The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine has been published since 1897 and is now the UK's best-selling general interest rail title. Every month, The RM provides enthusiasts and professionals with authoritative and informed news coverage of the following: - Network Rail and the train operating companies - Locomotives, multiple units, carriages and wagons - Steam, heritage and the preservation world, inc narrow gauge- Metro and underground systems - In addition, the magazine carries frequent items of overseas interest.

The Railway Magazine is also renowned for its wide-ranging and innovative feature coverage, encompassing up-to-the-minute developments as well as historical, nostalgic and foreign subjects. The magazine is also renowned for its award-winning photographic content.

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The RAILWAY Magazine

Ticket office closure plans scrapped • Operators forced to backtrack in the face of overwhelming public demand.

LNER 10-train deal with CAF • A new fleet of 10-car tri-mode units is expected to spell the end for the remaining Class 91 and Mk.4 sets on the East Coast Main Line.

Redundancy threat at Alstom’s Derby plant as gap in orders looms

Funding set for next five years • Regulator issues final determination for Network Rail spending to 2029.

CABBING IT ROYALLY!

Storm devastates heritage line • Northern Ireland’s Downpatrick and County Down Railway left with extensive and expensive damage.

Widespread storm damage

Ridership is creeping up • Passenger journeys have risen to 89% of pre-pandemic levels.

Fuel cell project stalled

CORNISH CDAs CUT:

SIDELINES

Project SODOR tests on NYMR • Heritage railway hosts a three-week trial of hybrid communications technology ahead of roll-out to main line testing.

Flying Scotsman goes home

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SIDELINES

Vale of Aylesbury viaduct unveiled

TBMs Emily and Anne prepare for launch • Another key section of tunnelling is about to begin in West London.

Railways in Parliament

SIDELINES

Peter Nicholson 1948-2023 • Railway author, photographer and RM correspondent.

Peter Townend 1925-2023 • The man who gave Gresley Pacifics a new lease of life.

Britain’s newest steam loco • Double-Fairlie No. 8 James Spooner had its official launch at the Ffestiniog Railway on October 20, as Cliff Thomas reports.

THE MAN BEHIND THE NAME

Back in business • The East Sussex seaside town of Hastings has two operational funiculars again after the reopening of the East Hill Lift.

Lost in France • John Heaton FCILT travels by train from London to the French Riviera via the eastern city of Strasbourg.

Flight across London • Award-winning photographer Jack Boskett joined Network Rail’s Air Operations team on patrol over the capital, resulting in these stunning images.

A bridge to the PAST • For our annual Christmas ghost story, Geoff Cloke tells the tale of a fatal accident that closed a local railway line.

4-VEP to return in 2024 • An appeal fund has been launched to get third-rail EMU No. 3417 back into passenger traffic, as Hassard Stacpoole reports.

On high-speed matters

Meetings

From the archive • Subscribe and read previous issues at www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/archive

The RCTS: then and now • Britain’s leading Railway Society

PANORAMA • A showcase for the best in railway photography

Railway turned around • Kent & East Sussex Railway moves from a loss to break-even financial position as it gears up to celebrate half a century of preservation in the...