Passengers

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

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

Scottish government announces peak fares will be no more from September 1.

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

Three rival firms want to take on Eurostar and run cross-channel services.

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

Pledge made to axe peak fares "for good" if it wins the next Scottish election.

Rail passengers across England can now access real-time data on the punctuality and reliability of their local train services, as new station-level statistics have gone live.

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

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