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Eight-year deal for Inter City Railways, a joint venture of Stagecoach Transport Holdings Ltd and Virgin Holdings Ltd. New franchise begins March 1 2015.

In the final part of his All-Line Rover trip around the UK’s railways, PAUL BIGLAND focuses on the North, before a final trip back down to King’s Cross

In the second part of his latest All-Line Rover trip around the UK, PAUL BIGLAND heads west into Wales and then north of the border.

RICHARD CLINNICK goes behind the scenes to see how Virgin Trains' fleet of tilting Class 390 Pendolinos are maintained.

RICHARD CLINNICK climbs on board a Class 390 Pendolino that within 24 hours travels more than 1,300 miles up and down the West Coast Main Line

It’s a story of a genuinely passenger-focused service - Stefanie Browne finds out how East Midlands Trains gets everything right, even when things go wrong…

New tickets, free WiFi and discount fares offered

PAUL CLIFTON asks IAN PROSSER, director of railway safety and chief inspector of railways, if the operators are being pushed too hard

MIKE JONES examines the latest changes to rail franchising, and argues that passenger benefits and risk transfer are now given real priority

Network Rail-South West Trains Alliance MD TIM SHOVELLER says that the successful alliance cannot be defined by performance tables or satisfaction surveys alone