News - Page 271
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RAIL Features
What if these lost lines hadn’t closed at all?
Which railway lines might benefit society today if they had never been closed? PIP DUNN presents a personal selection of lost lines
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RAIL Features
BR’s last hurrah!
GREG MORSE recalls British Rail’s final passenger service, which ran 20 years ago at the end of March.
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RAIL Features
When shall these towns meet again?
PAUL STEPHEN examines the campaign for reopening a section of line between Stratford-upon-Avon and Honeybourne.
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RAIL Features
Victoria: the rebirth of a railway station
Manchester Victoria has gone from being a run-down and inefficient transport hub to a paragon of progress and great design. ANDY COWARD reports
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RAIL Features
Flex... and flexibility
Porterbrook’s plan to run converted Class 319 electric multiple units as hybrid units by fitting diesel engines could be realised by the end of the year.
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RAIL Features
NR’s Anglian ambitions
Network Rail’s RICHARD SCHOFIELD tells how the railway plans to be ready for the introduction of new trains and an increase in freight capacity from major ports
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RAIL Features
Next stop for Metrolink
In the final part of his series on Manchester’s railways, ANDY COWARD charts the progress of the UK’s largest tramway as it prepares its 25th anniversary
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RAIL Features
After 15 years of stagnation… Wales expects
As Arriva’s 15-year franchise nears its end, the Welsh Government will pick the winning bid and lay down conditions for the new operator. ANDREW MOURANT reports
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RAIL Features
East West: a new way of working
East West Rail has recently been created by the DfT, to accelerate delivery of the proposed East West route. RAIL speaks to EWR’s new chairman ROB BRIGHOUSE
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Network
FIRST PICTURE: Completed Mk 5A bodyshell for TransPennine Express
First image of first completed boyshell of new Mk 5A locomotive hauled stock released by TransPennine Express
