The July 2025 issue of Today's Railways UK is packed with interesting articles and features, plus all the very latest news from across Britain’s railway network. We also include all our regular monthly sections covering light rail, heritage railways, preservation and railtours, with readers’ letters and our grumpy old man also in attendance.
Feature articles this month include:
The Cardiff to Portsmouth Challenge: Mark Lee Inman explores this long cross-country route from the Welsh capital to Portsmouth, which has always been a challenging route to operate.
The Isle of Man in Spring Time: Tony Christie spends a week during May visiting the various railways the Isle of Man has to offer.
The Renown Repulse Preservation Group: Andy Chard looks at the history of the RRRG’s two Class 50s, what the group has achieved to date and its future plans.
Loco-Hauled Trains & HSTs – Summer 2025: Robert Pritchard provides our annual round up of where to find scheduled loco-hauled and HST-operated passenger trains this summer.
News stories this month include:
- South Western Railway and Greater Anglia to be nationalised
- Three years of success for Elizabeth Line
- Blunkett sets out Yorkshire rail investment plan
- LNER launches extra Bradford services as new platform opens at Forster Square
- ScotRail to scrap peak fares and alcohol ban
- Safety system faults found on Talerddig crash train: RAIB
- ORR seeks to change redress policies for failed mobility assistance
- North West leaders call for new Liverpool–Manchester line
- Golborne station gains planning consent
- MPs call for move away from “boom and bust” cycle in rail industry
- GBRf and Colas Rail win NR autumn Railhead Treatment Train contracts
- NR refuses support for new WCML and ECML open access services
- ETCS roll-out on Moorgate branch completed
- East Kilbride line reopens
- First bore of Bromford HS2 tunnel completed
- Birmingham City Council approves revised HS2 Curzon Street plans
- Exhibits start to arrive for Greatest Gathering
- Historic maps unveiled at Victoria
- Train hits trailer on Marches Line
- Train driving age to be lowered to 18
- Tyne & Wear Metro door fault “resolved”
- Supertram records 10 million journeys
- Pressure mounts for east Birmingham tram extension
- Blackpool heritage trams to return for Lightpool Festival
- New Metrolink contract procurement begins
- Very Light Rail hosts open day as Coventry trials due to start
- LNER hosts “225 day” as life extension work on 91s continues
- GWR Class 57 reliability problems
- More HST power cars for export
- All 12 ex-Avanti Voyagers in service for XC
- LNR Class 730/2s set for June introduction
- 333s on Leeds–Doncaster route
- More Class 701 diagrams at last
- Avanti unveils ethnicity train
- Steam ban at East Lancs Railway after lineside fires
- Exmoor National Park blocks Lynton & Barnstaple extension
- “Duke of Gloucester” tested at SVR for main line operation
- Success of Swanage and Severn Valley diesel galas
- D1015 makes main line debut in BR blue
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