Want to pay your respects to Her Majesty? Catch the rail-replacement bus or get on your bike. Well-wishers heading to London for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in early June could find their travel plans scuppered by intensive engineering work across the rail network.

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FA defend final kick-off time after Liverpool fans express anger

The Football Association have defended their decision to change the FA Cup final's traditional 3pm kick-off time despite the travel chaos it is set to create for Liverpool fans.

Network Rail fined £4m for Grayrigg train crash

Network Rail was fined £4 million today over safety failures in the lead-up to the fatal Grayrigg train crash.

Rail service hit by cable theft

Rail users suffered fresh delays today after another incident of cable theft, disrupting trains into London for the second time this week.

Monday morning misery for commuters after cable theft

Rail travellers on busy commuter routes suffered delays today because of a fresh incident of cable theft.

Unions warn of 'stealth privatisation' of railways

Safety fears as Government approves Network Rail alliance with Stagecoach

Network Rail fined £1m over teenage girls' deaths

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Spending watchdog hits out at Network Rail

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How do I: Get the cheapest train tickets?

If offered the choice, most of us would follow the old British Rail slogan and "let the train take the strain". Only with year-on-year fare increases hovering around the 6 per cent mark and an anytime return from Euston to Manchester Piccadilly costing £148 on the day, very often taking the train spells strain on the wallet. So how do you go about getting a cheap ticket?

Graduates on Network Rail’s training scheme study at HMS Sultan in Gosport

Internships can be a chance to test the water

Internships can build confidence as well as experience, says Russ Thorne

Network Rail admits crash guilt

Network Rail will admit health and safety breaches over the Grayrigg rail crash in Cumbria that killed a woman and injured more than 80 people five years ago.

Montague heads list for HS2 job

City grandee Sir Adrian Montague has emerged as the frontrunner to chair High Speed 2, the much-criticised £32bn London to Scotland rail link.

Thousands of council and hospital workers go on strike

Thousands of council and hospital workers went on strike today in two separate disputes over terms and conditions and claims of management bullying.

'Crazy' train-bus replacements axed

The Government is to axe the "crazy" arrangement where some rail companies get paid twice for replacing trains with buses.

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