UK rail infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has opened a new £40m railway cleaning facility in Cricklewood, north London, as part of the government-sponsored Thameslink Programme. The new yard is ...

The Thameslink Programme is a major £5.5bn, government-funded improvement of London’s cross-city Thameslink routes, aimed at reducing overcrowding. Existing routes will be upgraded and new lines added ...

The first phase of the dramatic rebuild of London Bridge railway station is set to finish on schedule today when the first two new platforms will be brought into use and the next two are closed for ...

The rail arm of FTSE 250 technology group Invensys (LON:ISYS) has been selected by Network Rail to deliver one of the Britain’s largest ever resignalling schemes at London Bridge Station and the ...

The first Class 700 Desiro City train by Siemens has successfully completed a speed test by reaching 100mph at the company’s test track at Wegberg-Wildenrath, Germany. The test was conducted earlier ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Department for Transport has awarded a contract worth circa £1.6 billion for 1,140 new Desiro City commuter rail carriages for the Thameslink route to Siemens Plc and ...

A joint venture of bus and train operator Go-Ahead and a company part-owned by French state railway SNCF has won the battle to run the new Thameslink rail super-franchise in London and south-east ...

Southeastern is giving train passengers the opportunity to ‘meet the manager’ over the coming weeks. It comes as the rail operator makes changes to its services from early next year, brought about by ...