Plans for new high-speed rail
13.29 Mon Jun 23
Rail chiefs have opened up the prospect of five new lines to cope with rising passenger demand.
Six-figure bonuses for rail bosses
21.27 Fri Jun 06
Network Rail bosses are to receive six-figure bonuses after announcing profits of £1.2 billion in the year to the end of March.
Rail travel simplified
12.58 Sun May 18
New rules aimed at making it easier to buy train tickets have come into force.
Seventy die in Chinese train crash
12.49 Mon Apr 28
At least 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured after two passenger trains collided in eastern China.
Greek train crash injures dozens
14.22 Sat Mar 08
A passenger train derailed outside the city of Larisa in central Greece injuring dozens of people.
Indonesia cracks down on train surfing
12.32 Wed Feb 13
Some Indonesian commuters are opting for a less conventional way of riding the train to work.
Rail guards vote to strike
17.53 Thu Jan 10
Hundreds of rail guards at a leading train company have voted to go on strike.
Rail misery set to continue
06.26 Thu Jan 03
The rail travel misery for thousands of commuters is set to continue, with parts of West Coast Main Line set to remain closed on Thursday.
Train derailment sparks blaze in Ohio
17.33 Thu Oct 11 2007
A train derailment has triggered an explosion in northeast Ohio.
Train derailment sparks blaze in Ohio
14.44 Thu Oct 11 2007
A train derailment has triggered an explosion in northeast Ohio.
Commuters hit hard by train delays
11.08 Thu Oct 11 2007
Commuters have suffered long delays across the country following an electrical supply problem.
Passenger train crashes near Athens
13.12 Thu Jul 12 2007
Fifty-three people have been injured in a head-on passenger train crash near Athens.
Train fare hike
14.40 Fri Jun 22 2007
Rail passengers in the East Midlands are facing annual fare increases of nearly 3.5 per cent above the rate of inflation.
Air travellers offered train option
10.42 Tue Jun 19 2007
Environmental campaigners have been attempting to encourage air travellers to go green by offering them free train tickets.
Australian train crash kills 11
14.50 Tue Jun 05 2007
A train has hit a lorry at a level-crossing in the Australian state of Victoria, killing 11 people and injuring 24 others.
French train sets new rail speed record
15.37 Tue Apr 03 2007
A French train has smashed the world rail speed record by travelling at 356mph.
French train sets new rail speed record
13.30 Tue Apr 03 2007
French manufacturing company Alstom's ambition has set a new world rail speed record, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph).
Train wreckage operation continues
12.32 Fri Mar 02 2007
Work to fully reopen the West Coast Mainline is continuing as engineers remove the wreckage of the Cumbria rail crash.
One dead in Norfolk train crash
11.08 Thu Mar 01 2007
At least one person was killed when a rush-hour train hit a car on a level crossing at 100mph.
Train wreckage operation begins
11.07 Thu Mar 01 2007
Work to remove the wreckage of the Virgin train that derailed in Cumbria is getting under way.
700 points checked after rail crash
20.48 Sat Feb 24 2007
Up to 700 set of points across the entire rail network are to be checked as a "precaution" following the Cumbria crash.
Madrid train bombings trial begins
20.08 Thu Feb 15 2007
Spain is on high alert as 29 people go on trial charged over the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and injured 2,000.