Rail travel

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station
Trains Up North
Transport

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station

The customers and workers affected by disrupted services at the north's rail hub, Manchester Piccadilly station
Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed
Illustration of a train, crossed out with red pencil
Transport

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed

Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation
Robin Ince

Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
Rail journeys

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets
Activism

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan
Steam train going over a viaduct
Fiction

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan

'We need the freedom to travel': Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded
Disability rights

'We need the freedom to travel': Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded

As TransPennine Express is brought under government control, is full nationalisation the direction of travel?
Nationalisation

As TransPennine Express is brought under government control, is full nationalisation the direction of travel?

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs
Great Western Railway train at Paddington Station
Employment

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs