Industry views - Page 13

Ireland’s All-Island Strategic Rail Review has ambitious designs to transform and develop the countries’ rail network. Philip Haigh examines the facts and figures.

The government is walking a financial tightrope, says Howard Johnston.

Rail should be our first choice, but our faith must be restored.

The last government should never have scrapped wifi for passengers and Labour should restore it, says Christian Wolmar.

Rail restorations will continue to power economic regeneration, says our Industry Insider

What happens when your train is stuck, and how equipped are operators to deal with the issues that arise? A new report has some answers, says Philip Haigh.

Who guards the guards is an ancient question brought into current focus by the new government’s policy of nationalising English train operators.

‘Reversing Beeching’ was precisely the sort of gimmicky performative government style that helped discredit the Conservative brand, says Christian Wolmar.

The vulnerability of the railways has been highlighted in the past couple of weeks by two very separate events.

Service cuts illustrate the pitfalls of public control, says our industry insider.