Trains

A poll of 2,000 adults found two thirds reckon the UK is the world’s best at ‘going nowhere fast’

Train and traffic delays cost travellers nearly three days a year

Rail travellers look at an electronic information board displaying train time information outside Euston Station in London. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Train stations hit by ‘cyber security incident’ - list

Employees working for Northern are being given special training to help protect the rising number of vulnerable people using the railway.

I’m so relieved our train colleagues felt able to intervene

The Waggon Inn, Uppermill

I visit the quaint countryside village famous for nightlife & celebs

A customer on-board a Northern train.

"This ISN’T a ‘Love Train': Northern's message to passengers

Caught on CCTV: Herd of deer trespass on railway line

Caught on CCTV: Herd of deer trespass on railway line

Oliver Salter, 31, who owns Peter Scott shoe shop in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, Britain's smallest shoe shop.

Watch: Britain's smallest shoe shop proves tight fit at just 3ft wide

A cat that lives in a train station has become a social media superstar.

Meet the train station cat who saved a ticket office from closure

Toddler steps onto Sandy Lane level crossing in Prestatyn, North Wales.

Watch: Child steps onto level crossing in front of oncoming train

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UK rail fare increases - how much prices could rise in 2025

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Over 70,000 rail passengers could receive refunds after court ruling

A photoshoot on the railway line.

Watch: Woman dangerously poses for photoshoot on railway tracks

(Photo: Ben Bauer/PA Wire)

Global IT outage disrupts airlines, banks and appointments: what to do

Shocking CCTV films the moment a girl risks her life at a level crossing, walking just a couples of metres in front of an advancing train.

Shocking CCTV shows girl almost get hit by train on level crossing

The South Fylde line is currently a single track - restricting services to an hourly timetable

'No point' increasing trains to Fylde towns if they are cancelled

Northern train at platform

England fans warned of Northern rail cancellations on Sunday

Rail travellers in Lancashire are being warned of problems this Sunday.

Catherine Musgrove

Tens of thousands of music fans are expected to descend on Lytham Green for the hugely popular event

Getting to and from Lytham Festival 2024 - everything you need to know

Scarlett Owens, 23, was left in tears after a man kicked and verbally abused her on the Northern Line in London.

Watch: I was attacked on the train and other passengers just watched

Derek Burwell, 83, spends 30 years building miniature railway in garden.

Grandad spends 30 years building miniature railway in garden

There will be a reduced train service operating today between Preston and Glasgow/Edinburgh due to a derailed freight train.

Derailed train causes rail disruption between Preston and Glasgow

AI has ben installed at Northern trains operating across the North West.

How Northern Trains have started using AI on their trains

Man climbs train crossing barrier and strolls across tracks moments before a high speed train travels through at Station Road in Langley Green, Oldbury, West Midlands, on April 27, 2024.

Watch: Train has near miss with man who climbs level crossing barrier

Trains between Preston and Scotland were cancelled yesterday, as were services between Blackpool and Manchester

Update on trains in & out of Preston & Blackpool after disruption

Major delays hit Preston Railway Station after storm damage

Lauren Grundy and husband Sean, both 35, discovered a 150m model railway track in the undergrowth of their new detached property in Morley, Derbyshire.

Watch: We found a huge abandoned model railway in my new back garden

A person walks along a railway platform at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Video report: Is it time to re-nationalise rail?

This is when there will be NO Northern Train services next week

Check before you travel between Monday, May 6 and Saturday, May 11.

Catherine Musgrove

The Royal Station Master’s Daughters in Love by Ellee Seymour

Escape to the past with three spring sagas:  book reviews

The 10 best and worst train stations in Lancashire for service delays

David Jones, 34, at Pilning station.

Railway enthusiast visits 2,500 UK train stations in 6 weeks

I travelled from Preston to Blackpool to test out Lancashire’s trains

Steam locomotive Tangmere. Credit: Rail Advent

Here's where to see steam locomotive Tangmere in Lancashire

Blackpool North railway station had 1.9 million entries and exits in the year to March (Credit: Google)

Blackpool North railway station saw almost 2 million visits last year

Former Fleetwood-basd locomotive Number 45212 hauling Scotland’s Jacobite train. Photo: DAVE COLLIER

Steam locomotive from Fleetwood to haul Britain’s most luxurious train

Storm Antoni chaos as trains cancelled & houses evacuated

Storm Antoni chaos as trains cancelled & houses evacuated

Aslef, a union that represents 16 of the country’s 35 rail operators, announced last month that its members would withdraw non-contractual overtime, known as rest-day working, from Monday (July 3) to Saturday (July 8). (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Rail workers refuse to work overtime for 6 days - July strike dates

Eurostar to suspend operations from London to Amsterdam (Photo by JONAS ROOSENS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Eurostar trains from London to Amsterdam to be suspended

Officials say at least 280 people have been killed and 650 injured in a crash involving three trains in India’s eastern Odisha state. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

India train crash: Hundreds injured and more than 280 killed

Soon e-scooters will be banned from South Western Railway stations and trains

South Western Railway to ban e-scooters from trains and stations

Extra trains will be running during coronation weekend

Extra trains for King Charles coronation weekend - services listed

Northern Railway has asked its passengers to stop watching porn onboard its trains

Passengers told to stop watching porn onboard trains

The Flying Scotsman will be travelling around the UK on its centenary tour this year.

Where to see the Flying Scotsman on its 2023 centenary tour

world’s leading scientists on climate and the environment

(Composite: NationalWorld/Nothern Trains)

Key workers and carers offered 25% rail travel discount

Network Rail has warned of Easter distruption

Network Rail warns passengers to expect disruption this Easter

The Royal Station Master’s Daughters at War by Ellee Seymour

Four super sagas for spring nights by various authors – book reviews -

Northern has advised customers to ‘check before you travel’ on two dates next week as the RMT stage their latest strike action on Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 March

Train strikes to resume next week - these are the dates and services affected

The video shows a man just inches from being hit by the speeding train.

Watch moment pedestrian narrowly misses being hit by speeding train

Police and emergency crews search wreckage after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023. - At least 32 people were killed and another 85 injured after a collision between two trains caused a derailment near the Greek city of Larissa late at night on February 28, 2023, authorities said. A fire services spokesman confirmed that three carriages skipped the tracks just before midnight after the trains -- one for freight and the other carrying 350 passengers - collided about halfway along the route between Athens and Thessaloniki. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP) (Photo by SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)

UK travel advice to Greece issued after deadly train crash

Flying Scotsman to travel the UK for its 100th birthday - here’s where you can see it.

Where to see the Flying Scotsman in 2023 for centenary celebrations

The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru.

Protests in Peru leave hundreds stranded at Machu Picchu

Deserted platforms at Preston Station today.

More rail misery as a week of strikes kicks off 2023

The rail strikes taking place this week

Rail strikes: Passengers warned travel only if “absolutely necessary”

Image shows a Northern train at station as they issue a Do Not Travel warning for the first week of 2023

DO NOT TRAVEL: Stark warning for Northern rail customers

Commuters wait for an extremely delayed Central Line train at Stratford station in London on December 13 as rail strikes began a wave of festive walkouts in the country.

What you need to know before travelling on Christmas Eve