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Castlethorpe sits mid-way between London and Birmingham in the Buckinghamshire countryside on the West Coast main line just north of Wolverton. It witnessed the very beginnings of the railway age as t
The West Midlands is enjoying something of a railway revival with passenger numbers increasing and five new stations opening this year. Two of the stations are in the Black Country and in areas that are badly in need of regeneration. PETER PLISNER has been finding out more…
RICHARD WILCOCK visits Wabtec’s Burton-on-Trent site to talk strategy, technology and the uncomfortable realities behind the closure of Doncaster - and why it believes this is the right moment to invest