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26/09/2026

🚉 NAME A RAILWAY STATION FROM THREE CLUES.

Don’t tell us the name.

Give everyone:

1️⃣ A location clue
2️⃣ A railway clue
3️⃣ A station clue

Everyone else has to work out your station.

Let’s see who can make theirs genuinely difficult. 😈🚆

26/09/2026

🚆 RIDE N RAIL | EVENING NEWS
📅 Friday 25 September 2026

🚉 A BRAND-NEW £18.3M STATION OPENS THIS WEEKEND, QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT THE PRICE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT — AND NEW SAFETY FIGURES MAKE SOBERING READING.

Here’s your Friday evening railway round-up 👇

🚉 SCOTLAND GETS A BRAND-NEW STATION ON SUNDAY

Balgray station near Barrhead welcomes its first passengers this Sunday.

The new station cost £18.3 million and has been delivered both AHEAD OF SCHEDULE and WITHIN BUDGET. 👏

Passengers will get half-hourly ScotRail services to Glasgow Central, giving the growing community a new alternative to travelling by car.

The project has also generated £1.6m of spending with businesses across the Glasgow City Region.

💷 ARE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES RIGHT?

This could become an important story for passengers.

Parliament’s Transport Committee has launched an inquiry examining the Government’s role in public transport fares, pricing and ticketing.

Among the areas being examined are how fares are set and whether the current system supports the aim of increasing public transport use.

With the cost and complexity of rail tickets regularly debated, this is one to watch.

🚨 RAIL ASSAULTS RISE

New Office of Rail and Road safety statistics show a worrying increase in reported assaults during 2025/26.

🚆 11,289 reported assaults against mainline railway workers — up 12%.

👥 13,464 reported assaults against passengers and members of the public — up 36%.

However, there was also a substantial fall in mainline train accidents, which dropped 43% to 252.

No mainline train accident resulted in a passenger, public or workforce fatality during the year.

🚇 NEW PICCADILLY LINE TRAIN ON SHOW

London’s next-generation Piccadilly line train has been showcased at the InnoTrans transport exhibition in Berlin.

The Siemens-built trains promise wider doors, walk-through interiors and, importantly during hot London summers, AIR CONDITIONING. ❄️

They’re designed to increase capacity while using significantly less energy than the trains they replace.

🚧 WEST YORKSHIRE UPDATE

Closer to home, Huddersfield and Slaithwaite remain closed as the huge Transpennine Route Upgrade blockade continues.

Engineers are working around the clock on Huddersfield station, additional tracks, signalling, drainage and preparations for electrification.

The stations are scheduled to reopen Monday 5 October.

💬 TONIGHT’S BIG QUESTION

Parliament is examining public transport pricing, so let’s ask passengers directly…

What ONE change would make you use the train more often?

💷 Lower fares
🎟️ Simpler fares
⏱️ Better reliability
🚆 More frequent trains
🌙 Later services

Tell us below 👇

Follow Ride N Rail for UK railway news, passenger updates and the future of rail travel. 🚆🇬🇧

26/09/2026

🚆 YOU’RE ABOUT TO BOARD A FOUR-HOUR TRAIN.

Which ONE are you choosing?

A — 🚄 Brand-new modern train

B — 🚂 Beautifully restored heritage train

C — 🌄 Panoramic scenic train

D — 🌙 Sleeper-style private compartment

Same destination. Same price.

Choose your carriage. 👇

26/09/2026

📸 SATURDAY RAILWAY PHOTO THREAD

If you’ve seen a train today, we want to see it.

It doesn’t have to be rare.

It doesn’t have to be perfect.

This is about seeing what Britain’s railways look like from different places TODAY.

📷 Drop your photograph below.

📍 Tell us the location too.

26/09/2026

🚉 THE PERFECT RAILWAY STATION NEEDS…

You can choose FIVE:

☕ Café
🍺 Pub
🏛️ Great architecture
🪑 Comfortable waiting room
📸 Great train views
🔌 Charging points
🥪 Shops
🚻 Good facilities
🌳 Outdoor space
🚆 Lots of different trains

Which five make your perfect station?

26/09/2026

🚆 SATURDAY RAILWAY CHALLENGE

You have:

🎟️ Unlimited rail travel
⏰ 12 hours
🇬🇧 The entire British railway network

You must be back at your starting station before the 12 hours are up.

What’s your route?

Let’s see who can create the best railway day. 👇

26/09/2026

🚆🌙 RIDE N RAIL | OVERNIGHT NEWS
📅 Saturday 26 September 2026

Good morning! 👋

InnoTrans may have finished — but the railway news certainly hasn’t.

Here’s what’s making headlines as Saturday begins 👇

🚉 BRAND-NEW £18.3M STATION OPENS THIS WEEKEND

Scotland’s newest railway station is ready for its first passengers.

Balgray station in East Renfrewshire is opening this weekend, connecting the growing local community with Glasgow and the wider rail network.

The £18.3m station includes two platforms, accessible facilities and links towards nearby Dams to Darnley Country Park.

🚄 MAJOR EAST COAST MAIN LINE WORK ANNOUNCED

Passengers in Yorkshire are getting an early warning about two weekends of major engineering work.

Around 2.6km of track will be renewed alongside points and other infrastructure around York, Northallerton and surrounding locations.

⚠️ Expect significant changes on 24–25 October and 31 October–1 November, including replacement buses on several routes.

🚉 WELLINGTON STATION GETS ACCESSIBILITY GREEN LIGHT

Good news for passengers in Shropshire.

Plans for two new lifts and an accessible footbridge at Wellington station have been approved, paving the way for step-free access between the platforms.

🚆 PECKHAM RYE STATION GETS AN UPGRADE

Passengers at one of south London’s busy stations are getting improvements designed to tackle congestion.

Work includes a wider gateline, upgraded CCTV and new passenger-information screens.

⚡ 40,000 YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED AHEAD OF FIFE ELECTRIFICATION

Network Rail says its rail-safety campaign has now reached around 40,000 students across 66 schools.

It comes ahead of electrification work connected to the £311m Fife programme, which is preparing routes for new battery-electric trains.

🚲 COULD TAKING YOUR BIKE ON A TRAIN BECOME MUCH EASIER?

One of the more interesting ideas to emerge from InnoTrans comes from Alstom and Decathlon.

Their concept combines rail and cycling with:

📱 Pre-bookable bike/scooter spaces
🚲 Dedicated onboard storage
📍 Digital station guidance
🚆 Vehicles designed around easier multimodal journeys

Anyone who’s tried squeezing a bike onto a busy train might have thoughts on this one! 😅

🌍 INNOTRANS 2026 WRAPS UP

After four days packed with new trains and technology, the enormous Berlin exhibition has concluded.

Hydrogen trains, battery technology, London’s new Piccadilly line trains, AI, automation and remote train operation were among the big themes.

Now comes the interesting part — seeing which technologies move from exhibition halls onto real railways.

💬 WEEKEND RAIL QUESTION

One simple question:

🚆 What would make YOU use the train more often?

💷 Lower fares?
⏱️ Better reliability?
🚆 More frequent trains?
🌙 Later services?
🚉 Better stations?
🛤️ More destinations?

Tell us below 👇

🚆 Follow Ride N Rail for railway news, new trains, infrastructure and the future of transport.

25/09/2026

🌙 LAST TRAIN HOME.

Quiet carriage.

Dark windows.

Almost empty stations passing outside.

Your destination getting closer with every stop.

Do you actually enjoy travelling by train late at night?

👍 YES

👎 NO

And why?

25/09/2026

🚂 YOUR DREAM HERITAGE RAILWAY DAY.

You can choose:

ONE locomotive 🚂

ONE railway 🛤️

ONE season ☀️🍂❄️🌸

What combination are you choosing?

Railway enthusiasts — let’s see the dream line-ups. 👇

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