It’s a quarter of a century since ten people died in the Great Heck train crash, caused by a car driver. RAIL Features Editor ANDY COMFORT was a local BBC journalist who was presenting a radio programme at the time - he recalls that morning, while HOWARD JOHNSTON looks at the lessons learned

GERALD CORBETT, chief executive of Railtrack from 1997 to 2000, speaks exclusively to CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, in conjunction with the Calling All Stations podcast, about his time in the industry which included two major accidents at Ladbroke Grove and Hatfield

GREG MORSE considers the safety actions taken in response to a derailment and collision at Rickerscote 30 years ago

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING TODAY’S MAIN LINE CHARTER SCENE

…and full electrification should have been agreed from the start

Pick up the phone, call your local railway, offer to volunteer, and it could be the start of a whole new adventure, says ALEX ALDER. You might even go the whole hog and buy an engine…