Blockade blitz
Network Rail’s Southern Region has mastered the art of longer, more productive closures of the railway for maintenance, with Wessex Route leading the way. PHILIP SHERRATT reports
Community rail: as you like it
After just two years the work of volunteers is already having a major impact on the Shakespeare line
South Western signals upgraded
The major schemes at Feltham and on the Portsmouth Direct line are headlining the Control Period 6 signalling programme in Wessex
Dartmoor line shows how projects can succeed
Reopened line was delivered successfully and is exceeding patronage projections
Using British Innovation to Transform the Railway
Train positioning trial an example of successful innovation
Luminate delivering world first on Western
Traffic Management combined with Crew and Stock is improving operations out of Paddington