Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 9
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News
End for HSTs edges closer as ScotRail seeks new trains
The Scottish government has announced that the procurement process is under way for new rolling stock to replace its InterCity 125 High Speed Trains.
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Features
The special trains that are saving lives in Ukraine
Gary Essex reports on the trains helping the Ukrainian war effort - the Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital Train and the Warren Buffett Foundation Food Train.
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News
Funds to speed up EU border checks
The government is providing £3.5 million each to Eurotunnel at Folkestone and Eurostar at St Pancras, to prepare for the EU’s new digital Entry/Exit System which is due to start on November 10.
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Insight
What do the rail unions really want next?
How will the unions work with the new government and a future Great British Railways? Joe Campbell reports.
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News
You can name an NR leafbuster train
Network Rail has launched a publicity campaign ahead of the autumn leaf-clearing season, inviting people to think up a name for one of its ‘leafbuster’ trains.
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Opinion
Opinion: GBR starts to take form
Our anonymous industry insider asks whether the new organisation will be a regional or business-led structure.
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Features
High-speed rail on a low-impact viaduct
Paul Bigland heads to Buckinghamshire, to view progress on HS2’s Thame Valley viaduct.
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Features
Train review: Aboard the ‘Night Riviera’ sleeper train to Penzance
In the first of a two-part feature, David Clough samples the night and day ‘Riviera’ services to and from the South West, starting with an overnight journey.
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Opinion
RAIL comment: Labour’s blueprint for rail
Can the latest strategic report, the Rail and Urban Transport Review chaired by former Siemens UK head Juergen Maier, deliver a successful long-term strategy?