Articles by Peter Plisner
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News
Transport Secretary visits West Midlands Metro to confirm funds for extension
The extension towards Dudley's Merry Hill shopping centre will cost £295 million.
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Features
Reopenings special: Progress from west to east in three stages
The first section of East West Rail is due to open this year, but ultimately the line will continue to Cambridge. Peter Plisner looks at the latest progress.
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News
The Greatest Gathering: Tickets back on sale for Alstom's Railway 200 event after launch event
Three-day event at Litchurch Lane in Derby takes place in August.
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News
Avanti West Coast to challenge West Coast Main Line journey record as part of Railway 200
Pendolino to take on 41-year record for the fastest journey between London and Glasgow.
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Features
An open invitation or mixed messages for open access ?
Ministers appeared to back the latest open access deal guaranteeing private operation within a nationalised railway. Peter Plisner looks at the state of play.
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Insight
How AI is improving safety on the UK network
Often portrayed negatively in the media, Artificial Intelligence is an innovation that can be a force for good - as it certainly is on the railways.
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News
HS2 Phase 1 takes priority to leave uncertainty over HS2-lite’ timescales
Uncertainty remains over the future of the high-speed line north of Birmingham
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Features
Interview: 2020 review author Sir Douglas Oakervee on HS2's future
With the eastern and northern legs of HS2 cancelled since the Oakervee Review, its author talks to Peter Pilsner about what happens next for HS2.
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News
Hopes for more trains on Birmingham's Cross-City South line set to be dashed
Plans for the Camp Hill line look set to scupper plans for the restoration of Cross-City Line's pre-COVID timetable at the southern end of the route
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News
Office of Rail and Road inundated with more than 80 track applications
The ORR is shifting through more than 80 track applications after putting out a call for bids earlier this year