The UK will be going to the polls on 4 July, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election on 22 May in a surprise move. Transport, particularly the rail sector, has been a hot topic in ...

The HS2 rail project in the United Kingdom is procuring steel from the Celsa electric arc furnace mill in Wales. A tour of the Celsa Steel EAF mill in Wales recently was offered to several politicians ...

Building new railways is an expensive business. Even in ideal circumstances, carving a new route through the landscape costs millions of dollars per mile and can take decades to complete. If you want ...

Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...

Across Europe, governments are pushing travelers to choose trains over planes — but when rail tickets cost far more than budget airline seats, that’s a tough sell. Inflation in the United Kingdom rose ...

Britain’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers has rejected an offer from the Rail Delivery Group aimed at ending a strike action planned before Christmas. The offer proposed a ...

The pioneering "UK-first" trial of the battery-powered intercity train was a success. It shows how advanced battery technology can outperform diesel engines in terms of saving loads of cash and saving ...

A UK railroad crossing in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, has been closed after shocking footage showed teenagers and adults lying on the tracks to take selfies. Network Rail said 15 'truly shocking' ...

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LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Thousands of railway workers in Britain will go on strike on May 13 after the RMT trade union rejected the latest pay offer by train companies, an escalation in a ...