railway

News

The Railway Ball is back this November

The Railway Ball is back for another year, uniting the rail community for one incredible cause – Railway Children.

railway 27 Aug

Feature

GB Rail and Labour’s nationalisation agenda

What are Labour’s plans for the railway, if they are voted into power? CONRAD LANDIN reports

Policy 1 Oct

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Ecology audits demanded for structures at risk of infilling

Campaigners are urging a minister to commission independent ecology audits for the areas around some 75 redundant railway tunnels and bridges

14 Jan

News

How we made… Secrets of the London Underground

Historian and presenter TIM DUNN takes us behind the scenes of his latest railway series for the Yesterday channel.

4 Aug

Feature

Framework for strategic planning: Megatrends

PROFESSOR ANDREW MCNAUGHTON examines how our railways can play an essential and growing part in the economic and social life of the country in coming decades

Major projects 1 Jul

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Temporary timetable to focus on core services

Reduced timetables to be introduced as railway helps to stop spread of COVID-19

20 Mar

News

Oakervee leak: review endorses HS2 despite cost rise

A new leak of the Oakervee Review into High Speed2 reputedly suggests that costs could rise to up to £106 billion but that the new railway should still go ahead

23 Jan

News

"It's been utterly thrilling"

Carne discusses the role, the successes and failures, and how the infrastructure company needs to evolve

19 Oct

News

Trespass: the killer that must be stopped

Incidents of trespass can cause crippling delays, cost the railway millions, and even claim lives...

19 Oct

Feature

HS2 Skills, Employment and Education strategy: Opening up new opportunities

‘Skills, Employment and Education’ is listed as one of the seven strategic objectives for HS2

Staff and employment 2 Oct

News

My, my! Waterloo celebrates 170 years

Britain’s busiest station. The busiest transport hub in Europe. As famous as New York’s Central Station.

7 Sept

Feature

Four years in the firing line…

Departing Network Rail Chief Executive MARK CARNE talks to NIGEL HARRIS about the legacy he leaves behind after more than four and a half years at the helm

Regulation 7 Sept

News

FROM THE FILES: Shaping RSSB's mission

Former military man and ORR Deputy Chief Inspector JOHNNY SCHUTE OBE sets out on his latest mission to PAUL STEPHEN

25 Aug

GWR 800005 at London Paddington. PAUL BIGLAND/RAIL.

News

Britain’s railway launches ‘single plan’ to increase economic benefits

'Single plan’ for Britain’s railway launched, with RDG claiming it's worth £85 billion of additional economic benefits for the UK.

30 Oct

Feature

The time has come for a people’s champion

How the railway handles passenger complaints has long been identified as a cause of unsatisfactory customer satisfaction levels. TOM INGALL reports

Passengers 15 Sept

Feature

Social media: the genie’s out of the bottle, so use it

There is a lot the railway industry can do to better promote itself to today’s travellers - by smart use of platforms such as Twitter & Facebook says TOM INGALL

Digitalisation 20 Jun