Open Access to Marchwood “Shoddy, Unevidenced and Factually Incorrect” – Yeowart slams ORR
Over 25 years since the UK’s first open access passenger rail service, and the subject still divides opinion. Those for point to services to…
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Does Locomotive Services Ltd plan to rival the Jacobite steam train? We ask LSL’s MD!
Is the Jacobite Steam Train about to have a powerful rival in the new partnership between Locomotive Services Ltd & the Scottish Railway Preservation…
GENERAL ELECTION 2024: The Rail and Transport Promises
Our General Election Manifestos special! We review the rail policies of the main parties: The Conservatives continue with their Network North plan The Labour…
Is Open Access good for the railway? YES! says Lumo & Hull Trains MD Martijn Gilbert
Lumo trains and the divisive issue of Open Access. Richard Bowker interviews MD Martijn Gilbert and things get a bit lively! Is Open Access…
Flying Scotsman news, Jacobite steam trains to have CDL? & Open Access with Lumo trains
Flying Scotsman, the world’s most famous steam locomotive, is to have a new custodian. But what is a custodian, who are they, and what…
Building trains with Hitachi Rail, Avanti West Coast Evero & Levenmouth rail link opens!
Behind the scenes at Hitachi Rail’s Newton Aycliffe train building facility, where we find out about the process and skills required to build trains……
Turbo Pendolinos for HS2? Is a directing mind required & why Tornado cost £1m to overhaul
HS2 and Phase 2 to Manchester may have been cancelled but the problems have only begun. How to deal with the 54 brand new…
Hitachi’s battery Class 802, General Election 2024 & Virgin Trains comeback?
Hitachi’s new battery Class 802 train trial. We take an exclusive behind the scenes look at this ground breaking new collaboration between Hitachi, TransPennine…
HS2 WILL go to Euston & Jacobite steam train controversy intensifies
Jacobite steam train controversy intensifies as customers vent their frustration at increasingly poor service. HS2 – the Government makes a sensible u-turn on funding…
Transport promises: How Mayors plan to spend YOUR money!
What the Metro Mayors want to spend YOUR money on – we delve into some of the transport promises in winning Mayoral manifestos and…
SNOWDONIAN 2024 – Steam train footplate ride on the Ffestiniog Railway
A very special footplate ride on the Ffestiniog Railway’s Snowdonian. A special steam train that travels the entire length of the Ffestiniog and Welsh…
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