All change at Northern as new managing director and chief operating officer take the helm dlvr.it/T6X5pj

The #WestCoastMainLine was electrified 50 years ago, delivering faster, more reliable journeys for passengers.

Since then, we've gone even further by investing in more upgrades to improve services - part of our plan to grow the economy and future-proof our railways.

In perfect light with newly opened leaves bright green in the warm late afternoon sunshine, a GWR Castle set passes Respryn near Bodmin Parkway with 2C29 Modern Railways Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership RAIL EXPRESS

Update on this escalator at St Pancras. There is no update.

We’ve published a new data dashboard to help train operators use network capacity (access rights) better in the future.

It will also help us hold the rail industry to account, in passengers’ interests – find out more ➡ orr.gov.uk/search-news/re…

Great to attend the final of the IMechE Rail Division Young Engineers' competition at the HQ in London this evening. Seven really interesting presentations from the winners from the regional divisions, and a hard job for the judges to pick a winner. And still spring outside afterwards!

Spring has arrived with a vengeance! Big coat definitely not needed for today's trip to London with East Midlands Railway (EMR)

We can confirm our latest plans for the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre to renew & electrify the 3.5km track

The major development will take our total investment in the site to over £75m since 2021

➡️porterbrook.co.uk/news/long-mars…

Our new timetable will be introduced on Sunday, 2 June.

Improvements for customers include:
• New 08:05 Prestonpans to Waverley service
• Almost 100 additional services each weekday
• Services to new Cameron Bridge & Leven stations, forming part of the Levenmouth rail link

🛤️ Our session looking into Rail reform: The rail transformation programme is starting today at 4pm

We will be questioning senior figures at Department for Transport, alongside the chief executive of Network Rail

Read more ⬇️
committees.parliament.uk/event/21305/fo…

Thought for the day:
'For those outside looking in, the railway industry is impossible to understand. For those inside looking out, it is impossible to explain'.
Modern Railways Editorial 2018.

Simon 🤖🦖 PB Photography #FBPE Chris Ogilvie According to Modern Railways XC are getting 12 extra Voyagers but these won't be all available until May 2025. From June 2024 XC have 61 instead of 58 units.

fiona ♡ 🇵🇸 Brilliant summary, Fiona. Only one small point, the newest rolling stock is not as reliable as older trains. See my monthly table in Modern Railways.

The first of our regeared Class 66 locos entered active service this week at Peak Forest in Derbyshire. 66651 (previously 66221) hauled a cargo of premium grade limestone from Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry to Tata Chemicals Europe’s Lostock works in Northwich.
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Thanks to the team at Southeastern for a superb day out today - a trip in the cab of a Hitachi Rail (ENG) Class 395 'Javelin' to Ashford at up to 140mph, a visit to the depot to see the fleet upgrade programme and a return to London on a set which had been refreshed

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🚨JUST ANNOUNCED: Labour will create Great British Railways.

Under Labour our railways will be:

✅Publicly owned
✅Passenger focused
✅Fit for the future

Only Labour has a plan to get our trains back on track:

labour.org.uk/get-britain-mo…