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CHRIS HOWE charts the progress of HS2 work to the north of Birmingham

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While it is relatively simple to re-purpose former stations, sheds and signal boxes into something else, other legacy structures are a bit more complicated. Just what do you do with a redundant railway bridge, for example? Steam Railway takes a look at a few notable examples to find out.

The concept of Very Light Rail has been slow to mature, but a system being developed in Coventry is offering plenty of promise. PETER PLISNER reports

In the second of our series exploring rail’s history, development and function in relation to rival transport modes, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR takes to the roads