Britain on Tuesday committed to a new rail infrastructure programme worth up to 45 billion pounds ($60 billion) for the north ...

Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...

Eurostar has operated a monopoly cross-Channel passenger rail service between France and the UK for over 30 years, attracting passengers away from air services, but also expanding the entire market.

The HS2 rail project in the United Kingdom is procuring steel from the Celsa electric arc furnace mill in Wales. A tour of the Celsa Steel EAF mill in Wales recently was offered to several politicians ...

DB Cargo’s locomotives will cease pulling rail trains in three months. Credit: Peter Moulton/Shutterstock The UK’s national mail delivery company Royal Mail (which is no longer state-owned, despite ...

The pioneering "UK-first" trial of the battery-powered intercity train was a success. It shows how advanced battery technology can outperform diesel engines in terms of saving loads of cash and saving ...

Across Europe, governments are pushing travelers to choose trains over planes — but when rail tickets cost far more than budget airline seats, that’s a tough sell. Inflation in the United Kingdom rose ...