Digital technologies have changed our work and leisure lives. They’re also making our railway safer, cheaper, more efficient, and generally bigger and better.

A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events.

PAUL CLIFTON looks at the step-change in digital communications promised for rail passengers

JAKE KELLY, Managing Director of Network Rail’s North West & Central Region, discusses his first 100 days in the job with RICHARD WILCOCK, and what he is keen to achieve

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

HS2… Northern Powerhouse Rail… an “Elizabeth line for the North”. Why is more not being made of the Transpennine Route Upgrade’s potential to improve the region’s rail services?