Rail Business UK

29/05/2026

Viewpoint: Train operators need better contingency plans for stranded passengers

A centralised taxi booking platform can reduce costs and administration for train operators, while improving the passenger experience when disruption occurs, says Andrew Laughlan, Head of Enterprise UK, Uber for Business Most train operators regard taxis as a last resort. The majority of policies di...

29/05/2026

Tram safety body draws on international expertise

28/05/2026

Rail and civil engineering company secures £1.75m funding package

Rail and civil engineering company GBR-Price Group has secured a £1.75m funding package from Barclays to purchase new premises and support the growth of its operations. The group operates through four specialist businesses, with GBR-Price Rail Ltd serving as its primary operating entity. It special...

28/05/2026

Aura rebrands the first Great British Railways train

Rail and road fleet branding specialist Aura Brand Solutions supplied the wrap for the first Great British Railways liveried train, a Class 387 electric multiple-unit operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. Aura completed the exterior transformation of the four-car EMU in five days. Installation took....

28/05/2026

UK rail industry news round-up

This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry from Rail Business UK. Great Western Railway has opened a dedicated Security Operations Centre at its Swindon headquarters which it says is the first of its kind installed by a UK train operator. This monitors CCTV across the netwo...

27/05/2026

Lumo launches West Coast Main Line open access train service

FirstGroup’s open access operator Lumo launched passenger services between Stirling and London Euston via the West Coast Main Line on May 25. Services are being phased in, with one return train a day at first. The full timetable from July 27 will see four daily return trains plus an additional fif...

27/05/2026

‘Straight and honest' collaboration brings benefits at reintegrated South Western Railway

UK: Rail reform is ‘sweeping the last 30 years of detailed contracts out of the way’, and this means ‘people can be now straight and honest, because they are not thinking about how they can make the most money out of the railway’. This was how Rail Minister Lord Peter Hendy has described the...

27/05/2026

GoExpress prepares high speed logistics trial

A new entrant to the British rail freight market is preparing to trail fast intermodal operations between the Midlands and Scotland. GoExpress has begun teasing its first live train movements, ahead of what is expected to be an intermodal charter service running via the West Coast Main Line in the c...

26/05/2026

South Western spearheads ‘zero marginal cost' roll out of Great British Railways brand

22/05/2026

Story undertakes viaduct strengthening and bridge installation projects

Story Contracting has delivered complex structural works on Redborough Farm Viaduct in Leighton Buzzard on behalf of Network Rail North West & Central. The project is scheduled for completion in June, but the main works were completed during a 144 h closure over the Easter holiday period. The wo...

21/05/2026

London Underground bridges and civil structures maintenance contract awarded

Transport for London has awarded infrastructure services provider M Group a £119m contract to undertake preventative and reactive maintenance of bridges and civil structures on the London Underground network. The contract commenced on April 8 and runs for five years, with a potential three-year ext...