The November 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:
New Look for Bletchley Depot: Alan Yearsley reports on the £80 million redevelopment of Bletchley Train Maintenance Depot by London Northwestern Railway in readiness for the operator’s full fleet introduction of the new Class 730/2 EMUs.
Greater Anglia’s Great Achievements: Greater Anglia is the next train operator to be nationalised in mid-October. Alan Yearsley looks back at the success story of the franchise during Abellio’s and latterly Transport UK’s tenure when the operator has regularly topped the punctuality figures and introduced a completely new train fleet.
Portsmouth Direct Line Resignalling: Richard Horner takes a last look at three Victorian signal boxes in Surrey and Hampshire and examines the Farncombe to Petersfield resignalling scheme.
Riding the Rhymney Valley: In the latest of his in depth features on the Cardiff Valley Lines, Mark Lee Inman travels north from Cardiff to Rhymney and also takes in the short Coryton branch. With brand new trains and ongoing electrification there is much to see during the journey.
Visiting Kings Norton – in Awdry’s footsteps: 80 years after the first Thomas the Tank Engine series books were published, Jonathan Webb takes a look at what can be seen at Rev W Awdry’s local station today.
News stories this month include:
- Transport Secretary commits to Northern Powerhouse Rail and vows to simplify tickets
- Govia Thameslink to transfer to public ownership in May
- “Locomotion” takes to main line for Railway 200 anniversary celebrations
- CMA GGM set to acquire Freightliner (Intermodal) UK
- December East Coast Main Line timetable published
- East Midlands Railway accepts first Class 810s but will short form services this autumn
- HS2 viaduct now Britain’s longest railway bridge
- Old Oak station to open for local services first?
- Gatwick second runway to trigger Brighton Main Line upgrades
- £140M part-electrification for Fife and Borders lines
- Dates confirmed for Avanti S&C diversions
- OxRAIL seeks capacity increases, integration and electrification for Oxfordshire
- Cambridge South station to open with up to nine trains per hour
- Survey finds rail industry still has a long way to go to make itself family friendly
- Huddersfield station reopens following Transpennine Route Upgrade works
- Cornish rail improvements delayed until 2026
- Whitehaven–Corkickle closed until spring
- Heaton depot hosts 150th anniversary open weekend
- Highland Sleeper to serve Birmingham International
- Rail Minister steps up pressure for Ashford International calls
- Edinburgh Council seeks views on tram expansion plans
- Heywood tram-train next Metrolink priority
- Blackpool heritage trams to return in October
- Pioneer T&W Metro car donated to Stephenson Museum
- 99001 operates first revenue earning freight
- GWR to stand down HSTs in December
- NRM’s Station Hall reopens
- Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala sees first Merchant Navy visit the line
- End of the line for Pathfinder Railtours
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