Features - Page 15
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RAIL Live: Top 20 innovations that will shape the future
Rail Live 2024 featured numerous innovative products - big and small - set to improve the railway. Chris Howe selects his top 20…
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How the Class 57 continues to play a prominent role in today's railway
David Clough explains how the Class 57s came into being, and reviews their continuing relevance to today’s railway
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Moment of truth for AWC ‘Everos’
Avanti West Coast’s first Hitachi ‘Evero’ bi-mode trains entered passenger service on June 2. Ben Jones takes a close look at the new Class 805s
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Plan B for the Teignmouth Sea Wall
Network Rail had planned to divert the railway along the Teignmouth Sea Wall, so what’s planned instead? Nick Brodrick reports in part 4 of our Dawlish series.
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Meteor conversion aims to make '08' a star
Pip Dunn reports on a project to provide low-cost, low-emission shunting locomotives, using the Class 08 as a starting point
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Ticketless please! Slow march to a digital world
Simpler ticketing is high on the politicians' and passengers' wishlists. Tom Edwards looks at successful examples of pay-as-you-go systems in London.
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New freight entrants and the obstacles they face
The newest entrant to the rail freight market is parcels carrier Varamis. Paul Clifton asks founder Phil Read what he needs from an incoming government.
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The role of rail in the days after D-Day
Christian Wolmar looks at how railways are strategic supply lines and the relevance of wartime events in Normandy 80 years ago to today’s conflict in Ukraine
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West Coast Main Line special: the spine of the nation
Ben Jones explains why the West Coast Main Line has been Britain’s busiest and most important rail corridor for almost 200 years
