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A CGI visual showing the outside of the London Liverpool Street station after it has been revamped.

Inside the plans to revamp London Liverpool Street station

Channel: UK UK April 8, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
A colourful combination image showing an Avanti West Coast train at London Euston station, passenger crowds at the station concourse and closed works across the image.

London Euston station closures set to affect Easter weekend travel

Channel: UK UK 7 days ago By Noora Mykkanen
Play Video The moment a man with a dog is almost hit by a fast-moving passenger train on a railway level crossing in West Sussex.

Children and dog walker narrowly miss 70mph train after pet saves the day

Channel: UK UK April 8, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Play Video A train travelling on the Island Line between Ryde Esplanade and Ryde Pier Head on the Isle of Wight which has been closed for maintenance this winter.

Aboard the UK’s one of a kind floating train line which is set to reopen soon

Channel: UK UK March 30, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Play Video Inside the tunnel underneath Salisbury station. Photo released March 14 2025. Engineers have found a "labyrinth" of historic tunnels and rooms underneath a railway station.Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) staff have discovered the hidden network froma bygone era underneath Salisbury station in Wiltshire. It came after an old phone box was removed as part of the ongoing ?5.3m station forecourt upgrades, revealing a dark tunnel with unknown origins.Engineers ventured underground and found a labyrinth of tunnels and rooms.

Take a look inside a secret 'labyrinth' of tunnels found underneath railway station

Channel: UK UK March 15, 2025 By Rory McKeown
A colourful combination picture of a SWR train and London Underground sign.

Full list of London train and Tube disruption this weekend

Channel: UK UK March 14, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Tyler Byrne was killed by a moving passenger train at Surbiton.

Network Rail fined £3,410,000 after track worker killed by train going 76mph

Channel: UK UK March 8, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Martin Lewis is pictured against a backdrop of two UK train tickets and one train moving on tracks.

Martin Lewis issues four-day warning to save on UK rail travel

Channel: Money Money February 26, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
CCTV showing the moment before a passenger train hit a redundant track at Walton-on-Thames.

London train derailed at 85mph after crashing into piece of rail left by track workers

Channel: UK UK February 19, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
A combination image of Ryan Seymour who trespassed on the South West Main Line and picture of railway tracks.

London rail trespasser disrupted nearly 1,000 trains at a cost of £1,200,000

Channel: UK UK February 19, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Passengers on a platform at London Bridge station.

London commuter train station named one of the best in Europe

Channel: UK UK February 12, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
A crash at Regent road roundabout, Salford, where a car has gone through a concrete barrier, and landed on the railway line below.

Major railway line closed after car crashes through barrier and falls onto tracks

Channel: UK UK February 7, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
A departures board at King's Cross station in London following a disruption to services. Schools have been closed and people warned not to travel on Friday, as 100mph winds pose a danger to life in parts of the UK as Storm Eowyn hits the country. Picture date: Friday January 24, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story WEATHER Winter. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

This is the worst London railway station to be a last-minute train catcher

Channel: UK UK February 6, 2025 By Craig Munro
Commuters wait for delayed trains at Waterloo Station

One train journey showed me all that's wrong with the UK

Channel: UK UK February 3, 2025 By Sean Allen-Moy
All flights at Edinburgh Airport have been cancelled due to Met Office issued a Red Weather Warning of very strong winds associated with Storm ??owyn causing very dangerous conditions and significant disruption in Southern and Central Scotland. January 24 2025.

Road, rail, sea and air travel advice ahead of Storm Eowyn

Channel: UK UK January 24, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
An Elizabeth line train leaving Ealing Broadway station en route to Heathrow Airport.

Passenger dragged along platform when body part got trapped in doors

Channel: UK UK January 17, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
A combination picture of a map showing the section of the West Coast Main Line affected by the Network Rail works and passengers at Euston station.

West Coast Main Line to be shut for weeks at a time on major route out of Euston

Channel: UK UK January 15, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen

UK gas storage levels 'concerningly low' after cold weather snap

Channel: UK UK January 10, 2025 By Gethin Hicks
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock (15024127k) Passengers start arriving at the check in desks as Gatwick airport is expected to get busy for the geteway as many people head for the Christmas holidays Gatwick Airport Christmas Getaway, Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom - 20 Dec 2024

Gatwick Airport ‘returning to normal’ after days of cancellations and delays due to fog

Channel: UK UK December 30, 2024 By Josh Milton
Interior of London Liverpool Street station.

Full list of changes planned at Liverpool Street station in 2025

Channel: UK UK December 29, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen