Light at the end of the tunnel

So after 11 months and three lockdowns, Prime

Franchise termination negotiations pass revised January deadline

NEGOTIATIONS between the Department for Transport (DfT) and

App for Northern staff to help passengers taken ill

NORTHERN is trialling a mobile phone app which

ORR Rejects Grand Union London – Cardiff plans

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has

GBRf’s Class 69 moves to Severn Valley for testing

In a plain dark grey undercoat, No. 69001

GBRf in new partnership to transform weed control

GB Railfreight (GBRf), has embarked on a unique

Ploughs on duty as snow, ice and rain batter network

SEVERE winter weather in the form of snow,

Avanti to launch smartcards

AVANTI West Coast customers are being offered smartcards

Royal Assent for HS2 Crewe extension

PHASE 2a of the £88billion High Speed 2

Burrowing HS2 protestors defy bailiffs

ANTI-HS2 protestors continued to occupy makeshift tunnels outside

ScotRail provides temporary West Highland train

SCOTRAIL has introduced a temporary train service to

Green Party members challenge policy over HS2

GREENS4HS2, a group of Green Party members who

East Midlands Railway prepares to retire its HST fleet

PICTURE: EMR WITH East Midlands Railway preparing to

Middleton Press to continue publishing

FOLLOWING the death of Middleton Press owner and

RMT wants on-train ticket checks suspended

RAIL union RMT has written to the Department

Green Arrow joins Atlantic in new museum

ONE of the National Railway Museum’s most popular

SIDELINES

Track worker killed A 30-YEAR-OLD track worker for

OBITUARIES

John Yonge JOHN Yonge, proprietor of the Quail

Siemens awards £40m Goole factory contract

GMI Construction has wona£40 million contract to build

Heathrow Southern link gains Mayor’s support

HEATHROW Southern Railway Ltd, the private venture hoping

Electrification for East Kilbride

WORK to electrify the route from Muirhouse Central

Masts appear at Colton Junction

WORK to electrify a five-mile section of line

Stonehaven- Montrose line reopens

NETWORK Rail reopened the Stonehaven-Montrose line on February

‘Staycation Express’ to make a return

AFTER the success of last year’s ‘Staycation Express’operation

Australia’s No. 3801 returns to main line duties

NEW South Wales Government Railways‘C38’No. 3801 will return

Network Rail CEO reviews Bletchley flyover progress

NETWORK Rail CEO Andrew Haines paid a visit

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OPERATING THE ROYAL TRAIN PART 2

Career railwayman Geoff Griffiths worked through the ranks from a clerical grade to become a Royal Train manager. Now enjoying retirement, Geoff concludes his story into planning of operations, and reflects on when things didn’t go quite to plan

A MERCHANT VENTURER

In this month’s Practice & Performance it’s a change of motive power as  John Heaton FCILT samples the splendour of preserved steam haulage over two of England’s best known scenic main lines

From the Black Country to the Red Centre

For many decades, British manufacturers built steam, diesel and electric locomotives for countries all over the world. Malcolm Simister recalls a small batch of diesels built in the industrial heartlands of the West Midlands, destined for the Australian outback but tested on the BR main line

80 Years of the Pocket Peckett

Diminutive Peckett 0-4-0ST No. 2012 Teddy is probably best known for its links to the famous steam cleric, the Reverend Teddy Boston. However, as the loco reaches its 8 th birthday, owner Gary Boyd-Hope reveals more about the loco’s fascinating existence

Pictures by post: THE RCTS PORTFOLIOS

The incurable and diverse affliction that is railway enthusiasm takes many forms. From traditional ‘trainspotting’ to ‘trackbashing’, walking old routes, timing trains, collecting numbers, buying and selling memorabilia and, of course, recording railways and associated history through photography. Bob Avery explains the importance of photography to RCTS members through its postal portfolios

MOTHBALLED FREIGHT LINE MAY CARRY PASSENGERS AGAIN

With a focus on potential railway openings through the Restoring Your Railway programme, Fraser Pithie, who has been involved in the Stratford-upon-Avon to Honeybourne bid progressing through the DfT’s process, looks at a Devon freight branch where new technology could bring passengers back after a 60-year gap

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Permanent Way… and Not So Permanent Way

Our occasional feature takes a look at the changes which have taken place at Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire – where a railway was replaced by a guided busway

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