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Listen to this article A recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO), titled ‘HS2: update following the cancellation of phase 2’, has concluded that the Department for Transport (DfT) does not know how to maximise the benefits of HS2 now that phase 2 to Manchester has been cancelled. It notes that most of HS2’s…

Listen to this article Whatever your political views, it is undeniable that the new Labour government has a different approach to its predecessor. Here, we consider what this might mean for the nation’s railways, which were not a key factor in the election campaign. The transport promises A cash-strapped new government has far greater priorities…

Listen to this article Under current plans, in about seven years’ time HS2 trains from Old Oak Common (OOC) will join the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Handsacre Junction just north of Lichfield. These trains will replace most of the WCML long distance trains that currently start at London Euston as this line is…

Listen to this article West Midlands Trains (WMT) is the operator of suburban services radiating from Euston as well as operating inter-urban services from Euston to Crewe and Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street under the London Northwestern Railway brand (LNR). In addition to suburban services radiating from Birmingham New Street under the West…

Listen to this article At last year’s Railway Challenge, the chief judge, Bill Reeve announced that without doubt it had been the best challenge yet. This year he said the same thing, and the scores showed that this was no mere repetition. Indeed, this year’s challenge was the first in which all the locomotives present…