Latest – Railway 200

Train tracks triumph – new findings show that trains are up to 80% cheaper than planes for domestic travel

19 April, 2024

Travelling by rail can be up to 80% cheaper on similar routes than flying, eliminating the burden of baggage fees, seat selection charges and airport transfer fees, a new report by Rail Delivery Group has found.

Jo Whiley smiling while sitting on a moving train

Jo Whiley teams up with the rail industry to inspire trips rooted in musical history

7 March, 202428 March, 2024

Jo Whiley teams up with the rail industry to inspire trips rooted in musical history – with one in five not knowing the Beatles are from Liverpool.

Aerial view of freight train passing fields near coast

Freight growth target

4 March, 20245 April, 2024

Freight operators ready to partner with government to get lorries off roads and support green economic growth.

Passengers leaving a train at a sunny station

Greener travel

28 February, 202428 March, 2024

Rail travel is almost nine times greener than by car on the Top 100 business routes new figures show.

A large train in a factory with people working on it

Committed to improving the UK’s trains

22 February, 202428 March, 2024

Over the last decade, more than half of all passenger trains have been replaced or refurbished to make journeys more accessible, reliable and comfortable. That’s equivalent to 132-miles placed back-to-back, further than Newcastle to Sheffield, Cardiff to Coventry or 2,300 football pitches.

An LNER train at Kings Cross station

Young Railway Photographer of the Year

1 February, 20249 April, 2024

Capture the moment and submit your favourite shots as we celebrate 200 years of railway history.

Lord Hendy smiling in a suit

Lord Peter Hendy: Railway 200 and how the railway made the modern world

22 November, 202328 March, 2024

Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill joins Richard Bowker and Nigel Harris to talk about Railway 200 and our plans for celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of the modern railway in 2025. He also discusses the importance of inspiring the next generation of workers to the industry.

A smiling person sitting on a train

Article by Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Chair of Network Rail, in RAIL magazine, Sept 2023

30 September, 202328 March, 2024

2025 is the 200th anniversary of this first passenger railway journey and the beginning of a global socio-economic boom maybe only rivalled by the spread of the internet. The rail industry intends to mark this occasion with a year-long national celebration which we are calling ‘Railway 200’.

All aboard Railway 200

27 September, 20238 April, 2024

A year-long programme confirmed by the rail industry to celebrate 200 years of train travel in 2025.