The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine has been published since 1897 and is now the UK's best-selling general interest rail title. Every month, The RM provides enthusiasts and professionals with authoritative and informed news coverage of the following:<br><br> - Network Rail and the train operating companies<br>- Locomotives, multiple units, carriages and wagons<br>- Steam, heritage and the preservation world, inc narrow gauge<br>- Metro and underground systems<br>- In addition, the magazine carries frequent items of overseas interest.<br><br>The Railway Magazine is also renowned for its wide-ranging and innovative feature coverage, encompassing up-to-the-minute developments as well as historical, nostalgic and foreign subjects. The magazine is also renowned for its award-winning photographic content.

Rail review: The emperor’s new clothes?

Time is right for a change

Railway Magazine

Shapps announces ‘rail revolution’

Irish Rail announces preferred supplier for DART new trains order

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

SIDELINES

Gareth and Graeme join The RM team

Cracks in Hitachi IET sets lead to mass cancellations

Data guides Northern Class 195/331 solution

Cracks discovered in Class 68 ETS module at Chiltern

Station roof collapses suddenly at Northwich

Okehampton route on track

TfL secures funding extension

After 100-year gap... Avanti brings back three classes

PRESERVATION MOURNS ALAN MOORE CBE

FirstGroup signs National Rail Contracts for TPE and SWR

Nova 1 visits CLC Line

Darlington station images revealed

Crossrail trial running gets underway in central London with four trains per hour

Eurostar agrees new financing deal

GBRf wants proposed ‘freight evangelist’ to push for growth

Northern Class 769 bi-mode finally in service

Island Line Class 483 arrives at Havenstreet

Derailment blocks key line

Viaduct collapse kills 26 and injures 70 others on Mexico City Metro

BRITISH DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES AND THE CUBAN REVOLUTION • With news of the impending closure of the famous Brush Works at Loughborough, Chris West provides a timely and fascinating reminder of the British locomotives involving Brush, which were built for Cuban railways.

CLASS 58s: NOT JUST FREIGHT LOCOS • Pip Dunn looks back at their Class 1 history.

FIRST CITY FLYERS • In this month’s Practice and Performance, John Heaton FCILT analyses some of the fastest commuter services from London termini to stations accessible using Oyster cards.

HS2 DIVIDING LINE OR UNIFICATION POINT? • Most readers will have a view on the controversial HS2 project, be it one that can visualise the benefit of moving trains to a dedicated line, or that it’s an utter waste of money and a blight on the environment. Phil Marsh makes an exclusive visit to an HS2 protest camp and talks to a protestor in what is a revealing insight.

FROM ENTHUSIAST TO MANAGING DIRECTOR • Made a CBE in the 2021 New Year Honours in recognition of his contribution to the rail industry over 30 years, GWR chief Mark Hopwood has a lifelong interest in railways. He talks toTony Miles about his journey from a young enthusiast to becoming the current longest-serving TOC managing director.

FAREWELL TO HSTs ON THE MIDLAND MAIN LINE • For almost 39 years, InterCity 125 trains have been a staple of services on the Midland Main Line between Leeds, Sheffield, the East Midlands and London. Editor Chris Milner looks at the range of liveries carried by the power cars between 1982 and 2021.

Readers’ Platform

Tom Williams’ pictures evoke so many memories of steam days

Is ending photo charters and lineside permits the correct...