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.
FA defend final kick-off time after Liverpool fans express anger
Tuesday 17 April 2012
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
Wednesday 04 April 2012
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
Wednesday 04 April 2012
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
Monday 02 April 2012
Rail travellers on busy commuter routes suffered delays today because of a fresh incident of cable theft.
Unions warn of 'stealth privatisation' of railways
Sunday 25 March 2012
Network Rail fined £1m over teenage girls' deaths
Thursday 15 March 2012
Network Rail has been fined £1m for failures that led to the deaths of two teenage girls at a level crossing in Essex.
MPs demand greater scrutinyof Network Rail
Tuesday 13 March 2012
The parliamentary public spending watchdog has attacked Network Rail, branding it a "fictional" private sector company and demanding its accounts be opened to full scrutiny.
Spending watchdog hits out at Network Rail
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Parliament's public spending watchdog has attacked Network Rail, branding it a "fictional" private sector company and demanding its accounts be opened to full scrutiny.
How do I: Get the cheapest train tickets?
Thursday 08 March 2012
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?
Internships can be a chance to test the water
Friday 02 March 2012
Internships can build confidence as well as experience, says Russ Thorne
Network Rail admits crash guilt
Thursday 01 March 2012
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
Sunday 26 February 2012
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
Tuesday 14 February 2012
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
Tuesday 14 February 2012
The Government is to axe the "crazy" arrangement where some rail companies get paid twice for replacing trains with buses.







