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Night train to Moscow

David Shirres makes Europe's longest train journey - the 3,483 km Paris to Moscow service run by Russian Railways (RZD). Three times a week Russian...

The life of an apprentice on Crossrail

It is difficult to precisely quantify the contribution made by apprentices. Spread so widely and embedded so deeply there are probably few major programmes...

Three Peaks triumph

This year's Three Peaks Challenge by Rail raised close to £165,000 for Railway Children, bringing the total raised for the charity to £2.4 million. Three...

Women in Engineering – Learning from the past

There was a time when women ruled the railway. By the end of the First World War, an estimated 70,000 women worked on the...

RailSport 2016

LOROL capped their victory in this year's RailSport Games five-a-side final with a beautifully lofted goal from behind the halfway line - a high...

Learning to love stations again

The Great British public are learning to love railway stations again, says Rob Naybour, one of the founding partners of architects Weston Williamson. While...

A La Prochaine (until next time)

Andy Milne considers the questions of the UK's continuing involvement in the European Union. Even as late as the 1970s children starting school in the...

Rail Franchising – Live at Leeds

Top rail and community leaders came together in Leeds last month to discuss new thinking about creating the sustainable railway of the future. Sustainability -...

New fleets for North and Scotland

TransPennine Express (TPE) is pushing ahead with the purchase of a further 126 brand new carriages. Under the terms of its new franchise agreement FirstGroup’s...

Thameslink 700 in action

'Controversy? What controversy?' quipped Steve Scrimshaw, Siemens' managing director for rail in the UK, talking about the challenge of delivering the trains for Thameslink...

Where are they now?

Gail Satchell, winner of Outstanding Customer Service Award last year, speaks about her surprise at scooping the 2015 prize. There’s one thing that the RailStaff...

Safety at the forefront

'Safety is at the forefront of any work we do,' says Bridgeway Consulting's managing director Pino De Rosa. There are examples of this everywhere. The...

YRP – Celebrating the past, present and future

On 8 April, the Young Rail Professionals (YRP) celebrated young people in rail at its fifth Annual Black Tie Dinner. This year’s event was held...

Rail backing for Britain’s bravest

The rail industry is continuing its backing for Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI). Network Rail purchases over 100 signs a week made by ex-servicemen and...

Best of British

Last month, 18 companies from the UK rail sector joined a UKTI Yorkshire and the Humber-led trade mission to Germany. The aim was clear: to...

Technically speaking

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is looking for the Technician of the Year - entries are open until the end of May. It...

Essential focus on safety

The dramatic growth in rail passenger numbers in the UK is presenting a fundamental challenge to the industry’s safety performance, says Network Rail safety director...

Ninjas of the yellow trains

'Like little ninjas,' said Katie Tingle, describing her team's role within Network Rail. 'If you can be a little ninja in a big yellow...