ScotRail is to launch a Sunday train service for day trippers to Oban from Edinburgh, Linlithgow and Polmont over six weeks this summer.
The service has been welcomed by VisitScotland.
It will start on Sunday 25 July and run each Sunday until 29 August inclusive.
The service is timed to give passengers five hours in the [...]

First Great Western has teamed up with National Geographic Channel UK to explore the history of the Great Western Railway to commemorate its landmark 175th anniversary.
It is 175 years since prolific railway engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was granted the Royal Assent of the Great Western Railway Bill at the Houses of [...]

Tube Lines’ closure programme revised to lessen impact on Londoners – Route through West End maintained during early weekday closures on Bank branch
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and Transport for London (TfL) have taken action to greatly reduce a programme of weekday evening closures proposed for the Northern line this [...]

Ten of the largest stations on London Underground sign up to 10:10 campaign to reduce energy use.
The Tube stations participating in the 10:10 initiative are Bank, Charing Cross, Earl’s Court, Green Park, Holborn, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Victoria.
Over the next 12 months these stations will work to be [...]

A £700m upgrade to bring better journeys for thousands of Londoners. Upgrade is a crucial part of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) multi-billion pound Investment Programme.
Victoria Tube station, one of the busiest and most congested on the network, is set for a radical £700m transformation as TfL today announced that a contract [...]

First Hull Trains is delighted to announce that its first train on Sundays will soon stop at Howden and Selby again, on route to London, ensuring the independent train operating company will make 90 stops each week at those stations.
The good news comes after the winter months saw First Hull Trains’ [...]

The first of five zero-emission hydrogen hybrid fuel cell buses arrived at the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire today where it will undergo thorough safety and performance checks before it hits the streets of London later this year.
The five hydrogen hybrid fuel cell buses will enter service at the end of [...]

Train operator East Coast introduces its new timetable from Sunday, May 23, and is advising customers to check carefully for changes.
The new East Coast timetable runs until Saturday, 11 December. All the new timetables can be viewed and downloaded via the East Coast website, www.eastcoast.co.uk.
Summary timetables covering local sections of the [...]

ScotRail is offering a month’s free travel to season ticket holders.
Customers who sign up online and buy 11 season tickets in a row using the train operator’s recurring payment option will get the 12th month absolutely free.
Customers who have already signed up for recurring payments are also eligible to get their 12th [...]

Southern is leading the way in providing better passenger information at stations.
As part of Southern’s on-going mission for continuous improvement, a new project is underway to transform the way in which people get their information at railway stations.
Every station on the Southern network is to undergo a major passenger information change [...]