Published: February 2008 by Alan Marshall
It strikes me that 2008 is going to be a year of considerable challenge for the British railway industry – and a year in which some past chickens, resulting from the way the industry was structured for privatisation, may be coming home to roost. Read full
Published: January 2008 by Alan Marshall
Last month I argued that our railways should reduce their dependency on oil with an incremental programme of main line electrification – using energy powered from a wide variety of sources, many of them carbon neutral and several also ‘renewable’. Read full
Published: December 2007 by Alan Marshall
Recently, we’ve had the Credit Crunch. Now we may be facing the Energy Crunch. But the Government appears not to have any long-term strategy to deal with the potential crisis, and the rail industry is only just showing signs of acknowledging the situation. Read full
Published: November 2007 by Alan Marshall
In November's edition of Railnews we have a special feature about developments – which are considerable – on the railways of one of our closest European neighbours, the Republic of Ireland. Read full
Published: October 2007 by Alan Marshall
I was privileged to ride on the record-breaking Eurostar from Paris to St Pancras on 4 September, travelling out the day before on the 13.41 departure from Waterloo International. Read full