Passengers

Andy Comfort finds out about a way to increase platform capacity without renumbering the whole station - and locates a few examples.

Scotland’s railways should have benefited from major investment where it is needed the most - commuter routes. The Mystery Shopper investigates.

Fancy a coffee? In Scotland? All for around £40 return (not including the coffee)? Peter Plisner reports on mad days out by train.

Operators are introducing ways to get all the real-time travel information you need… via QR codes. Paul Clifton investigates.

As more European countries introduce keenly priced subscription tickets to encourage greater use of public transport, Ben Jones asks if it actually works.

The Scottish government has called time on its pilot scheme to abolish peak rail fares, but the calls for making public transport more accessible grow.

Passengers in south-east Wales and beyond will soon benefit from new rolling stock, increased frequency and a large-scale upgrade of the Core Valley network.

With this year’s ‘Railway 200’ celebrations now upon us, Dr Joseph Brennan looks at the remnants from the first passenger railway we can still see today.

South Western Railway is trialling a system that enables passengers to translate information instantly into British Sign Language, using AI-generated images.

After the new government’s axing of Restoring Your Railway funding, will trains ever run along the line to Portishead? Andrew Mourant reports.