This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

Britain gave the world railways, but today its trains crawl compared to Japan’s Shinkansen or China’s vast bullet train network. Short distances, politics, and decades of underinvestment left the UK ...

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a funding package of £5m ($6.7m) to support 26 “innovative” projects ...

Network Rail and Drone Major have launched a programme to spot trespassers on the railways with drones and real-time image capture.

After Christmas, millions of people are on the move around Britain. But anyone planning to travel by train during the remaining four days of 2024 faces possible disruption due to a combination of rail ...

New figures from HM Treasury show a £3.2bn underspend on infrastructure during the 2024–25 financial year, with several rail ...

South Western Railway and C2C are among rail operators affected by the recent warm weather, part of what the Met Office ...

The exhibition opens on Saturday, September 13, two weeks ahead of a national day of celebration on September 27, when a special train ...