Manufacturers see lithium power as the future of rail travel in the UK - but the trains could pose unique challenges.

The transfer of 27 Class 175 diesel multiple units to Great Western Railway took a step closer when the Department for ...

The cast of the upcoming Paddington in Peru unveiled a special Great Western Railway (GWR) livery on a train that will travel through Devon and Cornwall. Paddington in Peru, which stars Hugh ...

The first of the new GWR trains was more than 20 minutes late with leaking air-con The first passenger service for the new engines left from Bristol on Monday morning, but arrived in London 41 ...

A special Christmas gift is being launched for railway enthusiasts. Great Western Railway (GWR) has collaborated with The ...

But anyone who misses the train will have to wait a week for the next direct service. Mark Hopwood, managing director of GWR, ...

A GWR spokesperson said a "thorough review ... had updated its risk assessment and introduced new measures specifically related to trains moving outside the main shed building, and addressed ...

The train, which ferried star passengers Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin, made it’s first journey with the new livery to Newbury in Berkshire, the birthplace of ...

GWR's headaches continue – and look set to be deepening – as the rail operator struggles to keep passengers happy amid the twin blight of crew shortages and ongoing maintenance work.