Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 33

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Rail Live’s gates on the morning of June 19 at what was again expected to be a record-breaking event.

An accident report has found that an electric locomotive ran 750 metres beyond a signal at danger (red) last August because it was travelling too fast to stop in time.

Tests on a 1960s shunter have shown that hydrogen can make a diesel engine run more cleanly and cut fuel consumption.

Railway technology supplier Tracsis has warned investors that restrictions following the unexpectedly early election announcement will have a one-off impact on the group's trading in the final two months of the current financial year.

The £1 billion electrification of the North Wales Main Line, one of the flagship policies of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s HS2 Phase 2b cancellation ‘bonus’, is all but dead.

Almost a year after arriving in the UK, Rail Operations Group’s new Stadler tri-mode locomotive 93001 finally undertook its first main line solo run on May 28, from Worksop to Sheffield and back.

Rail is about to enter a new era. What policies would get your vote?

Howard Johnston studies party statements and photo opportunities to assess what the next government might really do for rail

Rail Minister Huw Merriman is to quit as an MP and will not stand at July 4’s General Election.

Christian Wolmar looks at how railways are strategic supply lines and the relevance of wartime events in Normandy 80 years ago to today’s conflict in Ukraine