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All change for most used stations as Elizabeth line shakes up top 10

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today revealed that London Liverpool Street has replaced London Waterloo as the most used railway station in Great Britain. The opening of the Elizabeth line was a principal contributing factor in the almost 80.4...

Southeastern introduces UK first with new digital season tickets

Southeastern, one of the UK’s busiest passenger train operators, has introduced digital season tickets - known as sTickets – allowing customers to quickly buy a season ticket and store it on their smartphone. sTickets are available to buy through the...

Octavius completes acquisition of specialist rail electrification design consultant Navitas

Leading transport infrastructure provider Octavius Infrastructure Ltd (Octavius) has completed the acquisition of specialist rail consultant Navitas Engineering Group (Navitas). Navitas, through Navitas Engineering and Permarail provides electrical engineering consultancy services to the railway and electricity supply industries. Their 30...

Working together for a safer railway: tripartite agreement signed

Southeastern, Network Rail and the British Transport Police have come together with a renewed focus to tackle antisocial behaviour on the railway and improve the safety and security of customers and staff. The three organisations have signed up to a...

Transport Minister opens new £15m railway station for East Linton

Transport Minister Fiona Hyslop has today formally opened the new East Linton station, marking completion of the latest investment in Scotland’s Railway. The £15m station reconnects East Linton to the national rail network for the first time in almost six...

Syeda Ghufran joins Siemens Mobility as Director of Asset Management and Assurance for Customer Services

Siemens Mobility today announced the appointment of Syeda Ghufran who joins as the new Director of Asset Management and Assurance for Customer Services. Syeda brings a wealth of expertise to her new role along with her strong background in the...

Key upgrades to railway in North Yorkshire to be delivered this Christmas

Teams from Network Rail will be giving up spending the festive period with their families to deliver vital upgrades to the railway in North Yorkshire. Between Christmas Eve and Wednesday, 27 December, hundreds of colleagues will be working on a...

Join us for the Rail Safety Summit 2024

We're used to hearing phrases like 'Safety First'. They're a reminder that safety is never off the agenda. Britain's railways have maintained an enviable safety record in recent years, but reports of incidents and near misses demonstrate that there is...

Chiltern Railways welcomes three new members to its Director team

Chiltern Railways is pleased to announce three new additions to the Executive team.   Tony Baxter has joined Chiltern as Operations Director. Tony has extensive experience as an operational leader in several sectors, most recently at Northern Trains, where he was...

Mott MacDonald focussed on the future after Department for Transport re-appointment

Mott MacDonald has been re-appointed by the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) as its Futures and Foresight Support Advisor. Mott MacDonald will continue helping the DfT embed ‘futures thinking’ into its decision-making processes. ‘Futures thinking’ is an approach that supports...

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ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds

New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...