Rail travel

On a train journey across England I take a trip into my past
John Bird

On a train journey across England I take a trip into my past

The places we stop on the route hold many fond memories

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
Letters

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way

A reader bemoans the UK’s rudderless leadership

The worst train company of the week is a close-run contest
Robin Ince

The worst train company of the week is a close-run contest

The train limps to a standstill and abandons all the passengers, only halfway home, to fend for themselves in the dead of night

‘A jigsaw with pieces missing’: Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
Housing

‘A jigsaw with pieces missing’: Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to fix fares for good
Michael Solomon Williams

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to fix fares for good

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Rail company sparks outrage over ‘profiteering’ charge for water in London station: ‘Total disgrace’
Water

Rail company sparks outrage over ‘profiteering’ charge for water in London station: ‘Total disgrace’

Will Labour’s plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?
Transport

Will Labour’s plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station
Transport

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed
Transport

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed

Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation
Robin Ince

Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
Rail journeys

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets
Activism

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan
Fiction

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan

As TransPennine Express is brought under government control, is full nationalisation the direction of travel?
Nationalisation

As TransPennine Express is brought under government control, is full nationalisation the direction of travel?

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs
Employment

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs