Something to say? This is your platform...

The question has been a live one for centuries. Is there an answer? HOWARD JOHNSTON reports

Infrastructure management and passenger operations brought together into business units led by local teams

The railway has been shaped by its people -from the early pioneers, through waves of immigration and women in wartime, to today’s diverse leaders. TONY STREETER reports

PART ONE

1M86, the 09.35 Glasgow Central-St Pancras, was the famous Up Thames Clyde Express and ran via the Glasgow Sou’ Western route, then the Settle and Carlisle line to Leeds, and then took the Midland Mai