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British Transport Police search for about 30 youths behind vandalism and disorder on a train from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central. More »
Added at 13:15 on 18th May 2013
An elderly man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after he was hit by a train near a station. More »
Added at 08:30 on 18th May 2013
Lightning strikes a house as a thunderstorm brings torrential rain to south west Wales, and also causes road and rail problems. More »
Added at 10:45 on 17th May 2013
A train driver who collapsed at the controls of his trans-Pennine express has been reunited with the nurses who saved his life. More »
Added at 20:45 on 16th May 2013
A double-decker bus has its roof completely shorn off when it hits a railway bridge in Essex. More »
Added at 13:30 on 16th May 2013
A shocked driver saw a teenager "walk out without looking" moments before she was struck by his train, an inquest hears. More »
Added at 09:15 on 16th May 2013
Newport is to have a new railway station, Pye Corner, on the line between Cardiff and Ebbw Vale after the UK government awards the scheme £2.5m. More »
Added at 06:00 on 16th May 2013
The benefits of the HS2 high speed rail project on the economy are unclear, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. More »
Added at 23:30 on 15th May 2013
The HS2 rail project has an estimated £3.3bn funding gap and the project's benefits for the economy are "unclear", the National Audit Office says. More »
Added at 06:15 on 14th May 2013
Free wi-fi access is to be introduced at 25 of Scotland's busiest railway stations before the end of the year. More »
Added at 18:00 on 13th May 2013
The number of passengers using the Enterprise cross-border train service between Belfast and Dublin drops by 22% over the past 10 years. More »
Added at 13:30 on 13th May 2013
The number of passengers using the Enterprise cross-border train service between Belfast and Dublin drops by 22% over the past 10 years. More »
Added at 10:45 on 13th May 2013
The Borders Railway Project will cost £295m, build seven new bridges, lay 30 miles of track and run trains for the first time in 40 years. More »
Added at 15:00 on 11th May 2013
Work is being carried out to make level crossings safer after 33 near misses and two crashes in Wales in the past year. More »
Added at 03:30 on 11th May 2013
Will a music festival get London train passengers talking? More »
Added at 01:15 on 11th May 2013
Guided walks from the Cairngorm mountain railway's top station on to the Cairn Gorm plateau could be made available on a more permanent basis. More »
Added at 19:15 on 9th May 2013
Former Wales secretary Cheryl Gillan has labelled the High Speed 2 rail project a "boy’s toy" that will "saddle future governments with huge debt". More »
Added at 15:30 on 9th May 2013
A heritage railway wagon that was targeted by metal thieves a year ago is cut up for scrap. More »
Added at 07:45 on 9th May 2013
A train driver is taken to hospital with an eye injury after a stone is thrown through his window in South Lanarkshire. More »
Added at 14:15 on 8th May 2013
What can UK learn from Spain’s high speed rail venture? More »
Added at 12:15 on 8th May 2013
What can UK learn from Spain’s high speed rail venture? More »
Added at 12:00 on 8th May 2013
Legislation paving the way for development of the HS2 train line is announced in the Queen's Speech. More »
Added at 18:30 on 1st May 2013
Some of the UK's mainline train stations are being used by fewer than 30 passengers a year, a new study suggests. More »
Added at 11:00 on 1st May 2013
A developer is appointed for the £11m overhaul of a train station which will help channel visitors to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. More »
Added at 07:00 on 1st May 2013
Archaeologists in Derbyshire have found what they believe is the world's oldest railway tunnel - with tests suggesting it dates from 1793. More »
Added at 20:00 on 26th April 2013
The leader of the Welsh Conservatives tries his hand as a train announcer, as the party prepares for its spring Welsh conference. More »
Added at 16:00 on 26th April 2013
Leading Conservative Andrew RT Davies greets rail passengers over the loudspeaker en route to his party's Welsh spring conference in Swansea. More »
Added at 06:30 on 26th April 2013
A railway station's futuristic roof is being repaired for leaks less than three years after it opened following a £22m revamp. More »
Added at 14:00 on 25th April 2013
Growing demand for trains in Caerphilly prompts a plan to open a new £5.2m station. More »
Added at 13:45 on 25th April 2013
Changes to how paperwork is filled in suggested after a railway track near Dunblane was reopened while engineers were still working. More »
Added at 09:00 on 25th April 2013
Edinburgh College is opening what is claimed to be Scotland's only solar meadow, to cut power bills and train engineering students. More »
Added at 16:15 on 24th April 2013
Translink is increasing fares across its bus, coach and rail services. More »
Added at 01:00 on 23rd April 2013
MPs raise concerns over European Union plans to standardise railways, saying governments should be allowed to set their own transport programmes. More »
Added at 11:00 on 19th April 2013
Wigan Council's leader asks Sir Richard Branson for later trains to be arranged for Wigan Athletic fans returning from the FA Cup final. More »
Added at 10:00 on 19th April 2013
A study is backing plans for a 130-bedroom hotel to be built within the proposed new railway station in Dundee. More »
Added at 06:30 on 19th April 2013
As BBC Radio Wales celebrates its annual Music Day the station looks at a project in Carmarthenshire which gives young musicians a break by playing to passengers on board trains. More »
Added at 01:15 on 19th April 2013
Plans to completely rebuild Britain's sixth-busiest railway station, Euston in north London, for the HS2 high-speed project are scrapped. More »
Added at 10:15 on 18th April 2013
Construction workers start digging the line for the new Borders Railway at a site in Edinburgh. More »
Added at 12:15 on 16th April 2013
A train operator is spending £40m to upgrade 91 vehicles in its fleet. More »
Added at 11:30 on 16th April 2013
Almost 60 Scottish train stations are to be spruced up in time for the Ryder Cup and Commonwealth Games next year, it is announced. More »
Added at 21:30 on 15th April 2013
Railway cable theft in Yorkshire fell during the year 2012-13, according to figures from Network Rail. More »
Added at 12:15 on 15th April 2013
Windows are smashed on trains as they travelled into Aberdeen, British Transport Police officers say. More »
Added at 07:45 on 15th April 2013
Train services are disrupted in south London after an engineering train derailed causing damage to the tracks. More »
Added at 22:45 on 12th April 2013
The government has said its plans to build a high speed rail link between London and the north of England will halve journey times between Birmingham and Manchester and between London and Manchester More »
Added at 16:15 on 11th April 2013
Tributes are paid to two men who were killed when their car was hit by a train on a level crossing near Grimsby. More »
Added at 11:00 on 11th April 2013
WH Smith says its strategy of boosting profit margins to offset falling sales continues to bring results, with railways and airport outlets performing well. More »
Added at 16:30 on 10th April 2013
Network Rail and a signalman are fined for failing to ensure the safety of a woman who was killed at a level crossing. More »
Added at 13:15 on 10th April 2013
The IVF pioneer and Nobel prize winner Professor Sir Robert Edwards dies aged 87. More »
Added at 12:15 on 10th April 2013
The barriers at a level crossing in North East Lincolnshire where two men died appear to have been working correctly, transport police say. More »
Added at 22:00 on 9th April 2013
Two people die as a train hits a car at a level crossing near Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire More »
Added at 23:15 on 7th April 2013
Geoff Marshall is a man on a mission, to visit all 270 London Underground stops in the fastest time possible. More »
Added at 19:00 on 5th April 2013
Train passengers in west Wales will be getting more services following a multi-million pound improvement scheme. More »
Added at 10:45 on 5th April 2013
Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) announce additional services and passenger improvements across west Wales and serving Cardiff. More »
Added at 09:45 on 5th April 2013
Police launch an investigation after a train travelling to Arbroath had to make an emergency stop because of a man on the tracks. More »
Added at 04:15 on 5th April 2013
National Rail Enquiries improves its train information systems More »
Added at 18:00 on 2nd April 2013
A man who died after an altercation at a Surrey station was punched before he fell between a moving train and the platform, police say. More »
Added at 10:00 on 2nd April 2013
Changes to the ticket pricing structure on Scotland's train network will see some fares slashed by as much as 41%, the transport minister pledges. More »
Added at 23:00 on 1st April 2013
The closure of many rural railway branch lines and stations was accelerated after a report from British Transport Commission's Dr Richard Beeching that was published 50 years ago this week. More »
Added at 22:30 on 1st April 2013
A man from Surrey who died after being hit by a train following an altercation at Guildford railway station was a "ray of sunshine", his family say. More »
Added at 09:30 on 1st April 2013
Could train spotting provide the key to the future of the rail network? More »
Added at 00:00 on 1st April 2013
A man from Surrey dies after being hit by a train following an altercation at Guildford railway station, police say. More »
Added at 14:45 on 29th March 2013
Passengers travelling by train from south Wales to London face longer journeys over Easter because Reading station is closed. More »
Added at 12:45 on 28th March 2013
Snowdon Mountain Railway is shut over the Easter weekend after it was hit by 30ft (9.1m) snow drifts. More »
Added at 05:15 on 28th March 2013
Reading railway station will close over Easter weekend to allow a major phase of its £900m upgrade to be completed. More »
Added at 19:00 on 27th March 2013
It is 50 years since Dr Richard Beeching published his plans for Britain's rail network. The report earmarked nearly 200 stations for closure in Wales - and the repercussions are still being felt. More »
Added at 16:00 on 27th March 2013
A self-styled Italian lawyer, whose clients included train robber Ronnie Biggs, is found guilty of tricking people into thinking he was a bona fide legal professional. More »
Added at 14:30 on 27th March 2013
Police have arrested 15 people, including a Network Rail employee, who they suspect were responsible for £2 million worth of damage and cable theft from railway lines up and down the UK. More »
Added at 13:45 on 27th March 2013
Workers are battling to reopen Snowdon Mountain Railway after it was hit by 30 ft (9.1m) snow drifts. More »
Added at 11:45 on 27th March 2013
Richard Westcott is given a tour of the signal box at Kings Cross, one of the busiest railway stations in Britain. More »
Added at 11:15 on 27th March 2013
First Great Western looks set to continue running rail services from London Paddington to South Wales for another three years. More »
Added at 11:00 on 27th March 2013
Fifty years after Dr Beeching's controversial report into the reshaping of British railways is published, some of his decisions are now being reversed. More »
Added at 08:15 on 27th March 2013
50 years since the biggest shake-up of the rail network More »
Added at 01:30 on 27th March 2013
Was this Dr Beeching's deepest cut? More »
Added at 22:00 on 26th March 2013
The government announces a new £5m railway station could be built in Ilkeston in two years' time. More »
Added at 17:00 on 26th March 2013
A 24-hour strike by train cleaners for Arriva Trains Wales is suspended so that RMT union members can be balloted on the company's latest offer. More »
Added at 15:45 on 26th March 2013
Police are appealing for information after a man was badly injured in an unprovoked attack after stepping off a train in Nairn. More »
Added at 11:30 on 26th March 2013
Londonderry fire chief says water rescue training will make a big difference. More »
Added at 08:15 on 26th March 2013
Nurses will have to spend time as healthcare assistants as part of a measures to be unveiled by ministers in response to the Stafford hospital inquiry. More »
Added at 07:30 on 26th March 2013
Private companies have been invited to bid for the East Coast rail franchise, which has been run in the public sector since 2009. More »
Added at 20:15 on 25th March 2013
The rail franchising process is to restart, the government will say on Tuesday, six months after the collapse of the West Coast deal stopped it. More »
Added at 11:30 on 25th March 2013
A 24-hour strike by train cleaners for Arriva Trains Wales is back on after a row over pay was not resolved. More »
Added at 10:00 on 25th March 2013
Train services between Aberdeen and Inverness are disrupted after a person was struck and killed on the line. More »
Added at 08:15 on 25th March 2013
How Beeching's railway cuts divided Yorkshire More »
Added at 21:15 on 24th March 2013
Star striker Gareth Bale trains with Wales, easing fears over his fitness ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Croatia. More »
Added at 10:30 on 23rd March 2013
How the Sussex Bluebell Railway grew More »
Added at 10:15 on 23rd March 2013
The first steam train runs along the Bluebell Railway in Sussex after an extension links the heritage line to the main network. More »
Added at 10:15 on 22nd March 2013
A woman and child die after being hit by a train at a station in south London. More »
Added at 09:45 on 22nd March 2013
Rail staff should be better trained to deal with security incidents, MPs on the Commons Transport Committee say. More »
Added at 07:45 on 22nd March 2013
The new railway line between Londonderry and Coleraine is due to reopen on Friday, with scheduled services resuming on Sunday. More »
Added at 07:45 on 22nd March 2013
A new report on a possible metro-style transport system in Cardiff and the the rest of south Wales says it is a chance to rethink the economic future of the region. More »
Added at 14:15 on 21st March 2013
School Reporters from Devon have been involved in a fatal train crash in Somerset on their way to the Radio 1 studios in London. More »
Added at 11:15 on 21st March 2013
Police offer a £20,000 reward to help solve the "savage and brutal" murder of woman found dead on a train 25 years ago. More »
Added at 08:15 on 21st March 2013
One person dies after a train hits a car on a level crossing in Somerset. More »
Added at 16:00 on 19th March 2013
A train company is cutting the amount of "tosh" announced on board after passenger research deemed it irrelevant. More »
Added at 06:45 on 18th March 2013
Millions of pounds is to be spent turning a steam engine depot at Whitehead, County Antrim into a tourist attraction. More »
Added at 16:45 on 16th March 2013
Police hope rugby fans travelling by rail to Cardiff for the Six Nations decider will have their memories jogged by posters of a man who has been missing for 10 weeks. More »
Added at 08:30 on 16th March 2013
Police hope rugby fans travelling by rail to Cardiff for the Six Nations decider will have their memories jogged by posters of a man missing for 10 weeks. More »
Added at 14:00 on 15th March 2013
Rail minister Simon Burns said a High Court ruling into government consultations on the planned HS2 high-speed rail scheme is "a major landmark victory" for the project. More »
Added at 04:00 on 15th March 2013
The High Court is to rule later on legal challenges suggesting the government failed to follow proper procedures before approving the HS2 rail scheme. More »
Added at 15:00 on 13th March 2013
Transport minister Norman Baker says the number of computer generated announcements on trains has got out of hand and needs to be reduced. More »
Added at 08:15 on 13th March 2013
Part of the M20 southbound in Kent is closed by weather conditions which are also affecting ferries and rail crossings to Europe. More »
Added at 07:00 on 13th March 2013
Firms working on the biggest investment in Welsh railways since the Victorian era will be encouraged to employ local labour, say project managers. More »
Added at 13:45 on 12th March 2013
Heavy snow is causing travel problems for a second day, with schools shut, roads closed, and trains - including Eurostar services - cancelled. More »
Added at 10:30 on 11th March 2013
A train driver who made an announcement asking a passenger to stop shouting down her mobile phone is praised. More »
Added at 10:30 on 11th March 2013
Part of the railway line between Lisburn and Belfast is closed due to a security alert. More »
Added at 18:45 on 10th March 2013
A section of the A9 in the Highlands is closed after a crane crashed onto the railway line in a village in Sutherland. More »
Added at 11:45 on 9th March 2013
The final piece of track linking a volunteer steam railway in Sussex with the mainline network is laid. More »
Added at 09:30 on 9th March 2013
A community group that transformed a rundown railway station with a blooming garden display is rewarded for its green-fingered efforts. More »
Added at 08:45 on 9th March 2013
The BBC's Mike Bushell trains with competitors in Nottingham who are limbering up for the National Championships in pole fitness. More »
Added at 18:30 on 8th March 2013
Two construction drills break through into a railway tunnel in east London on a busy First Capital Connect route. More »
Added at 13:45 on 8th March 2013
More than 90% of trains on Scotland's rail network are arriving on time, according to the latest figures. More »
Added at 10:30 on 8th March 2013
The grandmother of a baby born on a train during rush-hour says the mother and infant are "doing really well". More »
Added at 10:00 on 8th March 2013
Cleaners for Arriva Trains Wales are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay on the day Wales play England in rugby's Six Nations. More »
Added at 07:45 on 8th March 2013
A new scheme is being launched aimed at discouraging children and young people from trespassing on the railways. More »
Added at 04:30 on 8th March 2013
Four rail firms start legal proceedings after the government cancelled the Great Western rail franchise contest and then refused to pay compensation. More »
Added at 21:45 on 7th March 2013
A baby is born on a packed rush hour commuter train travelling from central London to Kent. More »
Added at 12:15 on 6th March 2013
The UK government does not believe Welsh devolution needs "radical" change, but says teachers' pay and conditions and rail franchising could be taken over by Cardiff Bay. More »
Added at 12:45 on 4th March 2013
A man whose parents were killed in an accident at a railway level crossing has been awarded compensation. More »
Added at 10:15 on 3rd March 2013
A memorial marking the deaths of a 173 people at a London tube station during World War II is to be unveiled. More »
Added at 13:15 on 2nd March 2013
A man who was on a Tube train followed by a runaway maintenance wagon sees how close he came to danger for the first time. More »
Added at 04:15 on 2nd March 2013
Campaigners are calling for the main railway line in the South West to be improved after it was closed because of floods. More »
Added at 15:30 on 1st March 2013
New trains for London's Crossrail scheme are to be fully funded by the taxpayer so that the £14.8bn project can start on time. More »
Added at 08:15 on 1st March 2013
A railway line in South Yorkshire which was closed after a landslip is not likely to reopen until the summer, it is announced. More »
Added at 01:00 on 1st March 2013
Eastleigh's most famous resident - before the current by-election fame - was probably Benny Hill who once worked at the town's railway works. More »
Added at 17:45 on 28th February 2013
Three transport companies are fined £100,000 each after a runaway train came within 600m of crashing into a packed tube train. More »
Added at 09:15 on 28th February 2013
A signal failure halts train services in Swindon and traps passengers on several services. More »
Added at 08:15 on 27th February 2013
The Londonderry public can voice their preferred option for a replacement train station at three events being held in the city by Translink. More »
Added at 20:30 on 26th February 2013
The death of a cricketer who was struck by a Tube train while drunk and high on drugs was accidental, a jury has decided. More »
Added at 14:45 on 26th February 2013
Cricketer Tom Maynard was electrocuted on a railway line before being struck by train as he tried to evade police after driving while drunk and high on drugs, an inquest heard. More »
Added at 12:45 on 26th February 2013
Cricketer Tom Maynard was electrocuted before being struck by train as he tried to evade police while high on drugs, an inquest hears. More »
Added at 04:45 on 26th February 2013
A "complete lack of common sense" in the government's handling of the West Coast Main Line rail bids will cost taxpayers at least £50m, MPs say. More »
Added at 11:45 on 25th February 2013
Network Rail and a signalman are found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of a person following the death of a woman at a level crossing. More »
Added at 06:15 on 25th February 2013
A series of public meetings on future Northern Ireland railway investment is planned by Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy. More »
Added at 11:45 on 24th February 2013
A Grade II-listed railway bridge reopens after months of work to restore it to its former glory. More »
Added at 11:15 on 24th February 2013
A 640 tonne bridge which will carry Nottingham's new tram line across a railway is being moved into place. More »
Added at 13:45 on 23rd February 2013
Celebrations mark birth of Frank Hornby, of Hornby trains fame More »
Added at 17:30 on 22nd February 2013
A hay truck driver is given a suspended jail sentence and told he showed a "high degree of neglect" after causing a train crash on a crossing in Carmarthenshire. More »
Added at 15:15 on 22nd February 2013
A dog whose tail and leg were amputated after it was hit by a train has become an unlikely hero for new owner Owen Hoskins More »
Added at 14:45 on 20th February 2013
The business case for building a high-speed rail link between Edinburgh and Glasgow is to be outlined by the Scottish government. More »
Added at 13:00 on 20th February 2013
MSPs take evidence on high-speed rail and the Forth Road Bridge Bill. More »
Added at 10:00 on 20th February 2013
About 200 travellers were left stranded at London's King's Cross station overnight after the last train to Leeds was cancelled. More »
Added at 07:15 on 20th February 2013
Scores of passengers are left stranded at London's King's Cross station overnight after the last train to Leeds was cancelled. More »
Added at 00:00 on 18th February 2013
More than half of train companies have a customer satisfaction score of 50% or lower, according to a Which? survey. More »
Added at 16:45 on 16th February 2013
The director of the high speed rail route HS2 has answered queries about how the project will affect the East Midlands. More »
Added at 14:00 on 14th February 2013
Ballymena company Wrightbus wins an order for 179 buses from the biggest bus and rail operator in the UK. More »
Added at 20:00 on 13th February 2013
Train services between Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes will be suspended for at least eight weeks after a landslip. More »
Added at 17:45 on 13th February 2013
Train services in part of South Yorkshire are suspended after a landslip moved a section of railway track. More »
Added at 16:45 on 13th February 2013
Commuters in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire face disrupted journeys due to overhead wire problems. More »
Added at 13:45 on 13th February 2013
Children are putting their lives at risk by cutting across a railway line to get to a fast food restaurant in Carmarthen, say transport police. More »
Added at 08:15 on 12th February 2013
Translink NI have said that the railway line between Londonderry and Coleraine is to re-open on Sunday 24 March 2013. More »
Added at 15:45 on 11th February 2013
Two drug couriers caught with crack cocaine with an estimated street value of more than £90,000 at Aberdeen railway station are jailed for a total of 11 years. More »
Added at 13:00 on 11th February 2013
Network Rail apologises after a signalman gets stuck in a toilet, causing train delays. More »
Added at 08:30 on 11th February 2013
Historian David Cannadine charts the fall and rise of New York's architectural gem and symbol of the gilded age. More »
Added at 07:00 on 11th February 2013
A rail service is to be restored 41 years after being exe thanks to a £1.47m government grant. More »
Added at 17:45 on 10th February 2013
Rail disruption hits Wales rugby fans travelling home by train following the Six Nations win over France in Paris. More »
Added at 14:30 on 8th February 2013
A train driver has a lucky escape after an "incredibly irresponsible" act in which an object is thrown at a train. More »
Added at 11:45 on 8th February 2013
A village railway station closed since 1960 is open and ready for use as part of an effort to ease congestion during work on a road bridge. More »
Added at 10:00 on 8th February 2013
A fresh gap in the East Coast Mainline, created by a cracked rail, is found just two months after a similar one was discovered nearby. More »
Added at 12:15 on 7th February 2013
More than 2,000 applications are received for 18 train driver posts on the new Borders to Edinburgh rail route. More »
Added at 08:00 on 6th February 2013
The Welsh engineer pumping £30m a week into rail link More »
Added at 12:45 on 5th February 2013
Business leaders reveal their proposed route for a Crossrail 2 railway line crossing London from the south west to the north east. More »
Added at 10:15 on 5th February 2013
Police appeal for help after thieves take £18,000 of rail equipment from a storage unit near a Wrexham station. More »
Added at 08:45 on 5th February 2013
Villagers living close to the end of the planned HS2 high-speed rail line claim they have been "mugged" by the plan. More »
Added at 04:00 on 5th February 2013
Central government should scrutinise more closely how local authorities are investing in roads, light rail and buses, a committee of MPs says. More »
Added at 20:30 on 1st February 2013
A section of the M1 in the East Midlands will be moved as part of the high-speed rail link project, the transport secretary has said. More »
Added at 18:00 on 1st February 2013
A driver is in for a shock after workmen at one of Scotland's busiest train stations cut up the car park around his vehicle, leaving it on a tiny island of asphalt. More »
Added at 16:15 on 1st February 2013
Transport Secretary defends HS2 railway plan More »
Added at 09:30 on 1st February 2013
Bristow Helicopters will start training crews at Inverness Airport for search and rescue roles from Monday. More »
Added at 18:30 on 31st January 2013
Rail passengers are stranded for more than four hours after a train breaks down less than 15 minutes into its journey. More »
Added at 16:30 on 31st January 2013
The government's transport spokesman in the Lords says he had to cancel a trip to Birmingham because the on-the-day train fare was too expensive. More »
Added at 12:45 on 31st January 2013
Detailed plans for a new railway station in Northampton have been unveiled. More »
Added at 10:00 on 31st January 2013
The competition to run the Great Western rail franchise between south Wales and London is being scrapped, it is announced. More »
Added at 01:15 on 31st January 2013
The West Coast Main Line deal fiasco was the result of "irresponsible decisions", says a House of Commons transport committee report. More »
Added at 14:45 on 30th January 2013
A railway enthusiast was crushed to death on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway when a train slipped into the wrong gear, an inquest hears. More »
Added at 14:45 on 30th January 2013
There have been new calls for safety improvements at a level crossing in Essex after a man was hit and killed by a train. More »
Added at 14:00 on 30th January 2013
Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall have taken a ride on a London Underground train as part of celebrations marking 150 years of the Tube. More »
Added at 19:30 on 29th January 2013
A Buckinghamshire pensioner who lives close to the proposed HS2 high speed rail route is told her house is worthless.. More »
Added at 13:30 on 29th January 2013
...why it takes 20 years to build a railway More »
Added at 11:15 on 29th January 2013
Four people are treated at London Bridge Station after being taken ill in what was initially feared to be a chemical incident. More »
Added at 11:00 on 29th January 2013
The number of passengers satisfied with their rail journey is at a record high, a survey by Passenger Focus says, but with many still unhappy with ticket pricing. More »
Added at 10:30 on 29th January 2013
People in cottages built for railway workers say they are devastated to learn their homes may be demolished to make way for the HS2 high speed line. More »
Added at 08:00 on 29th January 2013
The UK is expected to agree to send troops to train forces in Mali, as part of a joint EU mission, at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. More »
Added at 03:30 on 29th January 2013
The UK is expected to agree to send troops to train forces in Mali, as part of a joint EU mission, at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. More »
Added at 19:45 on 28th January 2013
An investigation is under way after a train collides with a car on a level crossing in Pembrokeshire. More »
Added at 17:15 on 28th January 2013
What do people in Toton think of plans to put the Nottingham suburb on the high speed rail map? More »
Added at 17:00 on 28th January 2013
The Scottish government says it is continuing to push Westminster to ensure high speed rail services connect Glasgow and Edinburgh with England. More »
Added at 16:00 on 28th January 2013
Or, how the HS2 rail plan put a small suburb on the map More »
Added at 15:45 on 28th January 2013
The second phase of the £32bn HS2 high-speed rail network will stop at a new station in Sheffield, it has been revealed. More »
Added at 15:45 on 28th January 2013
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin is making a statement to MPs on HS2 rail extension plans. More »
Added at 14:15 on 28th January 2013
A "concrete timetable" is needed for extending the HS2 high speed rail network to Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Scottish government urges. More »
Added at 12:30 on 28th January 2013
Extra train services will be put on for football fans travelling to next month's Capital One Cup final at Wembley. More »
Added at 12:30 on 28th January 2013
HS2 will mean a new rail station for Leeds More »
Added at 12:30 on 28th January 2013
The roof of an out-of-service double-decker bus is ripped off when it gets stuck under a railway bridge in Hampshire. More »
Added at 10:30 on 28th January 2013
Two teenagers have been reported following claims boys on bicycles held onto a passenger train as it pulled out of a Highlands station. More »
Added at 10:30 on 28th January 2013
Chancellor George Osborne has told the BBC that the the HS2 high-speed rail network will "create prosperity and jobs". More »
Added at 05:45 on 28th January 2013
The proposed route for the high-speed train network linking Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds is due to be revealed by the transport secretary. More »
Added at 23:45 on 27th January 2013
The leader of Leicestershire County Council is calling on the government to scrap plans for a proposed high-speed railway line through the county. More »
Added at 15:15 on 26th January 2013
It is inevitable a new rail line will cause "upset", the transport secretary has said - as he prepares to unveil the next stage of the HS2 project. More »
Added at 14:45 on 24th January 2013
Scientists in Edinburgh construct the UK's largest purpose-built test track for high speed railways. More »
Added at 11:00 on 24th January 2013
Two teenage boys are filmed on CCTV "surfing" a train as it pulled out of a station. More »
Added at 08:30 on 24th January 2013
Train commuters are facing long delays after a train fire at Upwey Station, near Weymouth. More »
Added at 16:00 on 23rd January 2013
A chartered passenger train derails and catches fire in Salford, causing rail and road disruption. More »
Added at 09:15 on 23rd January 2013
Newcastle University engineers have been developing ways to make train carriages blast-resilient. More »
Added at 03:30 on 23rd January 2013
Researchers explore ways to lessen the impact of explosions More »
Added at 02:15 on 23rd January 2013
When will high speed rail arrive in Scotland? Don't hang about on the platform just yet. More »
Added at 18:30 on 22nd January 2013
Network Rail has released video of a near miss at a level crossing in Lincoln in a bid to support plans for a footbridge over the line. More »
Added at 13:00 on 22nd January 2013
Have train fares gone up or down since privitisation? More »
Added at 12:15 on 22nd January 2013
Police appeal for information after the window on a train was damaged by vandals at Inverness station. More »
Added at 11:00 on 22nd January 2013
A gang of men suspected of causing damage put at £50,000 to railway ticket machines is being sought by police. More »
Added at 10:45 on 22nd January 2013
A major fire in Renfrewshire causes significant disruption to train services between Glasgow and Ayrshire. More »
Added at 23:15 on 21st January 2013
More than 5,000 schools were closed across the UK as snow and icy conditions continued for a fourth day, affecting roads, railways and airports. More »
Added at 17:15 on 21st January 2013
Rail companies report "major delays" as snow and ice continues to cause disruption across England. More »
Added at 12:45 on 21st January 2013
Travel has been affected in the UK as a result of heavy snowfall, with disruption to road and train journeys. More »
Added at 10:15 on 21st January 2013
More than 3,000 schools have been closed across the UK as snow and icy conditions continue for a fourth day, affecting roads, trains and flights. More »
Added at 08:30 on 21st January 2013
Flights and trains are cancelled as snow continues to cause disruption across England. More »
Added at 09:45 on 20th January 2013
A railway carriage restored at Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway forms part of a train recreating the first Tube journey to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground. More »
Added at 09:30 on 20th January 2013
Network Rail confirm a person has died after being struck by a train on the Cardiff side of the Wentloog freight terminal. More »
Added at 18:15 on 18th January 2013
Travel disruption caused by heavy snow is set to continue, as many parts of the UK see train delays, cancelled flights and testing driving conditions. More »
Added at 07:30 on 18th January 2013
Demand for information about local areas is growing so rapidly a special centre to help train so-called community journalists is set up at Cardiff University. More »
Added at 20:15 on 17th January 2013
A cat recovers after stowing away in the air conditioning compartment of an express train and travelling 1,700 miles. More »
Added at 17:15 on 17th January 2013
Travellers are warned of road and rail disruption ahead of "significant snow" expected on Friday. More »
Added at 14:45 on 17th January 2013
Children as young as seven have been seen trying to "train surf" in south Wales, say British Transport Police. More »
Added at 14:30 on 17th January 2013
Translink say there will be no public consultation meeting in Londonderry about the new rail timetable. More »
Added at 14:15 on 17th January 2013
Much of Norfolk and Suffolk was affected by heavy snow fall which led to school closures and poor travel conditions. More »
Added at 07:30 on 17th January 2013
A train is on fire at London Victoria station, prompting the evacuation of the station, transport officials say. More »
Added at 14:30 on 16th January 2013
Rail passengers face a day of disruption after a car slid in black ice on to a track on the main Norwich to London line. More »
Added at 13:45 on 16th January 2013
A car slides on black ice and comes to rest across a busy railway track in Suffolk. More »
Added at 16:15 on 15th January 2013
The managing director of London Midland said he was "embarrassed" about the disruption caused by a shortage of train drivers in the run-up to Christmas. More »
Added at 15:30 on 15th January 2013
The head of London Midland trains says he is "embarrassed" after hundreds of its trains were cancelled in recent months. More »
Added at 19:00 on 13th January 2013
A steam train returns to the Underground to mark 150 years since the first London Tube journey. More »
Added at 17:00 on 13th January 2013
Steam train returns to London Underground More »
Added at 12:30 on 13th January 2013
A steam train returns to the Underground to mark 150 years since the first London Tube journey More »
Added at 04:30 on 13th January 2013
A steam train returns to the Underground to mark 150 years since the first London Tube journey. More »
Added at 11:00 on 12th January 2013
Part of the railway line in south Belfast is closed and a number of homes are evacuated due to a bomb alert. More »
Added at 15:15 on 11th January 2013
BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards travels to Paris to look at the Metro's fully automated driverless trains. More »
Added at 08:15 on 10th January 2013
London Underground has celebrated its 150th anniversary with an historic steam engine journey. More »
Added at 01:00 on 10th January 2013
A change to the way inflation is measured is set to be announced on Thursday, which is set to affect how changes in rail fares and pensions are calculated. More »
Added at 19:45 on 9th January 2013
The rail minister denies he costs the taxpayer £80,000 a year by using a chauffeur-driven car to get to work and not the train. More »
Added at 16:30 on 9th January 2013
A wooden toy company which offered to take over the West Coast rail franchise is turned down due to the "safety" of its trains. More »
Added at 14:45 on 9th January 2013
Trains from Cardiff to London Paddington have been hit by severe disruptions caused by major signalling problems. More »
Added at 20:30 on 8th January 2013
Passengers will benefit from faster train services between Swansea and London by 2018 when work to electrify the line will be completed. More »
Added at 17:00 on 8th January 2013
Passengers will benefit from faster train services between Swansea and London by 2018 according to Network Rail. More »
Added at 11:15 on 8th January 2013
A group of up to seven men chanted, swore and danced on tables on a train travelling from Glasgow to Inverness, police say. More »
Added at 09:45 on 8th January 2013
More than £1bn is to be spent on the rail network in the south and south west, under new plans announced by Network Rail. More »
Added at 08:30 on 8th January 2013
Network Rail gives its first official dates on when the electrification of most of the lines in south Wales will be completed. More »
Added at 07:45 on 8th January 2013
Passengers will benefit from faster train services between Swansea and London by 2019 when work to electrify the line will be completed More »
Added at 07:15 on 8th January 2013
A £37.5bn plan to develop the UK's railway network over a five-year period has been announced by Network Rail. More »
Added at 06:15 on 8th January 2013
A £37.5bn plan to develop the UK's railway network over a five-year period is announced by Network Rail, including more capacity and better reliability. More »
Added at 02:15 on 8th January 2013
London's underground rail service is an international brand. More »
Added at 18:30 on 7th January 2013
Five lorries hit the same railway bridge in six months - despite signs warning about its height. More »
Added at 18:15 on 7th January 2013
Civil servants did not "deliberately" mislead ministers over errors made during the bidding process to run the West Coast rail franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin tells MPs. More »
Added at 14:15 on 7th January 2013
The death of a man found on a Glasgow railway track remains unexplained and leads to a police appeal for information. More »
Added at 11:15 on 7th January 2013
The Sheffield stadium where Jessica Ennis trains could be demolished in a bid to save money, documents seen by the BBC reveal. More »
Added at 07:15 on 7th January 2013
LU employees whose histories are intertwined with the rail network's More »
Added at 11:15 on 6th January 2013
Rangers invite Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper Mathew Ryan to train with them for 10 days, according to the Australian club. More »
Added at 19:30 on 4th January 2013
A train company's practice of missing out smaller stations when routes are disrupted is criticised by commuters and an MP. More »
Added at 11:15 on 4th January 2013
Three bridges have been demolished in preparation for the arrival of new electric Crossrail trains. More »
Added at 06:30 on 4th January 2013
The government should rule out using peak-time train fare rises to manage passenger numbers, MPs have said. More »
Added at 01:30 on 4th January 2013
The government should rule out using peak-time train fare rises to manage passenger numbers, says a report by the Commons Transport Select Committee. More »
Added at 17:15 on 3rd January 2013
British Transport Police are investigating two unconnected hate crimes on board trains in central Scotland. More »
Added at 10:15 on 3rd January 2013
One of Wales' oldest steam railways appeals for help from volunteers to meet a funding shortfall due to a drop in passenger numbers. More »
Added at 07:45 on 3rd January 2013
One of the oldest steam railways in Wales is appealing to its supporters for help because of falling passenger numbers. More »
Added at 17:00 on 2nd January 2013
A man dies after a car is struck by a freight train at a level crossing in Oxfordshire. More »
Added at 09:00 on 2nd January 2013
Work to extend Llangollen Railway in Denbighshire has been delayed as steam enthusiasts face a number of barriers over the last year. More »
Added at 06:15 on 2nd January 2013
Above-inflation rail fare increases have come into force in England, Wales and Scotland amid claims that fares are going up three times faster than average earnings. More »
Added at 01:45 on 2nd January 2013
Above-inflation rail fare increases have come into force in England, Wales and Scotland amid claims that fares are going up three times faster than average earnings. More »
Added at 09:30 on 1st January 2013
Tram-train plan unveiled to tackle city congestion More »
Added at 02:30 on 1st January 2013
How women helped keep Britain's trains running More »
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