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Network Rail engineers carry out wiring work on the Midland Main Line
News

Rail electrification workforce has halved since 2018, study suggests

Head of UK Projects at Furrer + Frey, Noel Dolphin told Rail Live numbers could fall even further.

Electrification 30 Jun
Temple Mills International Depot yard. DAVID STUBBINGS.
News

Next deadline in Temple Mills depot application process is put back

Temple Mills 30 Jun
Lumo Class 803 and LNER Azuma unit side by side at London King's Cross. ALAMY.
News

Conflict of interest fears raised in DfT's latest open access letter - operator denies suggestion

Open access 27 Jun
GWR Class 800 at Bristol Temple Meads.
News

Plans for two new stations on Bristol-Exeter line supported

new station 27 Jun
GWR 175002 leaves Plymouth with a driver training run to Newton Abbot on June 23. DAVID HUNT.
News

GWR begins Class 175 driver training runs in Devon

Great Western Railway 27 Jun
The first stage of the bat mitigation structure being built in April 2025. HS2 LTD.
News

HS2 "bat tunnel" costs broken down as claims price has gone up are dismissed

HS2 26 Jun
A mechanical axle end generator, one of the pieces of equipment fitted to a vehicle to make it an iWagon. VTG RAIL.
News

More than 80 retrofitted iWagons to be in service by end of 2025

Rail freight 26 Jun
GB Railfreight 60087 joins the Settle and Carlisle at Horton-in-Ribblesdale station on June 19 with the 1510 Horton Quarry to Tuebrook service. PHIL METCALFE.
News

Quarry's S&C rail link reinstated after 60 years

Rail freight 26 Jun
66732 dragging 810003 through Tapton bridge 30 minutes late working from Old Dalby-Merchant Park Sidings on June 16. LOGHAN SMEDLEY.
News

Delay in EMR Class 810 delivery could affect other operators

East Midlands Railway 25 Jun
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Comment

Tyne and Wear route map. NEXUS
Comment

Momentum builds for Washington and Metro expansion

Philip Haigh considers the options and challenges for completing a Tyne and Wear Metro loop through Washington to Pelaw.

Phil Haigh 27 Jun
JACK BOSTOCK
News

Comment: Here comes the sun

Times are tough but the Spending Review offers reasons to be cheerful and the sun is out at RAIL Live

Dickon Ross 18 Jun
JACK BOSTOCK
News

Comment: Here comes the sun

Dickon Ross 18 Jun
RAIL columnist Christian Wolmar
Comment

Comment: First Class delights with an occasional pang of hunger

Christian Wolmar 13 Jun
RAIL columnist Christian Wolmar
Comment

Comment: The stakes have been raised on rail ‘renationalisation’

Christian Wolmar 11 Jun
Columnist Phil Haigh
Comment

Comment: Room for improvement for Yorkshire’s rail services

Phil Haigh 9 Jun

Insights from the experts

LNER 82205 stands at Leeds on May 22 before departing with the 1245 to London King's Cross. SNAPPITYSNAPS PHOTOGRAPHY.
Feature

“This is the East Coast thoroughbred”

Richard Wilcock is on board for the special 1245 Leeds-London King’s Cross service as LNER celebrates its first 225 Day.

Locomotives 24 Jun
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander unveils the new “GBR - Coming Soon” logo at SWR’s Bournemouth Depot on May 22. PAUL CLIFTON.
Feature

SWR returns to the public domain - but what difference will it make?

Policy 10 Jun
Bridlington is a key location on the route served by the Community Rail Partnership. Northern 170477 waits to leave the Yorkshire seaside town with the 1300 Scarborough to Sheffield service on March 23 2022. PAUL BIGGS.
Feature

A railway with “people at its heart”

Engineering 13 Jun
Could a stop like this be coming to somewhere near you? This mock-up is a proof-of-concept design for the planned Coventry VLR system. RAIL PHOTOGRAPHY: PETER PLISNER.
Feature

Very light rail: the lower cost alternative to traditional light rail

Light rail 11 Jun
Ukrainian railway delegates at Rail Live 2024
Feature

Rail Live 2025: The agenda and subjects for day two’s seminar theatres

Engineering 3 Jun
On November 30 2023, Transport for Wales 197050 stands at Neston with the 0950 Bidston to Wrexham. The ‘197s’ have been introduced to boost services on the Borderlands line. CHRIS HOWE.
Feature

Borderlands bids to revive its fortunes

Engineering 9 Jun
The main entrance to the Irish Ferries terminal at Dublin Port. ANDY COMFORT
Feature

Review: train and ferry together tickets

Reviews 3 Jun

RAIL events

Network Rail engineers carry out wiring work on the Midland Main Line
News

Rail electrification workforce has halved since 2018, study suggests

Electrification 30 Jun
Porterbrook's HydroFLEX unit opposite 93007 at Rail Live 2025. JACK BOSKETT/RAIL.
News

17 fantastic photos from this year's Rail Live

Rail Live 30 Jun
News

"A potential gamechanger": Siemens Mobility launches new Rail Charging Converter

Siemens Mobility 24 Jun
JACK BOSTOCK
News

Comment: Here comes the sun

Dickon Ross 18 Jun

Reviews

Dating from 1984, the ‘Highland Chieftain’ service was originally operated by HSTs, with Azumas taking over in 2019. On July 21 2021, 800112 is between Inverness and Aviemore, as it heads over Slochd Viaduct with the ‘Highland Chieftain’ for London. Under the current public (as opposed to working) timetable, northbound trains leave King’s Cross at 1200 and arrive in Inverness at 2007, while southbound trains depart from the Highland city at 0755 and arrive in London at 1549. NIGEL CAPELLE.
Feature

Review: ‘Chieftain’ is a practical long-distance choice

In RAIL’s latest Mystery Shopper, we take LNER’s ‘Highland Chieftain’ to Inverness, boarding at Peterborough. How does it fare against driving or flying?

Reviews 24 Jun
The main entrance to the Irish Ferries terminal at Dublin Port. ANDY COMFORT
Feature

Review: train and ferry together tickets

Reviews 3 Jun
The replacement bus wasn’t too bad, but getting off it was time-consuming as it was single file only. RAIL
Feature

Review: the dreaded rail replacement buses

Reviews 16 May
Refurbished and in its new livery, CrossCountry 170101 passes Elford occupation bridge with a Nottingham-Cardiff Central service on April 9. On their Birmingham-Cambridge journey, our Mystery Shopper had to ‘rough it’ on an unrefurbished unit. PAUL KEIGHTLEY.
Feature

Review: 170 (minutes) on a crowded Class 170

Reviews 28 Apr
Glasgow Central is Scotland’s busiest station. As well as commuter and semi-fast trains, Sleeper and inter-city trains also use the terminus. 385022 has just arrived with the 0852 from Lanark-Glasgow Central, while 156495 has arrived from Kilmarnock.
Feature

Review: ScotRail with a 'Spirit of Scotland' rover ticket

Reviews 7 Mar