The ongoing reinvention of michael portillo – and how he became an essential british export

BEN PLOWDEN has taken over the role of Chief Executive Officer at the Campaign for Better Transport at a moment of huge change on the railway. ANTHONY LAMBERT talks with him about the priorities for central government, devolved administrations and Great British Railways

In our series celebrating Railway 200, Good Journey founder NAT TAPLIN celebrates the birth of the great British rail holiday and calls for a renaissance in tourism by train

As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, Emily Scaife explores the enduring bond between trains, rail lines and our great British countryside

MATT BAKER on celebrating the unsung heroes who quietly shape our nation

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Network Rail’s recovery programme to stabilise performance between Reading and London Paddington has been running for a year. It has another year to go. PAUL CLIFTON joins the project leaders to assess progress