Operations
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Freight
Freight's future is in ISO containers
The ISO container system works well (and has done so for many decades) and is great for global transport. The goods can be loaded, sealed, and are secure and safe until the seal is broken by the end customer.
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Operations
Why are the 'Arterios' more than four years late?
Failure to introduce new trains ordered seven years ago by SWR has become a painful symbol of a struggling industry.
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Operations
Not your average station: Birmingham University's new rail link
Peter Plisner learns about the problems faced - and overcome - in the construction of this new station serving the campus.
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Freight
Rail freight’s potential for Scotland
Maggie Simpson OBE: 'Despite route capacity, policy and infrastructure pressures, rail's case is strong if the Scottish economy is to adapt to new markets.'
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Performance
Exclusive: Industry collaboration is vital to meet Net Zero deadline
"There's now massive appetite for sustainability, but we've got to work together, or we can't do this," says Govia Thameslink's Jason Brooker.
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Operations
RSSB’s six new strategies for a smarter, more resilient railway
Rail Safety and Standards Board’s chief operating officer Johnny Schute OBE, outlines the path of standards needed to future-proof our railways.
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Operations
How artificial intelligence will make our railway faster and greener
Cara Murphy, practice director, rail consulting for Atkins shows how AI will lead to a major step change in the rail industry.
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Operations
Rail is to become a key election battleground
Mark Walker, chief executive at public affairs company Cogitamus reveals why rail will be pushed to the fore at Westminster, ahead of the General Election.
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Operations
How the rail industry must get better at project budgeting
Russell Jackson, Global Transit Director at AECOM set out the changes required to make costs more accurate.
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Operations
Exclusive: Behind the scenes at Sellafield's nuclear railway
Ben Jones discovers an immense rail network behind the doors of this secretive, heavily-secured facility...
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
