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Baker Viaduct looking east towards Dewsbury and Leeds as the first of 360 pre-cast concrete deck panels are installed. The Grade 2-listed iron cast bridge (background) will no longer be used once the viaduct opens. PHILIP HAIGH.
News

New TRU viaduct set to be in use within next 12 months

New four-track viaduct near Dewsbury should be in use by next May and replace existing bridge.

Transpennine Route Upgrade 11 Jun
EPR 37218 in its HVO green livery hauls former Southeastern 466001 and 465920 passed Loughborough South Junction on March 18, taking them from Ely Papworth Sidings to Kingsbury Emr Sidings. DARREN WETHERALL.
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Europhoenix closes train operations business after two years

Europhoenix 11 Jun
Work takes place on Pendolino bogies in Alstom's Crewe works. PHILIP HAIGH.
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ORR reviews rolling stock maintenance market amid concern over leasing arrangements

11 Jun
GWR 800016 passes Grove with the 1018 Bristol Temple Meads-Oxford on September 14 2024. ROBERT STEWART.
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Congestion warning on Great Western Main Line from Didcot to Swindon

Great Western Main Line 10 Jun
TfL L45 in its yellow livery heads the 2335 Ruislip Depot-Walthamstow Central engineering train through Chiswick Park on February 11. JASON CROSS.
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Transport for London planning to replace ‘workhorse’ battery locomotives

Transport for London 10 Jun
A view looking down on a Great Western Railway Class 387 with overhead line equipment in the foreground.
News

Change of approach to electrification 'could reduce costs by a third'

8 Jun
Southern 387172 in Great British Railways blue, white and red livery. DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT.
News

DfT releases policy publication timetable ahead of GBR launch

Great British Railways 9 Jun
A side-on view of GWR 802101 showing its 'Enhanced WiFi' sign on the site. STEVE WIDDOWSON.
News

WiFi using Formula 1 technology set to be fitted to more than 1,000 trains

Wi-Fi 9 Jun
A man and a woman with suitcases board a blue Lumo train at Stirling station. LUMO.
News

Still potential for growth on West Coast Main Line, argues FirstGroup

West Coast Main Line 8 Jun
Transport for Wales 398028 inside Taffs Well depot. DAVID STUBBINGS.
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Transport for Wales enters final preparations for tram-train rollout

Transport for Wales 8 Jun
Credit: Jack Boskett
News

UK’s first electrified testing loop officially opened at Long Marston

Rolling stock 5 Jun
An aerial shot of Long Marston Innovation Centre showing the newly installed electrified test loop. PORTERBROOK.
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Rail Live 2026: how to get your tickets to travel on Porterbrook's test loop

Rail Live 26 May
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Comment

Northern 158848 and 156479 pass under the Victorian signal box at Hexham on October 11 2025. JAMES GROUNDWATER
Comment

Money worries affect rail's mood

Plenty of money is being channelled into major projects such as HS2 and 
East West Rail, but uncertainty surrounds what enhancements come next

Phil Haigh 10 Jun
Portrait of Freewheeling CEO Thomas Ableman. Freewheeling
Comment

How connected is 'Better Connected'?

A new integrated transport strategy is welcome but it does come with questions on how exactly it will be implemented, says Freewheeling CEO Thomas Ableman

Industry views 9 Jun
Portrait of Freewheeling CEO Thomas Ableman. Freewheeling
Comment

How connected is 'Better Connected'?

Industry views 9 Jun
A view of Elsenham crossing, taken from the footbridge installed after the deaths of Olivia Bazlinton and Charlotte Thompson in December 2005. Alamy
Comment

Level crossing safety

Industry views 8 Jun
Passengers boarding train at London Liverpool Street station. Matthew Ashmore / Alamy Stock Photo
Comment

What can Great British Railways learn from British Rail?

Industry views 5 Jun
Christiane Link, journalist and disability campaigner
Comment

Better rail accessibility in budget

Industry views 5 Jun

Insights from the experts

Kirsty Derry (pictured) says Network Rail, alongside industry partners, is committed to driving real and lasting change.
Feature

Stopping harassment in its tracks

KIRSTY DERRY, People & Transformation Director at Network Rail, explains how they are confronting sexual harassment in the workplace

Health and wellbeing 11 Jun
West Norwood station in June 2018. Hannah Fearn was sexually assaulted here on her way home ten years ago.
Feature

Women share stories of being assaulted on the rail network

Health and wellbeing 10 Jun
Rounding the curve at Castle Gresley on the Coalville - Burton section of the line, GBRf Class 20s 20905 and 20901 form the tail pair working the 11:47 Old Dalby - West Ruislip LUL underground stock move on July 1 2015.
Feature

Ivanhoe Line: the campaign to reopen continues

Stations 8 Jun
With the the threat of closure still in the air, 47531 passes a then-closed Dent station with the 1600 Leeds to Carlisle train on May 12 1984.
Feature

150 years of passenger trains: Settle and Carlisle gallery

Passengers 5 Jun
Chris Gibb in front of Parliament
Feature

RAIL interview: CHRIS GIBB talks to PETER PLISNER about HS2 and his sacking

Policy 3 Jun
A circuit board with an engineer working on it
Feature

Cyber Security: how rail is combatting the hackers

Digitalisation 1 Jun
A ScotRail Class 158 passes an easyJet Airbus near the runway at Edinburgh Airport
Feature

Can the train take the strain if the UK runs short of jet fuel?

29 May

RAIL events

An aerial shot of Long Marston Innovation Centre showing the newly installed electrified test loop. PORTERBROOK.
News

Rail Live 2026: how to get your tickets to travel on Porterbrook's test loop

Rail Live 26 May
Romic Group HST led by 43094 on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. ROMIC GROUP/TURNER PHOTOGRAPHY.
News

Provisional timings for Rail Live Express

Rail Live 14 Apr
Romic Group HST led by 43094 on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. ROMIC GROUP/TURNER PHOTOGRAPHY.
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Direct train to run from London Paddington to Rail Live 2026 as registration opens

Rail Live 12 Mar
Locomotion No.1 steams into Darlington station. JACK BOSKETT
Comment

Bicentenary highlights

Industry views 5 Mar

Reviews

Northern 158859 and 156438 cross in the passing loop at Glaisdale on the Whitby line
Feature

Mystery Shopper: The North East - from misty moors to modern Metro

RAIL’s Mystery Shopper heads to the North East to sample new trains and new lines, but also some very old trains…

Reviews 14 May
Great Western Railway 166211 arrives at Dawlish.
Feature

RAIL's Mystery Shopper tries out the railways of Devon

Reviews 19 Nov
Downham Market station.
Feature

About Anglia: some high scores

Reviews 24 Oct
Mary Grant, Lord Peter Hendy & Craig Bentley talk to RAIL Editor Dickon Ross
Feature

Review: meals on train wheels

Reviews 12 Aug
Dating from 1984, the ‘Highland Chieftain’ service was originally operated by HSTs, with Azumas taking over in 2019. On July 21 2021, 800112 is between Inverness and Aviemore, as it heads over Slochd Viaduct with the ‘Highland Chieftain’ for London. Under the current public (as opposed to working) timetable, northbound trains leave King’s Cross at 1200 and arrive in Inverness at 2007, while southbound trains depart from the Highland city at 0755 and arrive in London at 1549. NIGEL CAPELLE.
Feature

Review: ‘Chieftain’ is a practical long-distance choice

Reviews 24 Jun