Which party offers the best hope for the railway’s future?

Arguably, the British Railways of 1965 was not the same as that created in 1948, and yet in some ways it was, as there were some traditional operating methods and a staff mindset that had failed to ev

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

Dickon Ross, Editor SWR: the first of a ...

…but what difference will it make to services and the passenger experience? PAUL CLIFTON canvasses the opinion of rail leaders on SWR’s past, present and future

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

“It normally takes much more than just a ...