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Cut the cost of rail travel

Author: Chris Page - Published Fri 19 of Dec, 2014 10:08 GMT - (10700 Reads)

If you spend more than £36 per month* on off-peak rail travel in the West Midlands, East Anglia, London or the South East then a Gold Card will save you money. Fares will be increasing on 2nd January but yours will go down if you get a Gold Card for Christmas!
* £27 per month if you buy in 2014.

Boxing Day trains

Author: Ray King - Published Mon 15 of Dec, 2014 18:44 GMT - (6035 Reads)

Treasury averts disaster

Author: John Band - Published Mon 15 of Dec, 2014 10:01 GMT - (8286 Reads)

This is how Britain’s Treasury saves transport projects from disaster.
Things were so much easier in the old days. One of Sydney's trams in 1960. Photograph by Ian Brady.

Amtrak all the way

Author: Ray King - Published Sat 13 of Dec, 2014 12:01 GMT - (3921 Reads)

Norfolk jam tomorrow

Author: Phil Smart - Published Thu 04 of Dec, 2014 10:35 GMT - (6524 Reads)

Railfuture welcomes the reference in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement to the long overdue upgrade to services on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), dubbed the ‘heritage line’ due to its 40 year old rolling stock!

Backing for Uckfield-Lewes

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 02 of Dec, 2014 17:46 GMT - (4851 Reads)

Nus Ghani and Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative parliamentary candidates for Wealden and for Tonbridge and Malling, met with Chris Page and Roger Blake of Railfuture today, after visiting the Thameslink worksite at London Bridge.

Class 800 interior

Author: Keith Dyall and Norman Bradbury - Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 20:58 GMT - (8795 Reads)

Railfuture representatives Keith Dyall and Norman Bradbury visited the Hitachi IEP mockup, which comprises the cab, part of a first class vehicle with universal toilet and part of a second class vehicle with standard toilet, at DCA Design, Warwick.

Northern saviour?

Author: Chris Page - Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 11:36 GMT - (7359 Reads)

Northern Rail needs new diesel trains to replace Pacers and increase capacity sooner than lines can be electrified, but manufacturers have been unwilling to supply them - until now.

Scotland Meeting Packed

Author: Allison Cosgrove - Published Thu 27 of Nov, 2014 18:47 GMT - (7836 Reads)

Map showing the top 50 stations that Railfuture Scotland wants to see opened (or reopened) in the next few years.

Students back HS rail

Author: Ray King - Published Thu 27 of Nov, 2014 16:41 GMT - (4937 Reads)

HS2 benefits

Author: Ray King - Published Wed 26 of Nov, 2014 19:22 GMT - (4537 Reads)

Portishead heats up

Author: Wendy Thorne - Published Mon 24 of Nov, 2014 11:07 GMT - (4996 Reads)

The Portishead Railway Group has published this thermometer to show progress on reopening the line to Portishead as part of the MetroWest programme.

Rail before road

Author: Ray King - Published Wed 19 of Nov, 2014 22:54 GMT - (4793 Reads)

Dubai light rail

Author: Ray King - Published Mon 17 of Nov, 2014 19:13 GMT - (4880 Reads)

Europe rail update

Author: Ray King - Published Sun 16 of Nov, 2014 15:07 GMT - (5152 Reads)

Photo competition

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 04 of Nov, 2014 09:41 GMT - (12765 Reads)

New class 68 No 68004, seen here at Peterborough, is working from Norwich to Doncaster while 66529 brings an empty stone train from March, bound for Mount Sorrel.

RUG Award winners 2014

Author: Chris Page - Published Mon 03 of Nov, 2014 13:06 GMT - (7450 Reads)

Railfuture President Christian Wolmar presents Peter Marshall, Chairman of Huddersfield Penistone Sheffield Rail Users Association, with the Gold Award for Best Newsletter.