Features:
Free! 24 page special - Derby 175 a celebration of past, present and future
First Class traveller - Ian Walmsley considers whether we have got the First Class package right
The Railway Industry Innovation Awards 2014 - Players from around the industry are coming up with a raft of innovations, as this round-up of entries for this yeara€ s competition shows
Commuting: does it make fifinancial sense? - John Collins considers the economics of season tickets and house prices
Nosing in Norfolk - Antony Guppy takes his camera out east from Norwich
We have lost the pomp in Pompey - The Portsmouth service is not what it was
Government and the railways - Jonathan Pugh reviews the relationship between the political and railway worlds
Javelins in 1066 country - A proposal to take Class 395s over the Marshlink to Hastings featured in recent local authority Rail Summits
News:
News Front - Bids invited for London Overground trains; IEP financing complete; Redditch branch upgrade
Rail Freight - RDG lays out the case for rail freight; DBS secures Longannet deal; logs on the sea wall
Infrastructure News - Bids invited for Waterloo remodelling contract; Rochester underpass; GNGE resignalling
Informed Sources - Network Rail's status following debt reclassification; Greater Anglia Direct Award; Thales invited to bid for LU sub-surface resignalling; social media news
Europe View - Keith Fender presents a round-up of news from across the Channel
Regulars:
Welcome - A message from the editor
Railtalk - Modern Railways' editorial view
Blood and Custard - A sideways look at railway life
Forum - Readers comment on topical issues around the railway today
Moving Wheels - Rolling stock news
In Business and small ads - Latest happenings in industry
People - Recent appointments
Trackwatch - Our monthly look at changes on the national network
Alan Williams - Our pundit in the North
Crossrail update - The new DLR station at Pudding Mill Lane
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