Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 4
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Features
Railway 200 Then and Now: Pneumatic and even weirder propelled trains
Rammell’s extraordinary Pneumatic Railway - and the other offbeat propulsion methods that have been tried since.
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Features
Review: ScotRail's investment pays off
Scotland’s railways should have benefited from major investment where it is needed the most - commuter routes. The Mystery Shopper investigates.
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News
Not long left to submit entries for National Rail Awards - and it's free to do so
Entries for this year's awards close later this month, and for the first time it's free to submit a nomination.
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Opinion
Comment: Industry insider - me, my career and farewell for now
In the last edition of his column, Mike Jones recalls his 60-year rail career and how he shared his thoughts along the way.
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Opinion
Guest Comment: Rail devolution under GBR
Will there be local control or a guiding mind, asks Rail Partners Chief Executive Andy Bagnall.
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Opinion
Guest comment: Will the new railway really be open to open access?
A legal view by Jason Chamberlain, Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
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Features
Railway 200: Brunel's timber viaducts of Cornwall
In his latest tribute to Britain’s railway infrastructure, Dr Joseph Brenann travels to Cornwall to honour the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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Features
Review: ScotRail with a 'Spirit of Scotland' rover ticket
In the first of a three-part Scottish Special, RAIL’s latest mystery shopper survey covers Ayrshire and Galloway - including the reduced service to Stranraer.
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News
Case for Oxford electrification set to be made again as infrastructure remains 'totally unused'
Local politicians want to push case to get wires into Oxford years after plan was abandoned.
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Features
West Somerset: a “relatively easy win”
Andrew Mourant reports on the growing optimism for reopening to passenger services the rail link between Taunton and Bishops Lydeard.