainable modes (like the motor industry)....

Arup, in partnership with Carillion, has been awarded ‘Best Small Project’ at Network Rail’s annual Partnership Awards for their 8 hour rail bridge replacement trial at Holm Farm, Dumfries, Scotland. The initiative was praised as exemplary in delivering bridge replacements in a safe, controlled and cost-effective...

On July 17th crowds of enthusiasts, along with shoppers just passing by, witnessed the first steam departure from Birmingham New Street for over 40 years. 6201 Princess Elizabeth departed platform 4 with The Midlander railtour to London Euston and also became the first of its class to touch the buffer stops...

MotivePower, a unit of Wabtec Corporation, has been selected by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), a commuter railroad that serves eastern and central Massachusetts, to supply 20 of MotivePower’s next generation, advance- designed, HSP46 passenger locomotives at a cost not to exceed $114.63 million. The locomotives will be manufactured...

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has set out where it thinks government should be directing its future transport spending and how industry-led initiatives can be trusted to achieve greater results. In a letter to Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, the leading trade body underpinned the value of infrastructure investment...

The second of two 1,000 ton tunnel boring machines has reached the chamber adjacent to the current terminus for the No. 7 train underneath 42nd Street. This marks a major milestone in the $2.1 billion project that will extend the No. 7 line to 34th Street...

Last week a crew of six persons worked at night to remove 1,600 suspended ceiling tiles in the main waiting room of the historic King Street Station. With the acoustical tiles gone, the original, ornate plaster ceiling that graces the main waiting room of the historic ...