Familiar obstacles stand in the way of metro fulfilment

HS2… Northern Powerhouse Rail… an “Elizabeth line for the North”. Why is more not being made of the Transpennine Route Upgrade’s potential to improve the region’s rail services?

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

After years of delays and funding issues, the new stations on Birmingham’s Camp Hill Line are finally taking shape. PETER PLISNER reports

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PAUL CLIFTON looks at the step-change in digital communications promised for rail passengers

JAKE KELLY, Managing Director of Network Rail’s North West & Central Region, discusses his first 100 days in the job with RICHARD WILCOCK, and what he is keen to achieve