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The impact of an aging society

By 2050 there will be around 8m more people (around 35% of the working age population) in the UK aged from 50 into their mid-60s

Freight operators should get what they pay for

The Freight Transport Association says that between 2015 and 2016 around £4.7bn was spent on road maintenance

Autonomous inspection vehicles leads the way to enhanced safety

An autonomous rail inspection vehicle has been developed for South Africa’s railways by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Here’s tae us: Wha’s like us?

High Level Output Statements from Transport Scotland and the Department for Transport.

Just the ticket - but this won’t be easy

Reforms to ticketing will not just need to get past government.

Rail freight must innovate

Railfreight needs “smaller, quicker innovations” than those such as ETCS that make up the ‘digital railway’

‘It’s time to focus on the economy’

UITP secretary-general Mohamed Mezghani tells Nick Kingsley that while suburban railways and metro operators “must realise that they are no longer alone...

Grayling looks set to face franchising dilemmas

Managing editor Robert Jack believes that once LNER settles in and runs smoothly on the East Coast “there will be calls to leave it in place.

HS2 demands innovation in rail fastening application

Swiss cheese - not Gouda

newly-launched Eurostar London-Amsterdam service “will appeal to many in the UK and Netherlands, plus those overseas tourists on the Grand Tour of Europe.”