Railway award
- Published Wed 12 of Apr, 2006 12:22 BST - (8099 Reads)Railfuture welcomes Railtrack cash boost
- Published Wed 05 of Apr, 2006 21:36 BST - (3570 Reads)The payment to Railtrack that was brought forward by the Government (described in our latest news feature ‘£7.5bn rail boost’) is good news to Railfuture.
Power station
- Published Wed 05 of Apr, 2006 13:53 BST - (8335 Reads)Station supreme
- Published Mon 03 of Apr, 2006 17:26 BST - (2979 Reads)The work of Friends of Handforth Station was recognised at the Rail Oscars award ceremony in London on 24 March.
Ticket share-out
- Published Mon 03 of Apr, 2006 14:23 BST - (3149 Reads)The largest information technology contract ever awarded by Britain’s rail industry will allow train operators to divide up the revenue from ticket sales between them more efficiently.
Living railway
- Published Mon 27 of Mar, 2006 17:47 BST - (3019 Reads)Forty years after a rail line was condemned to die by Dr Beeching, it is celebrating a new lease of life.
Network Rail
- Published Sun 26 of Mar, 2006 13:18 BST - (2953 Reads)A new not-for profit company called Network Rail is expected to take over Railtrack plc's responsibility for maintaining Britain's railways from July this year.
Special project
- Published Mon 20 of Mar, 2006 22:29 GMT - (9344 Reads)A Compass Tours railtour
Love lines
- Published Mon 20 of Mar, 2006 08:03 GMT - (7619 Reads)Bristol Temple Meads station
'Son of Beeching'
- Published Sun 19 of Mar, 2006 14:06 GMT - (8583 Reads)King's Cross Central
- Published Sat 18 of Mar, 2006 15:22 GMT - (8356 Reads)An aerial view of St Pancras station, left, which will be the Eurostar terminus from next year with King's Cross station, right, and some of the land (top right) between the two stations which is to be re-developed
Picture: Argent
Picture: Argent
Fast progress
- Published Fri 17 of Mar, 2006 17:46 GMT - (2595 Reads)Picture by Rail Link Engineering, project managers and designers of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Sensitivity needed
- Published Tue 14 of Mar, 2006 01:00 GMT - (7111 Reads)The long wait
- Published Mon 13 of Mar, 2006 13:11 GMT - (2485 Reads)Britain’s busiest railway line, which usually carries 650,000 people a day, is still closed after a train derailment 47 days ago.
Rail hub
- Published Sun 12 of Mar, 2006 13:30 GMT - (7827 Reads)Berlin's new Hauptbahnhof
Settle-Carlisle
- Published Thu 09 of Mar, 2006 08:29 GMT - (8134 Reads)This revised timetable booklet is available
Misguided bus
- Published Sun 05 of Mar, 2006 19:49 GMT - (6146 Reads)The railway track is still in place and needs only standard remedial work to be of operational standard. This picture was taken at Over in 2003.
Road to ruin
- Published Sat 04 of Mar, 2006 23:39 GMT - (2783 Reads)An alliance of 14 national environmental organisations, including the Railway Development Society, is launched today to try to stop the Government taking the road to ruin.
Settle-Carlisle cuts
- Published Sat 04 of Mar, 2006 12:07 GMT - (3248 Reads)The only though trains between West Yorkshire and Glasgow are being withdrawn on the orders of the Strategic Rail Authority with the flimsiest excuse.
Art on the line
- Published Mon 27 of Feb, 2006 10:44 GMT - (2898 Reads)Under the station platform canopy at Barnsley Interchange there now lurk various dogs, cats and other animal characters, waiting to surprise and amuse the unwitting passenger.
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