Train Operating Companies

It can take a long time to introduce a new train. In 2007, the Department for Transport (DfT) issued its invitation to tender...

Rail logistics group TX Logistik has appointed Gian Paolo Gotelli as its new CEO.TX Logistik, which was founded in...

East Midlands Railway is the new name on the UK rail network, following its successful bid to run the East Midlands franchise.

Taunton station in Somerset is to be redeveloped over the next year, according to plans just released.The station, which...

The first of TransPennine Express’s (TPE) new fleet of Nova 3 trains, which will initially come into service in the coming months between Liverpool...

Bombardier’s new Class 710/2 ‘Aventra’ train, destined for London Overground’s Gospel Oak to Barking and Watford lines, has received its first limited...

Train operators and Network Rail are set to publish new measures for train punctuality as part of plans to reduce delays across the network...

Photo: SENRUG charter 2008 at Ashington. (David Naden) Northumberland County Council’s plans to reopen the line from...

New state-of-the-art train simulators are being used to train 768 Greater Anglia drivers that will be driving the new trains due to replace all...

Plans to reopen the Walsall to Wolverhampton railway line for passenger trains have taken a step forward as designs have been published...

South Western Railway train operator FirstGroup and Blu Wireless have announced a project that will significantly boost the quality of connectivity on trains, pioneering...

The Brighton main line in Sussex has reopened following a nine-day closure while Network Rail and its contractors carried out major improvement work.

Passengers on the Cross City line in the West Midlands (Lichfield - Birmingham - Redditch/Bromsgrove) are starting to experience an improvement in their on-train...

RegioJet, the independent Czech railway operator that also runs services in Slovakia, has introduced its new Bombardier TRAXX locomotives into passenger service on the route...

Specialist train operator the Rail Operations Group (ROG) has announced it is acquiring two of Porterbrook’s innovative Flex trains for light logistics traffic. Capable...

The design of a hydrogen-powered train for the UK market has been unveiled by manufacturer Alstom and rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail.The new...