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News 4 Mar
High Speed Rail Group calls for "Euston-Crewe core" in "affordable, realistic" HS2 plan
HSRG wants the Government to take HS2 as far as Crewe to help drive economic growth and boost capacity.
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News 4 Mar
Grand Union writes to DfT after U-turn in stance on cross-country open access plan
Grand Union Trains' Cardiff-Edinburgh service was one of eight open access plans objected to by DfT.
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Network 4 Mar
Portsmouth blockade complete after life-expired timbers replaced
Nine-day engineering possession allows work to be completed, with other upgrades due later in the year.
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News 4 Mar
Case for Oxford electrification set to be made again as infrastructure remains 'totally unused'
Local politicians want to push case to get wires into Oxford years after plan was abandoned.
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News 4 Mar
RIA urges greater positivity over passenger and revenue upturn
Railway Industry Association wants the industry to talk itself up more to help encourage more customers onto the network.
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Features 4 Mar
Railway 200 Then and Now: Electrification's tale of Volk and volts
Parallel's from the past in our present: Our first extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025.
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News 3 Mar
Launch date and first locations for Railway 200 exhibition train announced
Railway 200 touring train will be launched by Network Rail in late June.
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News 3 Mar
How Southeastern Javelin was retrieved from siding three months after going through buffers
EMU was removed from siding at Ramsgate nearly three months after end carriage went off the rails.
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News 3 Mar
Open access operator and council's proposed Shrewsbury "parkway" station take step forward
Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway working with Shropshire Council on plans.
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News 3 Mar
GBRf to use synthetic fuel to power locos hauling trains for renewable energy company Drax
GB Railfreight has signed a 12-month deal to use HVO on Drax services.
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News 3 Mar
Network Rail to host events for Oxford locals explaining long-running project
Major road into Oxford has been shut since April 2023 and won't reopen until the summer of 2026.
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News 3 Mar
Obituary: Renowned railway photographer Les Nixon dies aged 88
Photographer who contributed to RAIL since its inception in 1981 passed away in February.
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Opinion 3 Mar
Comment: The decline of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Railways should not be just about heritage. They're at their best when they are functioning lines serving an economic and social purpose, says Christian Wolmar.
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News 28 Feb
HS2 a 'casebook example of now not to run a major project' say MPs
Public Accounts Committee publishes highly critical report into the HS2 project which has accused DfT and HS2 Ltd of numerous shortcomings
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Fleet 28 Feb
More DB Cargo UK '66s' to be fitted with ETCS after operator signs deal with Siemens Mobility
Nine Class 66s will be fitted with ETCS between July 2025 and March 2026.
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News 28 Feb
LNER Hull-King's Cross service involved in suspected overspeed incident on East Coast Main Line
RAIB gathering evidence as passenger described incident as "very violent".
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News 28 Feb
Teen arrested after ball bearings allegedly fired at trains at Cambridge North
There have been more than 20 attacks on Greater Anglia trains in recent weeks.
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News 28 Feb
Hull Trains amends timetable ahead of strike action by drivers
Drivers' strike action on Fridays and Saturdays to begin in early March.
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News 28 Feb
Elizabeth line drivers' strike averted
Drivers were set to have gone on strike on four days across late February and early March.
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Features 28 Feb
Euston is a work in progress that doesn't stop
It got the go-ahead late last year to resume turning London Euston into the southern terminus of HS2. But, as Chris Howe discovers, the work never stopped…
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News 27 Feb
Network Rail fined £3.41m over death of track worker struck by train at Surbiton
Tyler Byrne died in February 2021 when he was struck by a train whilst carrying out visual inspections.
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Fleet 27 Feb
TfW launches first '153' refurbished for carrying bikes
Unit will run with standard Class 153 to boost passenger and bicycle numbers.
Top Stories
An open invitation or mixed messages for open access ?
Ministers appeared to back the latest open access deal guaranteeing private operation within a nationalised railway. Peter Plisner looks at the state of play.
Comment: Open access operations - is the government for or against?
The government has been sending mixed messages over its support for open access. Christian Wolmar looks at where this leaves the investing operators.
How AI is improving safety on the UK network
Often portrayed negatively in the media, Artificial Intelligence is an innovation that can be a force for good - as it certainly is on the railways.
Comment: A critical year for HS2’s prospects beyond Birmingham
With HS2 under the spotlight at two Parliamentary committee hearings in December, Philip Haigh examines the plans for a reset in 2025.
Comment: how my predictions for 2024 measured up
Looking back to this time last year, it seems his crystal ball was on good form for 2024, says our regular columnist Christian Wolmar.
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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