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Porterbrook's HydroFlex operating on the electrified test track at Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre. JACK BOSKETT.
News

'Chance for rail to distribute hydrogen and use it as alternative power supply'

Hopes that more trains will be powered by hydrogen and that the first freight trains distributing hydrogen will be appearing in the next few years.

Hydrogen 3 Jul
ASLEF General Secretary Dave Calfe talking at RAIL Live. JACK BOSKETT.
News

ASLEF not ruling out industrial action over driver welfare

ASLEF 2 Jul
West Midlands Metro Tram 44 passes the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre during testing of the Dudley extension. PETER PLISNER.
News

Trams return to Dudley after almost a century during West Midlands Metro testing

West Midlands Metro 2 Jul
Launch of Ro Ro Rail at Cherbourg on July 18 2025. NIGEL WONNACOTT/BRITTANY FERRIES.
News

Part of alternative freight route to Channel Tunnel under threat a year after starting

Rail freight 2 Jul
TransPennine Express 802216 at Leeds station. TPE.
News

"Clear risk" NPR can't be delivered in full within funding cap - MPs

Northern Powerhouse Rail 1 Jul
London Northwestern Railway 150159 approaches Stewartby with the 1347 Bedford-Bletchley on April 16. It's about to cross the level crossing between the two staggered platforms. CHRIS HOWE.
News

East West Rail's Bletchley-Bedford plans risk "eroding" local support

East West Rail 1 Jul
The famous Barlow trainshed at St Pancras International.
News

Call for government to help level the playing field between rail and air travel

Channel Tunnel 1 Jul
A view at Huddersfield station looking down at silver and blie TransPennine Express 185128 and 185140 leaving with the 1558 York-Manchester Piccadilly, passing purple Northern 150002 waiting to depart with the 1711 to Sheffield. HUW ROWLANDS.
News

Train operators' annual diesel spend nears £475m amid electrification call

Electrification 30 Jun
A drone shot of Freightliner's Trafford Park terminal with Old Trafford stadium in the background. FREIGHTLINER.
News

Freightliner and Man Utd relocation timelines "not aligned"

Freightliner 30 Jun
Aerial view of the Curzon Sreet site showing the first U-beams in position above what will become the tram corridor. HS2 LTD.
News

HS2 should pause reset until it's ready, NAO report warns

HS2 29 Jun
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Rail Magazine 27 Aug
The western entrance of the Severn Tunnel taken from track level. DAVID STUBBINGS.
News

How new overhead line equipment will make unique Severn Tunnel more resilient

Electrification 29 Jun
Looking west towards Huddersfield from the track bed at Dewsbury station where rails have been replaced as part of Transpennine Route Upgrade work. PHILIP HAIGH.
News

Speed restriction over 'bump' eliminated in latest TRU blockade

Transpennine Route Upgrade 26 Jun
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Comment

Fleet InterCity charter train TOM MCATEE
Comment

Charters want GBR space

As Great British Railways takes shape, charter and open access operators seek firm legal safeguards to secure their future on the network

Editor's comment 3 Jul
Chris Gibb portrait
Comment

How to manage GBR

What does it take to be a successful manager of a railway's workforce, now and in the future?

Industry views 3 Jul
Chris Gibb portrait
Comment

How to manage GBR

Industry views 3 Jul
A Bee Network tram on its way out from Deansgate Castlefield in Manchester. ALAMY
Comment

Intra-city pressures

Industry views 3 Jul
HS2 Long Itchington tunnel walk with rail workers inside. HS2 LTD
Comment

The HS2 reset

Phil Haigh 29 Jun
Mobile phone screen showing Elon Musk's post about UK government on X against a logo background. ALAMY
Comment

Why is government still making official announcements through a social media platform?

Christian Wolmar 26 Jun

Insights from the experts

O & P London Underground stock
Feature

Some favourite London Underground trains

London's underground network has been served by a variety of train types since the Metropolitan Railway’s first section opened in 1863. Here are some favourites

Passengers 3 Jul
Curzon 2 viaduct almost in its final resting place over Birmingham's Cross City line, after the weekend blockade in late May.
Feature

New HS2 viaducts change Birmingham's skyline

Major projects 1 Jul
Flying Scotsman stands at Carlisle on a Railway Touring Company charter on July 12 2023.
Feature

Rail charter companies worry about their future under GBR

GBR 29 Jun
Tram-trains stand outside Taffs Well depot in January 2024.
Feature

South Wales tram-trains - the journey begins

Major projects 26 Jun
Rachelle Forsyth-Ward
Feature

Mayoral plans for the rail network in the North East

Policy 24 Jun
Waves crash over a ScotRail train where the line skirts the Firth of Clyde at Saltcoats.
Feature

Climate change and rail: the past ten years

Climate adaptation 22 Jun
Penzance station with a GWR IET to Exeter.
Feature

Taking you to the end of the line

Stations 19 Jun

RAIL events

Porterbrook's HydroFlex operating on the electrified test track at Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre. JACK BOSKETT.
News

'Chance for rail to distribute hydrogen and use it as alternative power supply'

Hydrogen 3 Jul
Aerial view of the Long Marston RAIL Live site
Feature

Final preparations are being made for RAIL Live 2026

Engineering 15 Jun
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

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