Thameslink will upgrade seats likened to “ironing boards” to comfier alternatives across all of its trains, the Department of Transport (DfT) has said.
Rail bosses have confirmed that a line closed after a train derailed in East Sussex, injuring 30 people, will reopen in September as work is under way to remove the train.
The Department for Transport is encouraging eighteen-year-olds leaving school to consider a career as a train driver amid a shortage of people taking the job.
Virgin Trains has been given track access for new services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030, in a step forward for its plans to rival Eurostar.
A second train has derailed less than 24 hours after two passengers were seriously injured when a Southern Rail service came off the tracks in East Sussex.
