Preliminary reports appear to show that the cause of January’s high speed train crash in Spain was a broken rail. And with several broken rail incidents in the UK recently, the spotlight is on welding methods and inspections. PETER PLISNER investigates

…and full electrification should have been agreed from the start

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

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

Transport Select Committee report on investment exposes years of inconsistency and uncertainty in key areas

Better guidance in the early stages could alleviate problems that have dogged projects such as HS2