Passengers

Christian Wolmar samples a first class service and asks if it's really worth the extra.

Philip Haigh pores over figures for patronage, income and punctuality to discover some of the reasons behind rail performance increases and decreases.

Christian Wolmar has some reservations about Network Rail's 2020 booklet on customer communications which has only recently been made public.

Passengers can expect a boost in rail punctuality from 2026 - but not necessarily because more trains are running on time. Philip Haigh explains why.

The town has its passenger railway back after almost 60 years, with the upgrading of the freight-only Blyth and Tyne to become the Northumberland Line.

Our columnist Christian Wolmar is in Japan, experiencing the brilliancies and quirks of its varied rail networks.

Seasonal rushes, engineering works, snowstorms, traffic jams and can you work out whether Chris Rea would have got home for Christmas quicker by train?

Current assessments of HS2 are too gloomy, as several frugal tweaks are available to improve its business case in the changed rail market, says Stuart Porter.

Now the regulator is to review protection practices and prosecutions process, our Industry Insider looks at the issues around fare evasion.

Cost pressures are bearing down on the rail industry as revenue rises but not at a fast enough rate to cover the £2 billion gap between operating subsidy and income