Operations
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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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Interview: Ian Yeowart of GCR fame on the future of open access
Ian Yeowart was instrumental in setting up the Grand Central Railway he's still submitting successful applications. He talks to Peter Plisner.
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Review: West Midlands Railways introduces Class 730s
West Midlands Trains is introducing two Bombardier Aventra fleets into traffic and up first is the Class 730/0s for West Midlands Railways. By Pip Dunn.
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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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Access for All awaits a clear pathway
Unfunded Access for All works at Britain’s stations has left Department for Transport ministers ‘considering their options’. Mel Holley unpicks the detail.
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Railway 200 Then and Now: Pneumatic and even weirder propelled trains
Rammell’s extraordinary Pneumatic Railway - and the other offbeat propulsion methods that have been tried since.
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Review: ScotRail's investment pays off
Scotland’s railways should have benefited from major investment where it is needed the most - commuter routes. The Mystery Shopper investigates.
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Railway 200: Gearing up for the ‘Greatest Gathering’
The ‘Greatest Gathering’ at Alstom's Litchurch Lane factory in Derby will be one of the biggest events during this year's celebrations, explains Peter Plisner.
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Review: ScotRail with a 'Spirit of Scotland' rover ticket
In the first of a three-part Scottish Special, RAIL’s latest mystery shopper survey covers Ayrshire and Galloway - including the reduced service to Stranraer.
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How far will split tickets and railcards take you on UK rail?
Fancy a coffee? In Scotland? All for around £40 return (not including the coffee)? Peter Plisner reports on mad days out by train.
Top Stories
From poisoned chalice to Holy Grail?
RAIL magazine examines the troubled history of rail operations on the East Coast Main Line since privatisation in the mid-1990s
“I am forever in his debt”
PAUL PRENTICE reveals the extraordinary tale of how the actions of one Southern Railway employee saved a man’s life
The resurgent '60s'
RICHARD CLINNICK looks back at the history of the Class 60s
