Rail

Tie-up will see first battery-powered trains hit the UK in a boost to government efforts to deliver greener rail travel

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tells MPs full London-Birmingham services will not begin until 2031

Demonstrator project will explore whether solar can directly supply power to railways' traction systems

Move calls into question whether the controversial £50bn infrastructure project will go ahead

BREAKING: Following outcry over yesterday's announcement that Britain would leave EU-wide rail pass scheme, Britain's rail industry changes course

From January 2020 Interrail and Eurail ticket holders wil not be able to use their passes on UK rail network, sparking concern move could encourage more people onto planes

Government publishes new strategy setting out how it expects Network Rail to protect and enhance the UK's railway line-side environment

An initiative exploring the feasibility of using community-owned renewable energy technologies to electrify Welsh train lines has won a grant of £110,000

Five projects to each received £350,000 as Department for Transport seeks to cut diesel emissions across the UK rail network

Move comes amid reports engineering firms have secured a deal that could see low emission hydrogen trains on UK tracks within two years