Articles by RAIL magazine
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Features
Welcome to the HS2 Bootcamp
A small project at Euston could lead to bigger things… and help to build a legacy. Tom Edwards reports.
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Features
Home front: Britain’s railway at war
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Richard Foster presents an overview of how the railway responded to the nation’s First and Second World Wartime needs.
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Opinion
Railway 200: A new chapter in rail’s pioneering story
Alan Hyde, Marketing and Communications at Railway 200, introduces the first of a regular feature series celebrating 200 years of the modern railway.
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Opinion
Guest Comment: Too much power for GBR?
Rail reform consultation suggests “no clear accountability”, says Darren Fodey, a Partner in the Transportation and Trade sector group at Stephenson Harwood.
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Features
Inside Newton Heath's historic maintenance depot
Northern’s principal maintenance depot has a rich history, and is playing its part in the railway’s future as well. Paul Bigland is given an extensive tour.
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News
Network Rail narrows down RHTT operators from five to two
GB Railfreight and Colas have been chosen as the operators to manage the trains over the next five years.
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Features
Review: 170 (minutes) on a crowded Class 170
RAIL’s Mystery Shopper travels from Birmingham to Cambridge on a CrossCountry Turbostar.
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Features
“A generational jump” in training drivers
Tom Ingall sits behind the controls in one of Northern’s new driving simulators.
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Features
Botley Road: more trains will be the prize
The lengthy and ongoing closure of Botley Road in Oxford to enable rail bridge replacement works continues to anger residents. But what exactly does the project entail, and how has work progressed? Chis Howe reviews the story so far.
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Opinion
Guest Column: In support of full electrification
If partial electrification and battery trains is a great idea, why are so few other places doing it, asks Olly Glover MP.