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Features
Inside Newton Heath's historic maintenance depot
Northern’s principal maintenance depot has a rich history, and is playing its part in the railway’s future as well. Paul Bigland is given an extensive tour.
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News
Network Rail narrows down RHTT operators from five to two
GB Railfreight and Colas have been chosen as the operators to manage the trains over the next five years.
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Features
Review: 170 (minutes) on a crowded Class 170
RAIL’s Mystery Shopper travels from Birmingham to Cambridge on a CrossCountry Turbostar.
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Features
“A generational jump” in training drivers
Tom Ingall sits behind the controls in one of Northern’s new driving simulators.
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Features
Botley Road: more trains will be the prize
The lengthy and ongoing closure of Botley Road in Oxford to enable rail bridge replacement works continues to anger residents. But what exactly does the project entail, and how has work progressed? Chis Howe reviews the story so far.
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Opinion
Guest Column: In support of full electrification
If partial electrification and battery trains is a great idea, why are so few other places doing it, asks Olly Glover MP.
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Features
Review: Should we salute Scotland’s magnificent Inter7?
In our third and final Mystery Shopper piece covering ScotRail, we head out on the InterCity network to see if older trains still offer quality.
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News
Calls for better station announcements to help visually impaired users
Some platforms at Birmingham New Street don't have a working PA system.
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News
Open access operator's frustration as year-long wait for decision continues
Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway wants to run between North Wales and London Euston.
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News
British firm on the brink of £100 million wagon contract
Mansfield-based firm set to provide Irish operator with 400 wagons.
