GARY ESSEX looks at the railways that have successfully diversified their income streams, from contract work for main line operators to reinventing themselves as invaluable training sites.

RICHARD WILCOCK visits Wabtec’s Burton-on-Trent site to talk strategy, technology and the uncomfortable realities behind the closure of Doncaster - and why it believes this is the right moment to invest

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RAIL Columnist

Attempt by opposition MPs to commit GBR to a long-term strategy fails

If there is one principle that has been absolutely clear in railway preservation, it is that nearly anything is possible. Whether it has been facing daunting engineering challenges, restoring locomoti