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Rail reform: managing the expectations
I don’t detect much feeling of urgency. This is a once-in-30-year change. These things always take longer than people think.”
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Less is more? Rail’s role in post-pandemic travel
Two years after the first lockdown, the economy has recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Yet we are still travelling less than we did before COVID.
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A new rail fares system fit for the 21st century
After decades of recognising the need to reform fares and ticketing, but with little action, everyone in the rail industry must be in despair waiting for someone with the vision, wisdom and courage to cut the Gordian knot.
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So… just what has happened to the IRP?
With a price tag of £96 billion when published in November last year, the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) certainly grabbed the headlines.
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The importance of efficient electrification
Catch a train south from Oxford and you’ll see remains of Network Rail’s failed Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEP).
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The need for SPEED is still an important one
What is happening to Project Speed? Has it been buffeted by the economic storms swirling around the industry, or is it undergoing a subtle evolution.
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GB Rail and Labour’s nationalisation agenda
What are Labour’s plans for the railway, if they are voted into power? CONRAD LANDIN reports
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Improving the passenger experience
PETER PLISNER looks at what can be done to deliver a better on-board customer environment to match the new wave of discretionary travel
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The problem with private investment
When John Aspinall’s Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) decided to electrify its line between Liverpool and Southport in 1902, it had to build its own power station to supply the trains with current.
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Powering the network: powering the future
Although we waited longer than expected for its arrival, when it came the Transport Decarbonisation Plan didn’t disappoint.
