Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 39

Every major rail project of recent years - HS2, Crossrail, East West Rail, Great Western Electrification Programme and others - has blown its budget and timetable, reducing trust in the industry’s ability to deliver its promises.

A mixed reaction has greeted Transport for London’s list of new names for its Overground routes, announced on February 14.

Headbolt Lane station's battery-powered trains (a UK first) makes it hugely significant.

Jason Chamberlain, partner at law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, looks back at 30 years of rail privatisation and asks what the future holds for the railway

UK Tram’s new chairman Steve Edwards discusses the role of light rail in a modern-day successful railway

People Director Steve Foster celebrates Southeastern’s success in scooping the National Rail Awards Great Places to Work

After being left empty since the 1990s, a local community group lead the transformation of this railway building, which now includes a micro-brewery.

Emergency services will close the railway between Plymouth and Liskeard from 1400 to 1800 today to remove an unexploded wartime bomb.

New technology commissioned between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin, bringing digital signalling on the route a step closer.

Control of signalling from Feltham and Wokingham moves to NR’s Wessex Rail Operating Centre (ROC) following equipment upgrades.