Thousands of rail workers are to be made redundant as part of Labour’s plan to nationalise the railways. Network Rail is cutting 15 per cent of its workforce as it faces a budget shortfall potentially as high as £1.8bn, insiders said.

It's believed that climate change could lead to an increase in landslides due to an increase in extreme weather conditions. Unlike vehicles on the road, trains are unable to swerve to avoid debris if it falls onto a railway line. This means services often have to be re-routed, leading to delays while Network Rail engineers remove the blockage.

UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has appointed Richard George as the next Chair of infrastructure manager Network Rail, and Sir Andrew Haines as Chair of Department for Transport Operator Ltd.

Rail passengers in Surrey and southern England are being urged to plan ahead due to upcoming line closures for upgrade works. From 25 October to 2 November, services between Staines and Windsor, and between Guildford and Havant, will be suspended and ...

Rail passengers have been warned of disruption on Monday morning as weekend engineering work overruns. Work has been taking place on Brighton Mainline between Gatwick Airport, Redhill and Reigate, Purley and East Croydon.

“India has been such an amazing example of a rapid transition of a diesel rail system to an electric rail system,” says Yasmine Agelidis, senior attorney at Earthjustice, an environmental nonprofit advocating for the U.S. to move to zero-emissions trains.