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Voting for a new chapter • Railway change will take time and come with some pain

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Class 93 tri-mode completes first UK main line tests

ETCS test run completed on ECML

MPs seek more answers on draft Rail Reform Bill

First of Avanti’s Class 805 bi-modes enter traffic

North Wales electrification hopes sidelined

Great Western Railway introduces fast services to South Wales

Election pauses EWR consultation

Merriman to quit Parliament

New logo to mark RIA’s 150 years

Ex-Crossrail chief Wild takes over the reins at HS2

“Levenmouth is back on the map” as Fife route reopens

Bridge demolished for MML wiring

‘Magstripe’ on the wane on Northern

GWR tenders for ‘230’ bogie overhaul

Bridlington lifts

ASLEF and Ukraine to headline Rail Live

Food parcels delivered to Ukraine

HS1 could power thousands of homes

BR Blue Western back in the South West

Blackheath blockade for two months

Freight derailment causes WCML delays

Train operators hit by fresh strike threats

MPs criticise DfT over lack of progress on rail reform

Camps Viaduct fit for the future

£1.4bn Hitachi-Thales deal finally signed off after reviews by 13 authorities

Halfway point for Tyne & Wear Metro’s Class 555s

Hughes is new East West CEO

Bristol-Oxford plan for GWR

UK train operators under new ownership as I Squared buys Arriva

Safety review highlights railway’s challenges

Rail reform bill: Scottish concerns over ‘damage to devolution’

Progress at Bristol Temple Meads

Trials begin on UK’s first inter-city battery train

Guests announced for Bluebell gala

More locomotives in corporate livery

Class 309 vehicles return ‘home’ to Essex musuem

ScotRail wraps Class 158 to mark Leven line opening

HNRC receives new Class 37s

SRPS stock moves for CDL fitting

More Class 777s with Merseyrail

Great Northern-bound ‘379s’ moved

Pathfinder goes retro with charters

Refurbished ‘458/4’ with SWR

Latest ‘66/6’ in traffic with DBC

Restored ‘Peak’ returns to the main line

Pride graphics applied

GB Railfreight honours railway staff with train namings

Hanson & Hall’s Thunderer goes ‘green’ using HVO…

… and enjoys a return to South West

Freightliner: more backing for freight growth

Regional News

Campaign on target to save ‘507’

More Merseyrail stations step-free

News in pictures

Which party offers the best hope for the railway’s future? • With the General Election now less than a month away, HOWARD JOHNSTON studies the party manifestos, statements and photo opportunities to assess what the next government might really do for rail

Joint venture to boost connectivity • The Great Northern/Great Eastern Line has experienced mixed fortunes over the years, but a recent Network Rail report makes some encouraging noises, with suggestions for new chords, stations and...