Britain’s nine light rail systems record almost 300 million journeys each year. Their high capacity provides urban connectivity that drives economic growth as shown...
It is always good to learn about new techniques and
innovative rail technology. This month’s magazine has many such examples, as
well as international insights from...
This exhortation to electrify everything concerns much more
than railways. It is one of the main thrusts of the report ‘Net Zero: The UK’s
contribution to...
Metal wheels on metal rails have, for almost 200 years,
provided energy-efficient transport due to their low rolling resistance and
effective load bearing.
That apart, today’s...
A guest editorial by Alex Hynes, managing director, ScotRail Alliance
Network Rail is changing how it operates. Putting Passengers
First is a new model for the...
Editor's comments - issue 172, March 2019
Andrew Haines knew that Network Rail was letting its passengers and freight users down before he became its...
Editor’s comments - issue 171, January/February 2019
Early last year, we stated that
2018 “will be a good year for many rail passengers as benefits are...
Thameslink’s ETCS level 2 signalling and automatic train operation is an impressive achievement. However, it is misleading for the Digital Railway’s website to state...
The National Skills Academy for Rail forecasts technical skills shortages in the rail industry of around 10,000 people over the next five years. This...
The May timetable changes have caused extreme disruption to passengers on Northern Rail and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), with some commuters reported to have...
