Caledonian Sleeper’s new Mk5 stock has rarely been out of the headlines since it was introduced. Ben Jones takes a ride on this new generation
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Category: Network
Final HST working was emotional
HAVING been given your June edition by a friend who recognised me in the Paddington hosts HST farewell feature, I was the driver of 1L7,
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Humphrey Platts, the railway photographer
Nick Pigott meets Humphrey Platts, who began photographing trains just after the Second World War, capturing a fascinating transitional period on the railways.
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Lead professor upbeat about new Institute for High Speed Rail and System Integration in Leeds
Professor Peter Woodward answers key questions about the aims of the High Speed Rail and System Integration.
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The University of Leeds’ Institute for High Speed Rail and System Integration will revolutionise the way new railway systems are invented, developed and brought into service.
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London Victoria derailment hits Gatwick Express trains
Passengers travelling to the UK’s second busiest railway station are suffering severe disruption after an engineering train came off the tracks.
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Practice & Performance: ScotRail progress
Scotland’s railways are undergoing a transformation. John Heaton FCILT assesses the performance of ScotRail’s new traction.
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Second railway worker killed by train named
A second railway worker who was struck and killed by a train has been named as 58-year-old Michael Lewis.
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Tributes paid to railway workers killed by passenger train
Gareth Delbridge, 64, from Kenfig Hill, and another man, a 58-year-old from North Cornelly, were hit by the Swansea to Paddington train on Wednesday.
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More issues mean delays for SWR Class 442 return
PLANS by South Western Railway to re-introduce Class 442s to the third rail network have been delayed again. The refurbished sets were due to enter
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