Modern Railways Magazine

CAPITAL INVESTMENT• New Piccadilly trains• Elizabeth Line success• Sub-surface re-signallingWHAT NEXT FOR AGEING FLEETS?• GWR plots DMU replacement...

WHAT NEXT?• GBR legislation on hold• Electrification plans scaled backSEVERN VALLEY SPLENDOURPictures from our anniversary HST railtourSCOTLAND STR...

TRANS-PENNINE COST SHOCK• £9bn for 76-mile project• Most expensive upgrade ever?WALES & BORDERS SPECIAL• CAF to export from Newport• New trains...

GREAT WESTERN GOING GREEN• Decarbonisation plans• Greenford battery trial• New locos for the Sleeper?ELECTRIFICATION HOPE?• Drive for efficiencies ...

SOUTHEASTERN SUNRISE• Investing in infrastructure• Upgrading the fleetPRIDE IN OUR RAILWAYSixteen-page special report on LGBT+ representation in ra...

FREE DOUBLE-SIDED MAP - SCOTLAND'S RAILWAYLONDON SPECIAL: CROSSRAIL OPEN AT LAST!Plus: More space at Bank; new Piccadilly Line trainsFIRST LOOKNew ...

FREE CROSSRAIL SUPPLEMENT WESSEX LEADS THE WAY• Pandemic prompts more blockades• Longer line closures cut delaysHEART OF WALES HSTTourist service p...

EAST WEST RAIL FORGES AHEADOxford to Milton Keynes by 2025; will it ever be electrified?PLATFORM TO PARLIAMENTEx-railwayman MP Chris Loder: ‘We nee...

REALITY CHECK Why integrated rail plan might work WEST COAST INVESTMENT Euston and Crewe gear up for HS2 TRI-MODES FOR TRANSPENNINE? New locos so...

FINAL SPRINT Can West Midlands deliver for Commonwealth Games? ‘TESCO TRAINS’ Anglo-Scottish freight boom NEW HS2 TRAINS Do claimed benefits stac...

UNITED IN ANGER North and South feel the pinch TRANS-PENNINE PROMISES BROKEN Integrated Rail Plan disappoints ‘MANAGED DECLINE’ AT TfL? Mayor and...

CAPITAL GAINS • Overground to Barking Riverside • Elizabeth Line opening nears • New Piccadilly Line trains RAIL PLAYS ITS PART AT COP26 • Climate...

SOUTHEASTERN’S MISSING MILLIONS • State control again after undeclared £25m • DfT probe overshadows City Beam ‘707’ launch FREE SUPPLEMENT HS2 rep...

GREENER AND BETTER Free 32-page decarbonisation supplement EAST MIDLANDS EXPECTS • EMR upgrades its fleets • Wires beyond Kettering? NEW EDINBURG...

EXPANDING THE NETWORK • Fawley branch reopening • Abbey line enhancement • Very Light Rail potential HIGHLAND EXPLORER ScotRail launches ‘153s’ N...

LNER’S NEW TIMETABLE • Cleethorpes and Middlesbrough direct • Anglo-Scottish acceleration • May 2022 plans analysed HS2 SUPPLEMENT 16-page special...

WESTERN PROMISE • Dawlish resilience • Oxford remodelling • GWR targets growth • Bristol rail regeneration HITACHI CRACKS CRISIS Inquiry launched ...

CRACKS CRISIS What went wrong with Hitachi and CAF fleets? EXCLUSIVE Leeds to Glasgow via S&C? MIDLAND HST TRIBUTE Ian Walmsley bids farewell...

WELSH RAIL REVIVAL • New trains from CAF and Stadler • Summer staycation support • Metro for the Valleys EMR CONNECT TO CORBY • Class 360s on new ...

HS2 CONSTRUCTION ADVANCES • How many platforms at Euston? • Tunnelling through the Chilterns • Creating the Crewe hub LIFTING LOCKDOWN What does i...

EAST COAST UPGRADE • King’s Cross track improvement • May 2022 timetable takes shape • LNER direct to Middlesbrough CLASS 93s TO REVOLUTIONISE FRE...

WEST MIDLANDS PREPARES FOR POST-COVID RESET • Extra services and stations • More resilient timetables • New trains on test BATTERIES vs HYDROGEN W...

PLANNING FOR A NEW REALITY • Passenger recovery slow • £1bn enhancements cut • Time to rethink timetables? DEVOLUTION DIVIDEND Network Rail's regi...