Great British Railways

The Great British Rail Sale runs until January 12

Yorkshire 'turn up and go' train ticket trial extended until 2027
Passengers download an app and this uses GPS to calculate their cheapest journey.

Trains and passengers arrive and depart on Great Northern trains at Bradford Interchange station. From April 1, Off-Peak and Anytime train tickets can only be refunded up to the day before travel (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Exclusive Almost one in four Northern services shortened on some routes

Tracsis and Mistral serve the majority of train operating companies in the UK.

Yorkshire firm to buy rail software arm of FirstGroup for £48m

Trains and passengers arrive and depart on Great Northern trains at Bradford Interchange station. Regulated rail fares in England are frozen from March 2 in the first nationwide freeze in 30 years (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Yorkshire commuters to save up to £315 as rail fare freeze begins

Tracsis is participating in the Rail Delivery Group's digital pay-as-you-go trials that are now underway, using its Hopsta platform on the Northern Rail network between Harrogate and Leeds. (Photo supplied by Tracsis)

How Tracsis is leading a smart ticketing revolution

The National Railway Museum in York turns 50. PIC: James Hardisty

Connect Yorkshire directly with Europe via rail - Luke Charters

A crash at a level crossing in Castleford has plunged train services in Leeds into chaos.

Inflation-busting rise in train ticket prices predicted

A view of Great British Railways branding on the side of a train carriage. PIC: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

GBR risks morphing into the old failed British Rail - Tony Lodge

Trainline profits surged last year after it made a record amount of sales, as the company benefited from the growing popularity of digital tickets and fewer rail strikes. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Trainline profits surge on back of record sales

A Northern Rail train at Dewsbury Train Station.

Northern bosses told that cancellation rate is unacceptable

Trainline has increased its full-year guidance for the second time in two months after making more cash from ticket sales this year than it previously expected. (Photo by Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA Wire)

Trainline increases full-year guidance after making more cash from ticket sales

Over £100,000 was spent on Doncaster’s Great British Railways HQ bid

Over £100,000 was spent on Doncaster’s Great British Railways HQ bid

York Central MP Rachael Maskell reacted with anger at the leaked announcement.

York leaders hit out at Derby Great British Railways decision

Transport Secretary Mark Harper (left) and Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove leaves Downing Street, London, after a Cabinet meeting

GBR HQ delayed until next year

Doncaster, along with York, is one of six locations vying to host GBR.

GBR HQ delay is representative of transport confusion - The YP says

Doncaster is one of six locations that are in the running to host GBR.

Doncaster can play a key role in reinvigorating the rail system - Ros Jones

Anne-Marie Trevelyan says her department is now pitching for “a narrow Bill around the future of transport technologies, the legislation around things like e-scooters”. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Delay to GBR shows indecision has gripped the Government - The YP says

Mr Shapps had led plans which would replace the UK’s rail franchise model, and modernise its ticketing system before being sacked by Liz Truss earlier this year.

Great British Railways delayed until spring

Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the move will provide ‘direct help’ to thousands of households. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Fears over Great British Railways future following reports work has stalled

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Government hub plan 'boosts York's case for Great British Railways HQ'

Cross-party collective show of support: councillors from the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrat and Liberal group, Independents, Labour and Greens all gathering to back York’s bid

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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps (left) and journalist Michael Portillo have been urging towns and cities to make the case for why they should host the new headquarters of Great British Railways.

Great British Railways: Government urged to set up new headquarters in the North

Keith Aspden, right, at the National Railway Museum with Sir Ed Davey.

Why York stands ready to host Great British Railways - Keith Aspden

Ros Jones is the Mayor of Doncaster.

Why Doncaster is the natural home for Great British Railways - Ros Jones

Doncaster centre. Picture: Marie Caley.

Doncaster needs more new quality jobs and careers - Nick Fletcher MP

File photo dated 20/6/2022 of Transport Secretary Grant Shapps

York and Doncaster make final shortlist for new Great British Railways HQ

St George's Minster and central Doncaster. Picture: Adobe Stock.

Doncaster so deserves its city status - The Yorkshire Post says

Doncaster's Mansion House is one of the few examples of its kind in the country

Doncaster wins city status to mark Queen's Jubilee - thanks to Fishlake floods

A train pulls into York railway station, July 29, 1949. Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

Why York is the right Great British Railways HQ location - Rachael Maskell MP

Dame Rosie Winterton, MP for Doncaster Central, says there has been support for the railways headquarters in Doncaster.

Why Doncaster is best place for railways HQ - Yorkshire Post Letters

York Minster pictured in November 2021

Yorkshire believes York should be home to new railway hub, new polling suggests

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh and West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin spoke to passengers about service cuts at Wakefield Westgate train station today

Passengers 'pay more for less' as 19,000 train services are axed during pandemic
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said train passengers are being forced to “pay more for less” as thousands of services have been slashed during the pandemic while rail fares continue to rise.
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The Flying Scotsman is synonymous with Doncaster which is bidding to be the new HQ of Great British Railways,.

Move Great British Railways to Doncaster – Dan Fell

Tornado at York Station

University of York drops 'world's only degree in railway history' from programme

Should York be the new HQ of Great British Railways? York Outer MP Julian Sturdy has made the case in Parliament.

York’s case to be Great British Railways HQ – Julian Sturdy

York Gin has launched a new store at the city's station.

This York Gin station outlet is tonic for city – The Yorkshire Post says

Doncaster has bid to become the HQ for Great British Railways

Doncaster bids to become new HQ for Great British Railways

The Flying Scotsman arrives at York station after its inaugural run from London after a decade-long, £4.2 million refit in 2016. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

York the perfect place for Great British Railways HQ - Kevin Hollinrake MP

Should Bradford become the headquarters for Great British Railways when it is launched in 2023 and ensure the delivery of Northern Powerhouse Rail?

Bradford and not York should be Great British Railways HQ – The Yorkshire Post s...

The York Central site which city leaders say could play host to Great British Railways

York would be ideal base for Great British Railways, says Conservative MP

Commuters arriving at Leeds station

New flexible season tickets offering commuters 'fairer fares' go on sale

Library image of Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps. Control of trains and track will be brought under a new public sector body named Great British Railways (GBR) as part of sweeping reforms, the Department for Transport has announced.

Leeds-based Tracsis aims to improve efficiency and safety on Britain's railway s...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps during a visit to Leeds in January last year.

What Yorkshire rail users expect from Great British Railways and Grant Shapps – ...

Sweeping reforms to overhaul Britain’s ‘complicated’ rail system

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Britain's railways were built to "forge stronger connections" and provide "an affordable, reliable and rapid service", but passengers have been failed by "years of fragmentation, confusion and over-complication". Pic: PA

Yorkshire trains and track to come under control of Great British Railways

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