Tunnel vision

HS2… Northern Powerhouse Rail… an “Elizabeth line for the North”. Why is more not being made of the Transpennine Route Upgrade’s potential to improve the region’s rail services?

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

We visit HS2 progress up and down ...

In his first interview ALAN MORRIS, the man in charge of constructing HS2, tells PAUL CLIFTON how he is taking management “back to basics”

After years of delays and funding issues, the new stations on Birmingham’s Camp Hill Line are finally taking shape. PETER PLISNER reports

HS2 is at “peak construction” with 34,000 people working on the project and recruitment focused on getting people out of unemployment. PAUL CLIFTON reports