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Stadler ‘777s’ have begun entering traffic with Merseyrail. Richard Clinnick asks Merseytravel rolling stock programme director David Powell about the roll-out and the possibility of even more new trains.
Merseyrail No. 777049 arrives at Kirkdale on …
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Raised in a trade union household, Huw Merriman surprised his parents by working for a Conservative Party MP in his gap year. As minister for rail and HS2, he has a unique perspective on the challeng…
In 2021-2022, the Government spent more than £5bn on HS2: about the same as it spends on the national road network. Critics often argue that the money would be far better used to fund much-needed improvements to existing railways.
Rail passengers in th…
These are exciting times for Rail Operations (UK) Ltd. Richard Clinnick meets the operator’s CEO Dave Burley to discover the future of the business.
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THE imminent arrival of the first tri-mode Class 93s for Rail Operation…
HS2 worker in his 70s dies after suffering cardiac arrest while working on rail link site near Birmingham ‘in first fatality’ during constructionHS2 contractor, in his 70s, was discovered in cardiac arrest at the site in SolihullThe man’s death is thou…