- Ben Jones
Articles by Ben Jones
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Features
New centre to test trains, tracks and systems
Intensive prototype testing has been moving away from the main line network towards specialist test centres scattered across Europe, as Ben Jones discovers.
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Features
FLIRT bi-mode trains help Greater Anglia to top performing operator
Ben Jones visits East Anglia to see how the Swiss-built Stadler bi-mode trains and the Derby-built ‘Aventras’ have helped GA in their first five years.
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Features
Alstom Crewe’s latest milestone in bogie overhaul
Ben Jones visits Alstom’s component overhaul facility at Crewe to see how vital it is to Britain’s hardest-working trains - and many other passenger fleets.
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Features
Scotland's secret nuclear Rustons near the end of the line
Ben Jones discovers two of Britain’s least-known locomotives, built in the 1950s for a pioneering nuclear power station and now quarantined awaiting disposal.
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Features
Are Europe's railways ready for winter extremes?
Safety is the priority, but are we at risk of losing the year-round resilience of the railway? Ben Jones looks at how European railways handle extreme weather.
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Features
ETCS: Digital signalling switches to mains
Ben Jones discovers how a rolling programme of renewals that will transform how our trains are controlled.
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Features
Time for electrification: why UK rail needs a new approach
Successive governments have spurned opportunities to make the UK’s railways cleaner and more efficient by investing in a rolling programme electrification.
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News
Services resume after sabotage attacks disrupt French rail network
French national rail operator SNCF has said that it has finished repairs to the infrastructure affected by a targeted sabotage on Friday.
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News
Sellafield completes fleet replacement
A third new shunting locomotive to Sellafield Ltd in West Cumbria, completing the nuclear company’s switch from diesel to electric and hybrid traction.
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Features
Help to keep Ukraine rail’s ‘Iron Family’ safe
Ben Jones discovers some of the risks that Ukrainian Railways frontline staff take to keep their essential trains moving
