The railway of the future

The railway industry is often perceived by investors as a sleepy sector where nothing much happens. Longsuffering commuters and other customers may have an even harsher view. But the industry is under

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

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

If your only experience of train travel is a daily commute to work, or trips to visit friends or family in the UK, then it might not be your first choice as a way to go on holiday. After all, with exc