News and communications

RAIB has today released its report into a runaway wagon at Kineton, Warwickshire, 25 May 2023.

• Updated: 16 May 2024

Thousands of opportunities could open up for young people, securing the skills we need to improve our railways in the long term.

• Updated: 16 May 2024

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the twenty-eighth Construction Commissioner’s report published in February 2024.

• Updated: 9 May 2024

RAIB has today released its report into an uncontrolled evacuation of a partially platformed train at Clapham Common London Underground station, 5 May 2023.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

Near miss with a track worker between Totnes and Newton Abbot, Devon, 13 March 2024.

• Updated: 17 April 2024

Near miss with a track worker at Euxton Junction, Lancashire, 14 March 2024.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

Cornwall passengers will experience hourly coast-to-coast train services between Newquay, St Austell, Truro and Falmouth.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, 22 March 2024.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

RAIB has today released its report into the derailment of a tram at Bulwell, Nottingham, 12 June 2023.

• Updated: 27 March 2024

Passengers will benefit from faster journey times, more frequent rail services and better connectivity across the North.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Passengers will benefit from a £12 billion rail investment for the North, including faster journey times and more frequent services.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Grants will help innovators develop new concepts – such as an automated boat that could deliver parcels by water – to tackle pressing transport issues.

• Updated: 21 March 2024

Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train following a collision with redundant rail near Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 4 March 2024.

• Updated: 19 March 2024

Alex Hynes has been appointed as Director General for rail services.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

New depot in Shipley will bring essential maintenance works closer to the north Transpennine route and increase reliability for passengers.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train following a collision with fallen trees near Thetford, Norfolk, 6 February 2024.

• Updated: 11 March 2024

£13.5 million from the Levelling Up Fund has been provisionally allocated to West Devon for a new railway station on the eastern edge of Okehampton.

• Updated: 8 March 2024

Siemens Mobility to invest £100 million in a brand-new manufacturing and R&D centre in Chippenham.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Track worker struck by a road-rail vehicle at Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, 6 February 2024.

• Updated: 1 March 2024

Millions of people will benefit from more frequent rail services from central Birmingham and upgraded stations across the Midlands.

• Updated: 29 February 2024