East west rail: progress from west to east

With a handful of trains now running, is all the work done on the first section of EWR? PAUL CLIFTON finds out

PAUL CLIFTON takes a cab ride on DB and Maritime Transport’s new freight route from Southampton Docks to Northampton via EWR

24 artificial badger setts… 75 bat boxes… 400,000 trees… and a railway. PHIL MARSH looks at the efforts to enhance the environment while building a 100mph link between Bicester and Bletchley

It’s the biggest upgrade of the Midlands rail network in the generation. But despite a recent government commitment, all is not what it seems. PETER PLISNER reports

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