5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (341+ words) A life-sized replica of the new Tyne and Wear Metro train has become a teaching aid to support railway safety classes for thousands of local children. The Metro cab mock-up has been given a permanent home at SafetyWorks in Newcastle,…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (359+ words) From September, all schoolchildren in England will receive life-saving rail safety education as the subject becomes a mandatory part of the national curriculum. Across the railway network, rail safety teams visit schools to deliver tailored sessions that show children how…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (525+ words) The Severn Valley Railway’s Bewdley Express commuter trial got off to a flying start today (Tuesday 1 September) as the first heritage train carried passengers from Bewdley towards Birmingham, marking the beginning of an eight-week experiment in connecting the town directly…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (331+ words) ScotRail has reached an important milestone in plans to introduce a new suburban train fleet, with the procurement now progressing to the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) stage. The move to ITN represents the next formal step in the structured procurement…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (378+ words) Northern is expecting a record number of passengers to travel through Leeds station over the bank holiday weekend. More than 113,200 passengers used the station over the bank holiday weekend in August last year. That was a record high and up…...