Rail live: the home of railway innovation

Digital technologies have changed our work and leisure lives. They’re also making our railway safer, cheaper, more efficient, and generally bigger and better.

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One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f

PAUL CLIFTON looks at the step-change in digital communications promised for rail passengers

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

HS2… Northern Powerhouse Rail… an “Elizabeth line for the North”. Why is more not being made of the Transpennine Route Upgrade’s potential to improve the region’s rail services?