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Rail renaissance in the West Midlands

How plans for a devolved West Midlands franchise are being developed, with the need for timely resolutions to the region’s transport concerns

TOCs 14 Oct

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Waverley Line…next stop Carlisle?

RAIL looks at the prospects for extending the old Waverley route all the way southwards to Carlisle

Major projects 30 Sept

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Borders railway: a game-changing project

Everyone’s a winner with the newly re-opened stretch of Borders railway - but it was hard work for the campaigners and the contractors who built the railway

Major projects 16 Sept

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End of the line for South West Trains?

Stagecoach has failed to secure a two-year contract to continue running South West Trains beyond 2017…so what went wrong? PAUL CLIFTON reports

TOCs 5 Aug

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Social gathering

How do train operating companies deal with social media? Is it useful, or can it be a hindrance when passengers can access information ahead of railway staff?

TOCs 8 Jul

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Is there a solution to the East Coast conundrum?

PHILIP HAIGH reports on the franchise operators bidding to run more services on the already congested East Coast Main Line, and capacity problems on the line

TOCs 30 Jun

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Operators’ owners overseas - and over here!

Many of Britain’s train operating companies are also big names in the rail industry in other parts of Europe and elsewhere. PAUL PRENTICE reports

TOCs 24 Jun

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Cumbrian comeback

Locomotive-hauled coaching stock can again be seen on the Cumbrian Coast Line. RICHARD CLINNICK reports

Locomotives 10 Jun

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A different class…

Chiltern Railways Operations and Safety Director ANDREW MUNDEN tells RICHARD CLINNICK why the operator is replacing Class 67s with new Class 68s

Locomotives 29 Apr

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Eight years on - East Coast loses its way

HOWARD JOHNSTON travelled on the final southbound GNER service from Aberdeen to London in December 2007, and did the same with East Coast a few weeks ago

TOCs 18 Mar

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Prospects for East Anglia

RICHARD CLINNICK examines what sort of challenges will confront the next incumbent of the East Anglia franchise

TOCs 18 Mar

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Sign on for the Neville Hill nightshift

RICHARD CLINNICK spends the night at the busy Leeds depot, and discovers a hive of activity as trains are maintained and prepared

Locomotives 21 Jan

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Striving for perfection

ROB BRIGHOUSE and LIAM SUMPTER tell RICHARD CLINNICK how collaboration is improving performance, safety and customer service at Chiltern and Network Rail

TOCs 24 Dec

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Perfecting the process north of the border

Transport Scotland's BILL REEVE tells ANTHONY LAMBERT how careful specification of ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper franchises paved way for Scottish progress

TOCs 17 Dec

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Railway renaissance

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

Locomotives 21 Nov

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Investment everywhere you look…

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.

TOCs 17 Nov

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Red Revolution

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

TOCs 17 Nov

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Britain’s hardest-working train

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

Locomotives 15 Nov

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EMT - excellence in the face of adversity

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…

TOCs 14 Nov

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