Opinion
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Opinion
Comment: retirement rates will sharpen skills shortages
What can the rail industry do about looming recruitment difficulties?
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Opinion
Analysis: Rail heading in the right direction with pandemic recovery
Philip Haigh pores over figures for patronage, income and punctuality to discover some of the reasons behind rail performance increases and decreases.
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Opinion
Comment: My experiences of rail in China
Christian Wolmar says he was impressed by China’s high-speed rail network
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Opinion
Guest Column: In support of full electrification
If partial electrification and battery trains is a great idea, why are so few other places doing it, asks Olly Glover MP.
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Opinion
Comment: Competition hots up on the Channel Tunnel route
Paths are available for trains to and from the continent, but maintenance facilities and stabling berths are in shorter supply, notes Philip Haigh.
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Comment: Can the railway be rejuvenated in North West Wales?
Philip Haigh considers the viability of reopening a rail route between Bangor, Caernarfon and Afon Wen.
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Comment: Devolution revolution… and Great British Railways
The tensions between local and central decision-making for rail.
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Opinion
Comment: GBR must step out of the shadows and show intent
Our regular columnist Christian Wolmar on the challenges that face the development of Great British Railways.
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Opinion
Analysis: The vision from devolution is not yet in focus
Before last July’s General Election, we devised a seven-point manifesto for Britain’s railways. Richard Wilcock considers the progress on devolution.
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Opinion
Guest Comment: A root cause of inefficiency
Rail need a set of strategies that will allow an optimised deployment of rolling stock across the network for years to come, says Ian Prosser
Analysis: Rail heading in the right direction with pandemic recovery
Philip Haigh pores over figures for patronage, income and punctuality to discover some of the reasons behind rail performance increases and decreases.
Guest Comment: Rail devolution under GBR
Will there be local control or a guiding mind, asks Rail Partners Chief Executive Andy Bagnall.
Freight calls for level playing field in upcoming spending review
A new report by Rail Partners reveals a stark warning for the UK's transport sector as a new report has revealed the cost of moving goods by rail has skyrocketed over the past decade, rising three times faster than road haulage.
