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.

The Railway Magazine

‘Jacobite’ on the blink

THE FUTURE FACE OF EUSTON

WCML open access service to Stirling given five year licence • New entrant will offer an alternative way to travel from Euston to Scotland.

Northern units derailed by sinkhole

Couple appear in court over Altnabreac ‘trespass’ claim

West Coast suspends ‘Jacobite’ operation • The row over fitting Mk.1s with Central Door Locking takes a dramatic turn.

‘FastCharge’ trial begins on London’s Greenford line • Testing on the two-mile route could pave the way for battery-powered trains on other GWR-operated branches in the Thames Valley.

Carriage shed nears completion

Loughborough loco shed to be moved

SIDELINES

Rail performance ‘not good enough’ says watchdog • The National Audit Office says that the rail system needs to change – and that subsidies are too high.

GTR secures ex-GA ‘Electrostar’ fleet following sale

Get involved! • The 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway next year offers an important opportunity to promote railways to the wider public.

Railways in Parliament

Two more tunnelling machines are launched • TBM Emily gets under way on the western section of London’s Northolt Tunnel and Elizabeth begins work on the Bromford second bore in the West Midlands.

New depot for Shipley • Railway land to the south of Shipley station is being converted from a scrapyard to a brand-new depot for Northern’s Class 333 fleet, as Paul Bickerdyke reports.

Finding a way • Regular readers will have seen photographs in this magazine of aggregate trains being unloaded north of Aylesbury for HS2, but the name of the firm behind this award-winning idea may be less familiar, as Phil Marsh reports.

Marylebone milestone • The Great Central Railway’s London terminus has seen mixed fortunes over the years, but is thriving today as it celebrates its 125th anniversary. Paul Bickerdyke reports.

A Baker’s dozen THE LONDON EXTENSION • To celebrate 125 years since the opening of the Great Central Railway’s route to London Marylebone, John Baker delves into The RM archive to take a pictorial journey along much-missed main line.

MIDLAND TRANSITIONS 3 The 125 era • John Heaton FCILT brings the story of the Midland Main Line up to date with a look at HSTs, ‘Meridians’ and the route’s all-time record holder.

On shed/No shed TINSLEY • Sixty years ago this month saw the opening of one of the country’s biggest purpose-built diesel depots at Tinsley in Sheffield, but it was all swept away by the end of the 1990s.

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