Infrastructure
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Features
Bradshaw’s Britain: Havant to Guildford
For his final foray onto the south of England’s rail network armed with Bradshaw’s 1863 Handbook, Stephen Roberts is on a section of the Portsmouth Direct Line.
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Features
Mystery Shopper RAIL review: South Wales
Our Mystery Shopper is in South Wales, visiting revitalised lines on a network that has new trains coming and a new Metro system on the horizon.
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Features
NRA 2024 winner: TfL makes time savings at Bank
Transport for London collected this year’s National Rail Awards Major Project of the Year for Underground's “most complex and technically challenging” project.
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Features
Interview: 2020 review author Sir Douglas Oakervee on HS2's future
With the eastern and northern legs of HS2 cancelled since the Oakervee Review, its author talks to Peter Pilsner about what happens next for HS2.
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Features
Hitachi Rail's bold experiment with battery-electric bi-mode units
Hitachi Rail has been carrying out trials on a Class 802 aimed at advancing the use of battery-electric bi-mode units. Richard Wilcock finds out more.
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Insight
Euston’s HS2 green light…but questions remain
Euston will be the London terminus for HS2. But locals are fed up with the disruption and uncertainty about its timing and form.
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Insight
Getting to grips with the ‘Euston Rush’
Network Rail is changing the way Euston operates. Paul Clifton finds out whether it is working.
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Features
Heritage awards reward restored railway survivors
The results of this year's National Railway Heritage Awards.
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Features
New centre to test trains, tracks and systems
Intensive prototype testing has been moving away from the main line network towards specialist test centres scattered across Europe, as Ben Jones discovers.
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Features
Brunel viaduct receives makeover in readiness for new use as part of tram network
An historic Dudley landmark has been undergoing a major restoration ahead of its new use as part of the West Midlands Metro network.
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Features
Wales and Western’s route to reliability
Network Rail’s Project Brunel should improve performance on the Wales and Western Region. How have the first six months gone? Tom Edwards find out.
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Features
A rail network epic exploration: Wales to London via South Coast
Part two of Paul Bigland’s All-Line Rover trip takes him on trains battered by the elements… and teenage passengers
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Features
The great push forward to finish HS2 construction in Buckinghamshire
Chris Howe reports on progress with two key structures in Buckinghamshire.
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Features
A rail network epic exploration: Halifax to Chester
Paul Bigland is back on his biennial travels, touring the nation’s rail network with an All-Line Rover, starting in the North West…
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Features
InnoTrans picture special: The global show that will shape UK rail
The world’s biggest rail trade show had plenty to interest the UK industry. Tony Streeter and Richard Wilcock report from InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin.
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Features
Obstacles to growth of the West Midlands Metro
Now 25 years old, the West Midlands Metro has been slow to expand. COVID and inflationary pressures have meant funding issues and delays. Peter Plisner reports.
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Opinion
Opinion: The government must start to get electrification rolling…
A rolling rail electrification programme is crucial for economic growth, sustainability, and decarbonisation, says Caspar Lucas.
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Insight
As the wires go up the costs of electrification come down
With a new government, how can the case for electrification be made afresh? Money is tight but, unlike most infrastructure investment, there are quick wins.
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Features
How previous generations celebrated the first passenger rail journey
Momentum is gathering for next year’s ‘Railway 200’. Richard Foster looks at how previous anniversaries celebrated the railway’s birth.
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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.
The great push forward to finish HS2 construction in Buckinghamshire
Chris Howe reports on progress with two key structures in Buckinghamshire.
Interview: Network Rail's Liz Baldwin on a new approach to renewals
Network Rail’s Southern Region is taking a new approach to renewals. Southern Integrated Delivery Programme Director explains the process to Richard Wilcock.
European differences and similarities
Labour would pursue a slow renationalisation if elected on Thursday. Steve Medhurst looks at how other European countries operate their railways
