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Boxers from around the world are in Cardiff for the next three weeks to improve their chances of qualifying in their home countries for the Olympic Games. The 'Road to London' training camp - run by the Amateur International Boxing Board - is using high-t More »
Added at 10:15 on 22nd February 2012
Plans to demolish a rare Grade II-listed wooden viaduct and replace it with a new road and rail crossing are recommended for approval. More »
Added at 07:00 on 21st February 2012
Transport Minister Keith Brown is in the Borders to check on progress being made on the rail route linking the region to Edinburgh. More »
Added at 02:30 on 21st February 2012
The rail network north of Perth is "unfit for purpose", according to Scotland's Chambers of Commerce. More »
Added at 15:15 on 20th February 2012
A train conductor is hurt after a brick is thrown at train in the south of Glasgow, showering him with glass. More »
Added at 12:30 on 20th February 2012
A police sniffer dog caught a drugs courier with heroin with a street value of almost £100,000 at Aberdeen railway station, a court hears. More »
Added at 07:30 on 20th February 2012
A mental health charity hails as a success its £1m lottery-funded scheme to train suicide counsellors, with almost three-quarters of those trained having used their skills. More »
Added at 15:45 on 19th February 2012
Work is starting to upgrade a railway level crossing in Cambridgeshire described as "notorious" by passengers. More »
Added at 20:15 on 17th February 2012
Rail passengers across London and the South East face major disruption due to an electrical fault. More »
Added at 15:00 on 17th February 2012
A train station is being built in Pembrokeshire for the first time in almost 50 years to take new services to Goodwick and nearby Fishguard. More »
Added at 11:15 on 17th February 2012
A man is arrested following a collision between a van and train at a level crossing near Llanbrynmair, Powys. More »
Added at 09:15 on 17th February 2012
An inquiry into a crash at a rural level crossing that left a van driver in hospital will look at whether a telephone was used beforehand. More »
Added at 09:15 on 17th February 2012
A union announces three strike dates on the the Heathrow Express rail link in a dispute over a sacked driver. More »
Added at 21:15 on 16th February 2012
A man is being treated in hospital after a train collides with a van at a railway crossing in Powys. More »
Added at 15:30 on 16th February 2012
A dog which is believed to have been used as bait to train other dogs to fight has been recovering at a Nottinghamshire rescue centre. More »
Added at 14:30 on 16th February 2012
A man has been flown to hospital after a train and a van collide near Machynlleth. More »
Added at 21:30 on 14th February 2012
A charity wants to open a restaurant at Cardiff jail to help train prisoners for jobs in catering. More »
Added at 14:00 on 14th February 2012
Taxis and cars are to be banned permanently from Edinburgh Waverley Station as part of anti-terrorism measures. More »
Added at 11:45 on 14th February 2012
Rail workers face losing their jobs if they live more than 75 minutes from new offices in Buckinghamshire, a union claims. More »
Added at 17:15 on 13th February 2012
Protest groups against the HS2 rail project have sent the government a formal letter warning they will take legal action unless the £33bn scheme is stopped. More »
Added at 09:15 on 13th February 2012
Nick Clegg is urging firms to join a £1bn government scheme which gives them cash to take on and train young people. More »
Added at 18:30 on 10th February 2012
Farmers' hope for HS2 high-speed rail 'fair deal' More »
Added at 09:15 on 10th February 2012
Driving huge freight trains up and down the Andes mountains in Peru, on the second highest railway in the world, requires great skill and courage. More »
Added at 14:30 on 9th February 2012
Rail staff are assaulted an a train badly damaged by football fans going to the Tees-Wear derby, British Transport Police say. More »
Added at 20:30 on 8th February 2012
The classical singer takes up a new challenge as she trains as a jockey. More »
Added at 17:30 on 8th February 2012
Scottish authorities decide not to prosecute a passenger who removed an alleged fare dodger from a train. More »
Added at 17:00 on 8th February 2012
A woman who lost control of her mobility scooter and fell under a train at Barnsley railway station has died in hospital. More »
Added at 11:00 on 8th February 2012
A woman is accused of racially abusing passengers on a London Underground train. More »
Added at 10:00 on 8th February 2012
Proposals to build a train station at Caerleon and make improvements to stations between Newport and Abergavenny are put forward. More »
Added at 17:45 on 7th February 2012
Senior civil servants are to be given special training to help them manage major infrastructure projects such as high-speed rail. More »
Added at 07:45 on 7th February 2012
Network Rail agrees to pay damages over the deaths of a woman and her grandson who were hit by a train on a level crossing in Nottinghamshire. More »
Added at 17:45 on 6th February 2012
Commuters face delays caused by track problems and a broken down train on the first full day of a new train operator running services. More »
Added at 06:00 on 6th February 2012
Labour has urged ministers to block six-figure bonuses for Network Rail bosses, insisting they have the power to prevent such payouts. More »
Added at 14:00 on 5th February 2012
Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting. More »
Added at 11:00 on 5th February 2012
One-third of flights from Heathrow are cancelled because of snow and train and Tube services have severe delays and cancellations. More »
Added at 08:00 on 5th February 2012
Snowfalls of up to 15cm (6in) have caused disruption to road, rail and air travel in parts of Britain, with the threat of more delays later. More »
Added at 04:00 on 5th February 2012
Snowfalls of up to 15cm (6in) cause disruption to road, rail and air travel across much of Britain, with the threat of more delays later. More »
Added at 03:15 on 4th February 2012
Heavy snow is forecast for most of England and Wales later, with warnings of likely disruption on the roads and rail services. More »
Added at 03:00 on 4th February 2012
Travel disruption is continuing following the derailment of a freight train engine on the West Coast mainline in Bletchley. More »
Added at 20:45 on 3rd February 2012
Trials are due to take place using a pedal-powered train on a disused rail line in Gwynedd as a way to boost tourism. Communities First group Antur Stiniog wants to reuse an old line from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Trawsfynydd. More »
Added at 20:00 on 3rd February 2012
Up to 60 homes are evacuated and trains cancelled because of a gas leak in Portsmouth. More »
Added at 17:00 on 3rd February 2012
A freight train engine which derailed on the West Coast mainline may have been going too fast, Network Rail says. More »
Added at 14:30 on 3rd February 2012
A man is charged over the death of teenage girl who fell between a carriage and the platform at a Liverpool railway station. More »
Added at 14:15 on 3rd February 2012
A drug dealer from Liverpool who was caught with a bag containing more than £100,000 of heroin at Dundee railway station is jailed. More »
Added at 14:00 on 3rd February 2012
A train derailment has stopped services on the line between Milton Keynes and London Euston. More »
Added at 13:30 on 3rd February 2012
A train conductor who featured in a video watched by millions of people on the internet returns to work. More »
Added at 07:30 on 3rd February 2012
A freight train derails on the West Coast main line causing all services between London and Milton Keynes to be suspended. More »
Added at 07:00 on 3rd February 2012
Trials are due to take place using a pedal-powered train on a disused rail line in Gwynedd as a way to boost tourism. More »
Added at 18:15 on 2nd February 2012
The UK transport minister tells MPs that the government's powers to prevent bonuses at Network Rail are "extremely limited". More »
Added at 08:15 on 2nd February 2012
A fire outside a recycling centre in Ipswich disrupts rail services in Suffolk. More »
Added at 17:15 on 1st February 2012
A woman escapes with minor injuries when her mobility scooter is hit by a train at a south Yorkshire railway station. More »
Added at 10:45 on 1st February 2012
A car becomes stuck on a railway crossing in Herefordshire following a crash with another car. More »
Added at 10:30 on 1st February 2012
British Transport Police release CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with alleged indecent behaviour on board a train. More »
Added at 23:00 on 31st January 2012
A man is killed when he is hit by a train at a level crossing in Staffordshire. More »
Added at 17:45 on 31st January 2012
The Severn Valley Railway celebrates 150 years More »
Added at 13:30 on 31st January 2012
The father of one of the girls killed at an Essex rail crossing said Network Rail "could have been kinder" as the company admitted safety breaches. More »
Added at 12:30 on 31st January 2012
Network Rail has admitted three health and safety breaches over the deaths of two girls at an Essex level crossing in 2005, a court has heard. More »
Added at 12:00 on 31st January 2012
A man is fined £800 after allowing a five-year-old boy to open gates at a private railway crossing without checking it was safe to do so. More »
Added at 11:30 on 31st January 2012
Network Rail admits health and safety breaches over the deaths of two teenage girls at a level crossing in Essex in 2005. More »
Added at 08:30 on 31st January 2012
The Severn Valley Railway celebrates 150 years since the first train travelled from Worcestershire to Shropshire. More »
Added at 14:45 on 30th January 2012
Organisers have launched a website detailing expected hotspots on London's underground system during London 2012. More »
Added at 14:30 on 30th January 2012
Network Rail said a crossing in Hertfordshire where a 15-year-old girl was killed by a train on Saturday was in full working order. More »
Added at 13:00 on 30th January 2012
A Merseyside MP is to meet representatives from Facebook about "trolling" after derogatory messages were posted on the site of a Wirral teenager who died in a train accident. More »
Added at 10:15 on 30th January 2012
A record number of people with disabilities are using the railways, figures from the Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc) suggest. More »
Added at 08:30 on 30th January 2012
A railway crossing in Hertfordshire where a 15-year-old girl was killed when she was hit by a train, was in full working order, Network Rail say. More »
Added at 08:15 on 30th January 2012
There has been an increase in the number of passengers with disabilities who are choosing the rail network to get around. More »
Added at 12:15 on 29th January 2012
A 15-year-old girl was killed when she was hit by a train at a foot crossing in Hertfordshire, police have said. More »
Added at 04:45 on 28th January 2012
More than 50 GPs involved in new clinical commissioning groups have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government reforms are derailed. More »
Added at 13:00 on 27th January 2012
A man described by his solicitor as a nerd and a train spotter has appeared in court on terrorism charges. More »
Added at 11:30 on 27th January 2012
Workers who clean Eurostar trains and stations on the UK side of the route vote to go on strike in a row over pay. More »
Added at 11:30 on 27th January 2012
A man who left another man "inches from death" after throwing him against a moving train is given a suspended prison sentence. More »
Added at 19:00 on 26th January 2012
Residents in a wealthy part of north London criticise plans to put a statue of Jesus on a beauty spot during the Olympic Games. More »
Added at 16:45 on 26th January 2012
A Stockton man who crashed a school bus into a Darlington railway bridge is given a suspended sentence. More »
Added at 13:00 on 26th January 2012
An 85-year-old woman drives down a high-speed train line for 80 yards (73m) after accidentally turning on to the tracks at a level crossing in Hampshire. More »
Added at 13:00 on 26th January 2012
There is a growing feeling that train tickets across the UK do not represent value for money, a survey of rail passengers suggests. More »
Added at 11:30 on 26th January 2012
Cleaners on the Tyne and Wear Metro protest over demand to get free travel on the light railway network. More »
Added at 01:00 on 26th January 2012
The Scottish government is planning to form an alliance with politicians in the north of England over a planned high-speed rail link. More »
Added at 00:15 on 26th January 2012
The government must urgently tighten the rules around scrap metal dealing to tackle the growing problem of theft, especially from railways, a committee says. More »
Added at 16:00 on 25th January 2012
Campaigners against the high-speed rail project say they will seek a judicial review of the government's decision to approve the scheme. More »
Added at 10:30 on 25th January 2012
Volunteers and staff are carrying out drainage system replacement work at a Dorset railway station. More »
Added at 07:30 on 25th January 2012
Dyfed-Powys Police appeal for information after a man was severely beaten and thrown on to a railway line in Pembrokeshire. More »
Added at 12:00 on 24th January 2012
British Transport Police say two men have been reported to the procurator fiscal over an alleged attack on a teenager on a train. More »
Added at 14:00 on 23rd January 2012
One commuter tells Panorama how he goes about making the point that every minute of train delays cost commuters valuable time. More »
Added at 12:00 on 23rd January 2012
Train services in Fife are disrupted for an hour due to a landslip which caused damage to signal cables. More »
Added at 07:45 on 23rd January 2012
A road is closed and trains have been delayed after a lorry crashed into a level crossing gate in Carmarthenshire, say police. More »
Added at 03:00 on 23rd January 2012
A man is arrested in connection with alleged racist chanting by Chelsea fans on a train to London after Saturday's draw at Norwich. More »
Added at 00:30 on 23rd January 2012
The RMT union suspends a planned walkout by staff at a rail signal centre in Glasgow in a row over career progression. More »
Added at 10:30 on 20th January 2012
A woman escaped uninjured when her car and a train collided at a level crossing near Newquay in Cornwall. More »
Added at 09:00 on 20th January 2012
A disabled sportsman and his family, who campaigned for 20 years for better access to his local railway station, welcome plans for a £1.2m refurbishment. More »
Added at 08:15 on 20th January 2012
The train service resumes between Bridgend and Rhoose after signalling problems caused disruption. More »
Added at 22:30 on 19th January 2012
A woman escapes uninjured after her car and a train collide at a level crossing near Newquay in Cornwall. More »
Added at 12:00 on 19th January 2012
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is seeking approval for its plan to move spent nuclear fuel from Dounreay in Caithness to Sellafield for reprocessing. More »
Added at 11:15 on 19th January 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband urges David Cameron to tackle a culture of "fleecing" customers by train and energy firms, banks and airlines. More »
Added at 01:00 on 19th January 2012
Highland councillors are to be given a presentation from the NDA on the movement of nuclear fuel from Scotland to England by rail. More »
Added at 12:00 on 18th January 2012
Officials welcome news that the Lesotho Olympic team will base their pre-games training camp in Wrexham. More »
Added at 02:00 on 17th January 2012
Highland councillors are to travel on a funicular railway to help them consider plans for a planned new wind farm. More »
Added at 13:45 on 16th January 2012
British Transport Police investigate an assault on a teenage boy who asked four men to stop singing sectarian songs on a train. More »
Added at 13:00 on 16th January 2012
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan defends sale of home close to the planned High Speed 2 rail route after criticism from Labour. More »
Added at 19:45 on 14th January 2012
A car containing two hibernating tortoises is stolen from a railway station car park. More »
Added at 21:15 on 13th January 2012
Campaigners in Ilkeston want a railway station in their town, which is the largest in the UK without one. More »
Added at 15:30 on 13th January 2012
Highland councillors are to be given a presentation from the NDA on the movement of nuclear fuel from Dounreay by rail. More »
Added at 14:45 on 13th January 2012
Network Rail is to face prosecution for a train crash in Cumbria which killed Scottish pensioner Margaret Masson. More »
Added at 12:45 on 13th January 2012
A reopened rail link between North Lanarkshire and West Lothian has boosted passenger numbers along the route, according to Transport Scotland. More »
Added at 12:00 on 13th January 2012
Peter Snow, who has a model railway in his loft, explained why the British love railways and why he preferred trains to his famous swingometer. More »
Added at 11:15 on 13th January 2012
A new style of barrier could be installed at 23 open level crossing on railway lines in Ayrshire and the Highlands. More »
Added at 10:15 on 13th January 2012
The Office of Rail Regulation is to prosecute Network Rail over the Grayrigg rail crash in Cumbria in which a woman died. More »
Added at 18:00 on 12th January 2012
Lessons Leeds can take from Lille on high-speed rail links More »
Added at 08:15 on 12th January 2012
The government's high-speed rail plans will ruin thousands of lives, according to Lord Astor - David Cameron's father-in-law. More »
Added at 19:30 on 11th January 2012
Transport Secretary Justine Greening said the HS2 high-speed rail line would bring 8,000 jobs to the West Midlands. More »
Added at 14:15 on 11th January 2012
A £33bn high-speed rail network will create 8,000 jobs at two West Midlands sites, Transport Secretary Justine Greening says. More »
Added at 12:45 on 11th January 2012
Ed Miliband accuses David Cameron of failing to limit rail fare rises, but the PM says they were greater under Labour. More »
Added at 12:15 on 11th January 2012
A rail company is accused of "ripping off" passengers by increasing car parking fees - just a week after fares rose. More »
Added at 11:45 on 11th January 2012
A man dies after being struck by a train in Flintshire, say British Transport Police. More »
Added at 00:00 on 11th January 2012
...and welcomed - mixed response to high-speed rail project More »
Added at 23:30 on 10th January 2012
Transport Secretary Justine Greening has confirmed the government's approval of a new high-speed rail link in a statement to MPs. More »
Added at 19:00 on 10th January 2012
The frst minister accuses the UK government of "buying off" the support of the Welsh secretary over the planned High Speed Two (HS2) rail link in her English constituency. More »
Added at 17:30 on 10th January 2012
A controversial new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham has been approved by the government. More »
Added at 17:15 on 10th January 2012
Plans for a £33bn high-speed rail network - HS2 - receive a mixed reaction, as the project is approved by the government. More »
Added at 12:15 on 10th January 2012
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan, who has threatened to quit the cabinet over the High Speed Two rail link, is expected to respond to its go-ahead. More »
Added at 11:00 on 10th January 2012
School pupils in the west Highland village of Lochcarron are going to school by train and ferry after a landslide closed a road. More »
Added at 11:00 on 10th January 2012
Warwickshire village residents give their views on the HS2 rail link More »
Added at 08:15 on 10th January 2012
A woman was killed when she was hit by an express train at a south west London station as she was trying to retrieve her phone, police say. More »
Added at 07:45 on 10th January 2012
A controversial new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham is expected to be given the go-ahead by the government. More »
Added at 02:15 on 10th January 2012
The first phase of a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham is expected to be given the go-ahead by the government later. More »
Added at 19:15 on 9th January 2012
Commuters in Northern Ireland will soon be able to buy rail tickets from the comfort of their smart phone. More »
Added at 16:30 on 9th January 2012
British Transport Police look to trace about 25 football fans who sang sectarian songs on a train between Glasgow and Edinburgh. More »
Added at 10:00 on 9th January 2012
A railway line linking Kent and East Sussex is closed for nine weeks to allow essential maintenance work on a tunnel to take place. More »
Added at 10:00 on 9th January 2012
Transport Minister Keith Brown is to visit Stranraer to discuss the future of rail links to the town after Stena Line's move to a new ferry terminal. More »
Added at 12:00 on 8th January 2012
A new daily train service is to start in Carlisle to take Sellafield workers to the nuclear plant. More »
Added at 00:30 on 8th January 2012
About 60 pupils in Wester Ross are to travel to school by train on Monday because their normal route by road continues to be at risk of landslides. More »
Added at 23:00 on 7th January 2012
Ministers are "considering very seriously" building a controversial new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham, the BBC understands. More »
Added at 07:30 on 7th January 2012
A government-backed report gives the clearest signal yet that a new high speed rail line between London and Birmingham will be approved. More »
Added at 14:00 on 6th January 2012
Work to restore a rail line to a Denbighshire town is approaching the half-way mark, say enthusiasts. More »
Added at 13:00 on 6th January 2012
Rail fares have gone up again, provoking ire from commuters. But what is Britain's most expensive stretch of railway? More »
Added at 12:30 on 6th January 2012
An investigation is being carried out into the death of a man on a railway line at Cwmbran on Friday. More »
Added at 11:00 on 6th January 2012
Road traffic could be allowed to travel along railway tracks to avoid an area where landslides have closed a road for more than two weeks. More »
Added at 02:45 on 6th January 2012
A group of business leaders, economists and MPs unites in a newspaper campaign to support the proposal to link Birmingham and London with a new high speed rail line. More »
Added at 16:30 on 5th January 2012
Sixty pupils are to take the train to school after a landslide shut their normal route by road. More »
Added at 15:45 on 5th January 2012
Thousands of households remain without power and rail passengers are left injured as a result of Tuesday's storms which hit Scotland. More »
Added at 13:30 on 5th January 2012
A Fife man is jailed for nine years for a "horrifying" attack which left his victim so badly hurt he has to be fed through a tube. More »
Added at 11:30 on 5th January 2012
Two rail passengers are injured after a train hits a tree on a line as weather-related disruption continues across Scotland. More »
Added at 17:30 on 3rd January 2012
Two sergeants who disarmed and arrested a knife-wielding man on rail tracks in Leeds, have been commended by British Transport Police. More »
Added at 14:30 on 3rd January 2012
Flood warnings and alerts remain in place after torrential rain and gales hit Wales overnight. There is disruption on train services and on roads as teams work to clear fallen trees and power cables. More »
Added at 14:30 on 3rd January 2012
Winds of up to 93mph are recorded as storms cause disruption across Wales, with fallen trees blocking some roads and and flooding causing problems for trains. More »
Added at 13:15 on 3rd January 2012
Passengers travelling north of Newcastle are being advised not to travel today More »
Added at 12:45 on 2nd January 2012
Metal worth £13m has been stolen from the railways over the past three years, police have said. More »
Added at 12:45 on 2nd January 2012
A nine-week railway line closure is to go ahead despite protests at the disruption to services in the south of Kent and East Sussex. More »
Added at 12:00 on 2nd January 2012
A railway station in Pembrokeshire will reopen after almost 50 years as five new services pass by each day. More »
Added at 11:00 on 2nd January 2012
Passengers in Reading have expressed anger at rail fare increases which have come into force. More »
Added at 09:15 on 2nd January 2012
The next few months are crucial for all those athletes hoping to take part in the London Olympics, and many of those in Team GB have gone abroad to train this winter. More »
Added at 03:00 on 2nd January 2012
Rail commuters preparing to return to work after the Christmas break face fare rises of up to 11% from Monday, watchdog Passenger Focus says. More »
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