The weekend of 7-8 October witnessed severe weather conditions wreaking havoc on rail services in the northern half of Britain, effectively isolating Scotland from England. Both the East Coast and West Coast main lines were...Read more
Scotland’s Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop, has installed a ceremonial final Pandrol clip to mark completion of track laying on the Levenmouth Rail Link project in Scotland. Completion of track installation marks a significant milestone on...Read more
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the autonomous government safety and performance watchdog, has assessed Network Rail Scotland as part of a nationwide review. The annual report card is not good reading for the...Read more
Services in Central Scotland have faced a weekend of disruption and several more days of curtailed services. A derailment at a busy junction has wiped out a large proportion of suburban passenger services around Glasgow...Read more
Trades union RMT is warning for what it calls the biggest strike in modern British history. The union plans to ballot its members in the railway sector, asking to back strike action. The ballot, which...Read more
Cab safety measures could see radical changes, and the construction of earthworks near the rails could be adjusted. This is all the result of the fatal accident in the northeast of Scotland in the summer...Read more
A derailment on the Highland Main Line is expected to keep the line out of action until at least Thursday (14 April). The route, which connects the north of Scotland with the rest of the...Read more
The post-pandemic opportunity for freight has been recognised by Alex Hynes, the managing director of Scotland’s Railway, branded as ScotRail. Hynes was addressing the Scottish Conference of the industry’s representative body, Rail Freight Group (RFG),...Read more