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Resolutions for a better railway • A change in attitudes would make a big difference

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Regulator to crack down on hidden ticket charges

HS2’s new procurement pipeline offers prospects for local businesses

All deck beams now installed on major HS2 viaduct

First new Glasgow Subway train enters service

First Arterios set for brief run… before withdrawal

Resignalling at West Hampstead

SWR’s Mann to return to TfL

TPE says farewell to Class 68s

Elizabeth line helps Liverpool Street to UK’s busiest station

Manchester markets via Class 50s

News In Brief

Mid Cornwall Metro approved

Toton’s HS2 land considered for sale

TfW delays plan for more services

Progress on Hope Valley upgrade

Thousands of passengers stranded by overhead line failures

Wires down on the ECML

Ground conditions delay progress on Woking landslip

Speed restrictions during Crewkerne stabilisation

Transport link to Irish diesel gala

Direct York link from Castleford

Nominations for Women in Rail

New Midland Metro chairman

Network Rail regional boss to step down

Class 47 employed on Joint Line ‘drag’

£70million Ebbw Vale upgrade completed

Five Direct Rail Services Class 37s get new owners

Balfour Beatty acquires two Class 20s

LSL Class 45 close to main line return

Minimum Service Levels legislation comes into force

Regional News

New Platform 3 for Lichfield Trent Valley

News in pictures

All eyes are on the DfT as rolling stock concerns deepen • The Transport Select Committee hears warnings of the risk of factory closures without orders for new train orders. PHILIP HAIGH studies the evidence and what new rolling stock the DfT must consider to save factories and jobs

Inside Sellafield… by rail • Sellafield is the home of the UK’s nuclear industry and one of our most heavily secured facilities. As BEN JONES discovers in an exclusive visit to the site, railways have been essential to its operation for more than 75 years

Hope springs eternal for greater use of the Channel Tunnel

Silent lines… • DAVID TURNER examines the decline - and eventual cessation - of post-War Christmas Day and Boxing Day rail services, and the factors behind their withdrawal

Crewe: a station frozen in time • NICK BRODRICK looks at one of Britain’s historic railway towns, which will now no longer welcome HS2 trains

Building a greener future • RICHARD FOSTER highlights the eco-friendly achievements of construction company BAM Nuttall, the winner of the Environmental Excellence Award at RAIL’s 2023 National Rail Awards

New rail freight terminal leads the way • RICHARD FOSTER explores the groundbreaking facility that helped Highland Spring win the Freight & Logistics Achievement of the Year prize at RAIL’s 2023 National Rail Awards

Barriers to high-speed allowing fair Australia to advance • PHILIP HAIGH is ‘Down Under’, and sampling Australia’s railways while he travels. He...