Rail Minister Lord Hendy writes to ORR after the regulator initially rejected request to continue running early-morning Manchester-London service

RAIL Columnist

Could HS2 bring faster and easier journeys between the South West, South Wales and the Midlands, the North West and Scotland? CHRIS HOWE has been doing some calculations

A solution has been put forward to reopen Edinburgh’s South Suburban Railway for passenger services. And momentum is gathering, as CONRAD LANDIN reports

Provision likely to be on an ‘as required’ basis

Running a rail timetable relies on the right number of locos, coaches, and staff being fit and in the right place. But on a network the size and complexity of British Rail, sometimes – in fact, often