The 11-carriage train came off the tracks on the West Coast Main Line near Shap, Cumbria, at about 6.15am on Monday.

Office of Rail and Road rules that capacity concerns mean five existing services must come out of the timetable.

Strikes on Avanti West Coast will hit new years travellers - HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERS Christmas travellers face holiday misery after union bosses announced strike action on the railways. Passengers on ...

Train managers at Avanti West Coast have turned down an offer worth £250 for working on a day off – or £300 at weekends. After emphatically rejecting the proposal, the RMT union members plan strikes ...

The biggest rail union has suspended strikes on the West Coast main line for the next two Sundays – but the announcement comes too late for a normal service to run on 19 January. The union has called ...

A vanti West Coast has released a full statement after one its trains derailed this morning. At 06.10am today, November 3, ...