In the first of a new quarterly column, the work of the Railway Heritage Designation Advisory Board is described by its co-chairman, Richard Faulkner (Lord Faulkner of Worcester). AS LONG ago as 1845 Benjamin Disraeli wrote in his novel Sybil: ‘The railways will do as much for mankind as the

Photo: Danny Lawson / PA Wire Boris Johnson has been urged to keep his promises after a report suggested the North is set to receive more than £2,300 less per person in transport spending than London. The Government’s planned transport spending for London is almost three times more per head

The Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) annual health and safety report for 2018/19 confirms Britain’s place as the safest of the European Union’s 10 biggest railway networks. However, RSSB warns there is no room for complacency, citing a rise in the number of signal passed at danger (SPAD) incidents

In the June 1980 issue of The Railway Magazine, Mike Arlett recalled the history of The Midland Station at Bath (renamed by BR as Bath Green Park in June 1951). All these years later it is apparent there still remains some confusion as to the date the station opened and

ABELLIO has started running trains on the Midland Main Line and associated routes as East Midlands Railway. The formal handover from Stagecoach took place at 01.59 on Sunday morning, bringing to an end a franchise which began in November 2007.The shortlisted bidders for East Midlands were originally FirstGroup/Trenitalia (70:30), Arriva

EUROPE: Intermodal freight company Kombiverkehr is piloting Train Monitor, which provides real-time information on the location and punctuality of its services operating within Germany and from Germany to Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland. This includes the estimated time when

BELARUS: A scrap metal processing company has taken delivery of a TMV-2 road-rail shunter developed by Russian manufacturer Uralvagonzavod. The contract includes commissioning, staff training and maintenance. UVZ has developed the TMV-2 as part of a policy of diversifying its range and with the aim of producing equipment which at least

BRAZIL: A consortium of Mitsui and West Japan Railway has purchased a majority stake in Rio de Janeiro suburban operator SuperVia, at a reported cost of around ¥20bn. The Japanese trading group had previously held a 24% stake in the concessionaire, through its stake in SuperVia parent Odebrecht Mobilidad. It has

BRITISH STEEL: The Official Receiver named Ataer Holdings as preferred bidder for the whole of the British Steel business on August 16. Heads of agreement have been signed, triggering a two months of exclusive talks and detailed due diligence ahead of the planned sale of the Scunthorpe-based steel maker and

Nick Pigott tells the story of the Guild of Railway Artists, from early brush strokes to acknowledged masterpieces and now looking to the future as the group celebrates its 40th anniversary… RAILWAY art is almost as old as steam railways themselves.  In the 19th century, Monet, Turner,