RAIL magazine Articles

Features

Review: the dreaded rail replacement buses

RAIL’s Mystery Shopper examines the pros and cons, the pitfalls and the plusses of taking a journey that sometimes involves more than just your intended train.

Opinion

Railway 200: Tickets please!

In the second of our series celebrating 200 years of the modern railway, Andy Wakeford, Fares Lead at the Rail Delivery Group, looks at train ticketing.

Features

Railway 200 Then and Now: from salvage to recycling

A look at how salvaging the railway‘s unwanted metal was essential to Britain’s war effort, and how the practice evolved into recycling.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

News