The complicated route to reorganising the railways

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

The second railway age…

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

In light of the raft of recently cancellations by virtually all promoters, it begs the question, ‘how do we entice more people on charter trains?’ The obvious answer is a combination of price, destina

…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

The network isn’t as bad as some politicians suggest, says PHILIP HAIGH, but relatively small tweaks to infrastructure such as chord reinstatements and longer platforms can still lead to positive changes for passengers