West coast: the uk’s critical rail artery

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

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Getting to the heart of the matter

PHILIP HAIGH examines two reports that lay bare why the mega-project has gone so wrong… and considers if anything can be done to get it back on track

Passengers may not even notice the small name change, as Southeastern becomes South Eastern Railway. But track and train are now together under the leadership of STEVE WHITE, who talks to PAUL CLIFTON

he British Transport Commission’s Modernisation of the Railway report was released on January 25, 1955, by its chairman, Sir Brian Robertson, and suggested a £1.24 billion spend on the railways to upd