Train drivers are to strike over pay and more rail workers are to be balloted for industrial action in growing disputes in the industry which threaten huge travel disruption in the coming weeks.
More than a million journeys have been made on the central section of London’s £18.9 billion Elizabeth line railway in the first five days since it opened.
Travellers in London have been warned of severe disruption to Tube services following the Jubilee weekend because of a strike by thousands of workers in a dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has launched a major appeal for £500,000 to restore its locomotive yard in Bridgnorth – vital for the operation of the entire railway.
The life and work of an ingenious engineer who inspired Britain’s preserved railway sector is celebrated in a new publication written by Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones.
The National Railway Museum is inviting visitors to share in the luxury of royal travel with a season of royal-themed activities and a new exhibition to coincide with Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
