With the timescale and the costs just about doubling, why has the project to refurbish Bristol Temple Meads station encountered so many challenges? ANDREW MOURANT investigates

We’re heading into a momentous year for railway preservation as the Talyllyn Railway marks 75 years since it was saved from almost certain extinction to become the first heritage railway. But how did the concept of railway preservation emerge and develop? MARK PEARCE digs deeper.

TONY STREETER looks at how - and why - the capital’s major rail routes arrive into different termini to form a ring around the central London area

On an old industrial site where large forged and cast steel components used to be manufactured, new tram-trains sit ready for service. ANDY COMFORT reports on the new Transport for Wales Taff’s Well depot

Under the surface of Greater Manchester Mayor’s ambitions to drive forward rail transport in the region

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