The Latest Breaking News from British Rail

The Conservatives are on a TransPennine Express to nowhere, says the author and podcaster Christian Wolmar

The asbestosis diagnosis came as a "complete shock"

Swanage Railway will be using its restored and upgraded 1950s diesel trains for the 11-mile services until September 10.

"L.S. Lowry's works have enduring appeal"

Mark Harper outlines ‘fundamental reform’ for trains including setting up Great British Railways and simplifying fares

Many return tickets cost just £1 more than singles – the result of an experiment conducted by British Rail decades ago

Driver-only operation and ticket office closures have been parked in the sidings

Lord Young of Graffham, a successful businessman who became a cabinet minister and was known as a favourite of then prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has died aged 90

Mark Harper says he intends to make a decision about the organisation’s future ‘at pace’

Conservationists hope spirit of late poet laureate’s 1970s protest will protect the Victorian station from ‘serious harm’

The UK’s most active period of privatisation saw health and safety disasters and fatalities increase dramatically. In recently published research, we identified 27 multifatality disasters between 1979 and 1997 leading to 763 deaths. These figures were the highest compared with three other European countries.