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Network Rail is spending funds allocated for Control Period 7 tasks (2024-29) to complete work it should have delivered in Control Period 6 (2019-24). PHILIP HAIGH examines the pressure to resource infrastructure and enhancement projects

BEN PLOWDEN has taken over the role of Chief Executive Officer at the Campaign for Better Transport at a moment of huge change on the railway. ANTHONY LAMBERT talks with him about the priorities for central government, devolved administrations and Great British Railways

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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

New bridge beams have been installed at Calder ...

…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