“if you just replace a two-car train with a two-car train and run the same timetable, that’s not progress”

9 min read

THE RAIL INTERVIEW

“If you just replace a two-car train with a two-car train and run the s

This article is from...

Rail Magazine

14 February, 2026

Read this article and 8000+ more magazines and newspapers on Readly

Rail

Electric multiple units

DAVID JUKES mixes third-rail and overhead electrification for his chosen pick of EMUs past and present…

Rail

“inevitably there will be some opportunity to streamline… but as part of net subsidy reduction, there will be a contribution from being more efficient”

The busy railways in East Anglia have also merged management of track and train, as Greater Anglia, c2c and the Anglia Route of Network Rail’s Eastern Region come under a single umbrella. Managing Director JAMIE BURLES talks to PAUL CLIFTON

Steam Railway

Fires and floods – how can main line steam beat the weather?

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

Rail

“like the oil tanker changing direction, it doesn’t happen fast. we are fundamentally and irreversibly changing our railway”

On June 9 last year, Southeastern and Network Rail’s Kent route merged under a single management team, with a combined 6,700 staff. Can passengers notice any difference yet? Kicking off a Great British Railways special report, PAUL CLIFTON questions the leaders