All news on the topic: Rail

Why is it so expensive to build infrastructure in Britain? One common explanation is that essentially we lack practice. For example, Britain has electrified its railways in fits-and-bursts. In the late 80s, Britain electrified over 400 kilometres of track each year.

Leaves on the line, flooding on the tracks and rails are too hot – they’re all reasons we’re used to hearing for delays on the train.

A train driver who died in a crash near Bedford went through a red signal moments before the collision, rail crash investigators have revealed.

No trains are running between St Pancras station and Bedford today following a rail crash which saw one person killed and 89 injured.

Passengers are facing disruption through Friday after a bridge collapsed in a lorry crash.