Sky News is to be broadcast in major Network Rail stations across the UK, replacing BBC News 24.

Transvision, the national digital outdoor screen network owned by Titan Outdoor, chose Sky News after a pitch against BBC News last week.

The BBC has provided news to the network of 17 screens, located within Network Rail stations across the UK, since 2003.

Sky News will take over from News 24 on station concourses in the new year.

The outdoor network, which is seen by around three million people each week, will provide five strands of Sky News including main headlines, financial, entertainment and sports news and the weather.

Sky Media, Sky's advertising sales division, will also become responsible for selling sponsorship of the news content on behalf of Titan.

Alison Reay, joint managing director of Titan Outdoor, said that, while the BBC had been a "great partner", the "recent repackaging of advertising opportunities signals a new era".

Transvision, which has giant screens in Network Rail terminals including Victoria, Kings Cross, Waterloo and Liverpool Street in London, as well as the main stations in Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham, launched in 2000 with ITN News Channel as the news provider, changing to BBC News 24 in 2003.

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