The December 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:
Tyseley Depot Upgrade Completed: Robert Pritchard visits Tyseley depot in Birmingham to look at the recent £70 million upgrade to the West Midlands’ biggest and most important depot.
A Guide to Pole Photography: Ian Beardsley provides a guide to pole photography, an increasingly popular branch of railway photography that involves a camera being mounted on top of a telescopic pole with the shutter being fired remotely.
South-West Wales Resignalling: Richard Horner reports on the latest Port Talbot West 2 resignalling scheme.
The Rebuilt and Colourful “69s”: Josh Brinsford and Robert Pritchard look at the 16 Class 56 locos now enjoying a new lease of life as rebuilt Class 69s.
The Tarka Valley Railway: Andy Chard visits Britain’s newest standard gauge heritage railway, the Tarka Valley Railway in Devon.
News stories this month include:
- Eurostar orders new double deck train fleet
- Greater Anglia nationalised
- Stand-off between Chiltern and rail unions over East West Railway opening
- Lumo reapplies to operate more open access services
- Portishead branch work under way
- HS2 to Handsacre further delayed
- Oxford–Cowley branch to reopen
- Blyth Bebside and Beaulieu Park stations open
- Camp Hill Line service expected in early 2026
- Polmadie hosts 150th anniversary open day
- EMUs on test on East Kilbride line
- TfW consults on Conwy Valley service changes
- New style station clock unveiled at London Bridge
- Hitachi Rail holds open day at Newton Aycliffe
- GWR fined £1M for 2018 window droplight fatality
- TfL moves to take over Moorgate local services
- New DLR trains enter service
- Blackpool heritage trams return
- Chiltern targets New Year introduction for Class 68s+Mark 5A coaches
- First revenue earning duties for ROG Class 93s
- GBRf Class 99s approved by ORR as testing continues
- Construction under way of ten extra Class 345 EMUs
- £100M Electrostar upgrade completed
- Class 730/2s introduced on Trent Valley route
- Vale of Berkeley Railway runs first passenger train
- 125 Group moves to East Lancs Railway
- “Bahamas” bows out at Great Central Railway
- Barrow Hill hosts Railway 200 gala
- Severn Valley Railway celebrates 65 years of Class 37s
- Duke of Glouester”’s return to main line marred by cows and valve failure
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