Rail chiefs overruled a safety recommendation to install extra signals near the site of the fatal train crash in Bedford, The ...

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Network Rail has issued a media statement following the Rail Accident Investigation Branch's (RAIB) interim statement, published today (Wednesday 24 June), into the Bedford train collision, which ...

It's three years since the Aberdeen to Glasgow train ploughed off the line near Stonehaven. Three people died after the train hit a landslide at Carmont and derailed. The toll could have been much ...

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Network Rail is aiming to turn hundreds of staff into "amateur meteorologists" as part of plans to deal with the effects of climate change. It wants to help staff to interpret weather forecasts to ...

The number of reported passenger assaults on the rail network has more than tripled in the past 10 years, according to official figures. Between April 2024 and March 2025 found there were 10,231 ...

Network Rail staff have pocketed £165million in bonus payments in three years – despite overseeing a service plagued by delays, cancellations and accidents. The payouts – described by one campaigner ...

Staff at Network Rail trousered almost £40million in bonuses last year as passengers faced misery. Services were repeatedly halted by engineering works, yet nearly 13,000 workers got an average £3,000 ...