LIVES are still being lost, it seems, at level crossings. A few issues ago, we examined the problem of high vehicles striking low bridges on the rail network. Our regular mailbag in this issue (pages 64-65) is dedicated solely to that...
Safety expert: Ian Prosser Former HM Chief Inspector of Railways. More technology for level crossing safety, p15 Broadcaster: Kevin Stanley Former BBC Local Radio journalist turned freelancer. Meets the Ivanhoe campaigners,...
After his controversial sacking from DFTO, the industry veteran shares his thoughts on HS2 and the West Coast Main Line with PETER PLISNER. Many in the industry remain concerned and perplexed about the sacking of Chris Gibb. What the former...
IAN PROSSER looks at continuing measures to improve level crossing safety. LAST December marked 20 years since the tragic incident at Elsenham level crossing when two teenage girls, Olivia Bazlinton and Charlotte Thompson, lost their lives.
Special RAIL pictorial celebrates 150 years of passenger trains running on the famous line. The Settle-Carlisle Line opened initially for freight in August 1875. It wasn’t until May 1 1876 that the first passenger train ran on the route. A...
