Insight
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Insight
Extreme weather: are they coping in Europe?
Safety is the priority, but are we at risk of losing the year-round resilience of the railway? Ben Jones looks at how other European railways manage performance when the weather does its worst.
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Better forecasting of where the danger lies
PAUL CLIFTON talks to the people who have to balance railway risk and reward, and the need to protect passengers and goods against the need to keep services running
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Great British Railways: what happens now?
“Great British Railways is dead. And it should never have happened. Of course, I can never say this on the record.”
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Can land value capture set projects free?
Could land value capture agreements be the answer for transport schemes elsewhere in the UK? PETER PLISNER investigates
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“We are much stronger if we work together”
TfL’s new interim Commissioner ANDY LORD tells how he would go about running “the biggest and greatest public transport organisation in the world”
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Sleeper services seek forward momentum
Having survived privatisation and a pandemic, Britain’s night-time passenger trains are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. ANTHONY LAMBERT reports
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High Speed 1 and the Eurostar conundrum
Tighter border checks imminent and a catalogue of post-pandemic complications facing the high-speed railway’s operator, the future of HS1 appears at an impasse
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What if Labour wins the next General Election?
The postponed legislation for creating the new ’guiding mind’ for Britain’s network will now be tabled “before the next election”, according to Great British Railways Transition Team Lead Director Anit Chandarana.
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Rail reform: managing the expectations
I don’t detect much feeling of urgency. This is a once-in-30-year change. These things always take longer than people think.”
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Less is more? Rail’s role in post-pandemic travel
Two years after the first lockdown, the economy has recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Yet we are still travelling less than we did before COVID.
Top Stories
Extreme weather: are they coping in Europe?
Safety is the priority, but are we at risk of losing the year-round resilience of the railway? Ben Jones looks at how other European railways manage performance when the weather does its worst.
Better forecasting of where the danger lies
PAUL CLIFTON talks to the people who have to balance railway risk and reward, and the need to protect passengers and goods against the need to keep services running
Great British Railways: what happens now?
“Great British Railways is dead. And it should never have happened. Of course, I can never say this on the record.”
