Alex Bestwick
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Making Anglia Great Again
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Five new fleets were ordered as part of the Greater Anglia franchise. With the final ‘321s’ withdrawn, engineering director Martin Beable tells Richard Clinnick how the transition was achieved, and what comes next.
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HS2 ‘unachievable’ according to major projects body
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The HS2 programme has received an “unachievable” rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.
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DC Rail – building Britain’s mega projects
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It may be the smallest railfreight operator, but DC Rail is playing a key role in not only building major projects but in how the sector is operating, as Cappagh Group director of rail David Fletcher tells Richard Clinnick.
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Ticket office closures consultation extended
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A consultation on ticket office closures which was due to end today has been extended to September 1, the Rail Delivery Group has announced.
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New book tracks the global history of the early days of the iron railway
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The Coming of the Railway is the first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway. Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution – one that would truly change the world. In…
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LNER offering free travel to holidaymakers returning to UK from Rhodes and Corfu
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) will offer free travel to holidaymakers returning to the UK from the Greek islands impacted by wildfires.
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Train drivers’ union announces fresh overtime ban in pay dispute
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Train drivers will stage another week-long overtime ban in August as part of the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
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From the archive: The failure of Bricklayers Arms as a passenger station
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The fascinating story of the failed station, on the world’s first line to be controlled by a signal box, by Canon Reginald B. Fellows. Originally published in two parts in the July/August and September/October 1944 issues of The Railway Magazine.
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From the archive: New Rolling-Stock for LMSR Main Line Services
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Reprinted from the April 1925 issue of The Railway Magazine – the fastest post-war service between London and Bradford.
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From the archive: The Seaham and Hartlepool Railway
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This new branch of the North-Eastern Railway, which is now complete, runs across the east coast of Durham from Seaham Harbour to Hart Junction, situated four miles north of Hartlepool. Its course is 20ft, and the distance is half a mile from the cliffs, and from it the sea is visible practically all of the…
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