Rolling stock companies, which also paid out nearly £400m to shareholders, accused of profiting at passengers’ expense The chief executives of three firms that rent out trains to Britain’s railways ...

Driver of East Midlands train, who died in June crash, received automatic warning after passing red light but train continued to accelerate The train that ran into the back of another in the Bedford ...

A train involved in a fatal crash had accelerated past a red signal that was rarely ever on, investigators have found. Train driver Shaun Burton, 60, died and more than 160 people were injured when ...

A high-tech, battery-powered Metra train will leave the drawing board and enter reality next week. The trainset is headed to Chicago and will be exhibited at the American Public Transportation ...

If your train is delayed or cancelled, everyone knows the panic that ensues. There’s something especially cruel about the fact that, despite a journey being disrupted through no fault of your own, if ...

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Work to create the UK's first battery-electric trains for long-distance main line services is set to begin in 2028, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. The 29 new Adessia Stream trains ...

The HST Intercity 125 was hailed as the train that saved British Rail Preparations are under way for a commemorative train journey to mark the birth of the UK's first high-speed rail service. The ...

22:40, Sat, Aug 29, 2026 Updated: 22:41, Sat, Aug 29, 2026 A major emergency response is under way after a train hit a vehicle in Lancashire. Emergency services rushed to the scene in the Burscough ...

Reports of a fire on a train at a busy London station prompted delays and travel disruption on Thursday afternoon. Smoke was reported coming from an empty Southeastern train travelling to a depot at ...

Eighteen people were injured, including two seriously, after a passenger train derailed in southern England on Thursday, trapping passengers inside carriages that had toppled onto their sides. South ...

LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - British Transport Police said the derailment of a passenger train near Lewes railway station in southeast England on Thursday ‌left two people seriously injured and nine ...