Meet aira: the app with a human touch

Network Rail plans to introduce new drones this year that can fly beyond the line of sight of an operator. PAUL CLIFTON finds out why that could revolutionise the way the railway is managed

While most railway customer service staff are visible on stations and trains, ANDY COMFORT goes behind the scenes at one train operator to meet those working in social media - on the invisible front line

Our latest extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025 takes us to the 1990s… and advances in ticketing technology

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Something to say? This is your platform...

It’s hard enough getting Wi-Fi to work reliably in a two-bedroom flat, let alone a field containing thousands of smartphone-wielding festival-goers or a train belting through the British countryside.