New warning signs at banbury after pram rolls into side of a moving train

An ever-improving safety record is no accident - it’s all about learning from mistakes, with every tragedy teaching the railway something new.

Orange stripes save 31,000 lives The Office of Rail and Road has confirmed that insisting on cant rail orange stripes on all locomotives has saved 31,837 lives. “It’s clear that these lines save lives

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Some final thoughts from the team at RAIL

After years of delays and funding issues, the new stations on Birmingham’s Camp Hill Line are finally taking shape. PETER PLISNER reports

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