Track upgrades and drainage work on a busy bank holiday

It’s the biggest upgrade of the Midlands rail network in the generation. But despite a recent government commitment, all is not what it seems. PETER PLISNER reports

3,000 separate data feeds will be wired into ...

CHRIS HOWE fires up the drone to take exclusive pictures of how the Midland Metro Extension programme is taking shape

Network Rail has brought more of the physical ...

Reduced services could continue for months. RAIL heads out on track to assess the scale of the challenge

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C