Opinion
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Opinion
Comment: open access, orders and changes on the railway
Our anonymous columnist looks at the wider implications of the open access order that staves off the threat of lay-offs at Hitachi.
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Opinion
Opinion: Go-op share prospectus
The new operator, now granted track access, is seeking funding. Our Industry Insider on what happens next.
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Opinion: Custom and culture, the pillars of Japan’s rail efficiency
Our columnist Christian Wolmar is in Japan, experiencing the brilliancies and quirks of its varied rail networks.
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Opinion
Women in Rail Mentoring Programme - 20 years on
Rajinder Pryor MBE, Head of Business Partnering (Southern), Route Services, Network Rail and Board Trustee, Women in Rail talks about what she has learned and how Women in Rail helped changer her life
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Opinion
Heidi Alexander must deliver a railway fit for the 21st century
With GBR still several years away from managing train operations, Philip Haigh explains why the government has to fully engage with today’s railway.
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Opinion: Will Heidi Alexander be a Prescott or a Darling?
Will the DfT's third Transport Secretary so far this year hit the ground running, asks Christian Wolmar.
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Opinion: riding home versus driving home for Christmas
Seasonal rushes, engineering works, snowstorms, traffic jams and can you work out whether Chris Rea would have got home for Christmas quicker by train?
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Analysis: Rail freight sector must bide its time for a clear strategy
How is our new government faring on rail reform? In our Manifesto for Rail series, Howard Johnston turns in this issue to freight.
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Opinion: Additional train paths from a scaled-back HS2
Current assessments of HS2 are too gloomy, as several frugal tweaks are available to improve its business case in the changed rail market, says Stuart Porter.
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Opinion
Opinion: York’s North Eastern Railway memorial gleams for its 100th
A couple of hundred people gathered at York’s railway war memorial on a bright but nippy November 11.
Analysis: Rail freight sector must bide its time for a clear strategy
How is our new government faring on rail reform? In our Manifesto for Rail series, Howard Johnston turns in this issue to freight.
Comment: Poor planning and lack of clarity damages rail projects
The National Infrastructure Commission has put forward key reasons why projects are late or go over budget. Philip Haigh looks at some examples.
Analysis: GBR is now in motion… but change will be a slow process
In the build-up to July’s General Election, we presented a seven-point manifesto for rail. Howard Johnston assesses progress with point 1: Great British Railway.
Mid-Wales train crash: Poor rail adhesion found on track approaching site of head-on collision
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has said wheel/rail adhesion was "relatively low" on the approach to the scene of Monday's fatal collision
Support RAIL NOW to help save lives in Ukraine
Just £20 can save a life.That’s the message behind a major new campaign launched at Rail Live 2024 and supported by RAIL itself, to equip Ukrainian railway workers with key safety equipment.
