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From 1825-2025… and beyond • Rail’s bicentenary in an increasingly fast-changing world

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Safety expert: magnetic track brakes would save lives

£2 coin to mark Railway 200

First of Tyne and Wear Metro ‘555s’ in passenger service

East Coast timetable revision leaves freight options unclear

GBR extends aggregates partnership deal

More passengers boost rail revenues

Ex-GWR HSTs move to Norfolk

Rail freight sector waits for Ely enhancement decision

Go-op kickstarts crowdfunding bid

HS2 Phase 1 takes priority to leave uncertainty over HS2-lite’ timescales

Refurbished ‘458s boost SWR suburban routes

Arise Sir Andrew Haines… and an OBE for GBRf’s Smith

WCR Class 57 close to return

Network Rail prepares for Port Talbot steel flow

Regional News

New lease of life for coal wagons

RAIB Safety Digest after near miss

Track brakes ‘would have saved lives’ - so why is UK reluctant? • October’s collision at Talerddig once again highlighted the vulnerability of lightweight multiple units in low-adhesion conditions. BEN JONES examines whether MTBs could help to reduce the risks

On the fast track to fast-charging • JOE CAMPBELL joins the team conducting trials of fast-charge battery technology on the West Ealing to Greenford branch

Remarkable survivors from the 1825 S&D • With this year’s ‘Railway 200’ celebrations now upon us, DR JOSEPH BRENNAN looks at the remnants from the original 1825 Stockton & Darlington Railway that we can still see today

Railway needs stability in Whitehall and a clear strategy • Transport writer & broadcaster

‘20s’ take the strain on the Drain Train • Balfour Beatty has operated on-track drain clearance trains for several years, but its decision to acquire two Class 20s to operate the train has made them of more interest. PIP DUNN finds out more…

Modern Images • Do you have a picture that you would like to see published here? If you do, please send it to railphotos@bauermedia.co.uk

Metro-style rail on the Core Valley Lines • Passengers in south-east Wales and beyond will soon benefit from new rolling stock, increased service frequency, and the large-scale upgrade of the Core Valley network. CHRIS HOWE reports

BR’s last general-purpose locomotive… • Class 90s have experienced a chequered career, alternating from zero to hero and back again several times, as DAVID CLOUGH explains

The path to a railway that “serves passengers better” • Rail Minister Lord Hendy laid out Labour’s ambition before a recent Transport Select Committee hearing, but how can this be achieved as we head towards Great British Railways and greater devolution? asks PHILIP HAIGH

Will all of the UK train assembly lines survive? • Britain’s train manufacturers face even leaner times ahead unless the government introduces a clear strategy for new rolling stock… and then follows through with a programme of orders, says PHILIP HAIGH

Making light rail quicker, cheaper and easier • “People like trams” says...