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Britain’s adoption of electric trains and infrastructure has been spasmodic, despite the long-term cost and environmental benefits. HOWARD JOHNSTON reports

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

Some final thoughts from the team at RAIL

LEFT: D1618, allocated to LMML (London Midland Region, Midland Lines) at Toton, is away from its usual operating sphere as it gingerly crosses a new bridge over what will become the M6. The train is o

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Lovers of interesting and unusual trains and, indeed, of tradition, will be disappointed by the announcement from Buckingham Palace that, from 2027, the royal train will be taken out of service, becau