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Latest UK rail news
Rail Freight
Focus on the railwaya€ s freight moving ability

Infrastructure News 14
Update on structures, track and signalling

Trackwatch
Our unique guide to network changes

Informed Sources
Roger Forda€ s in-depth analysis column

Blood and Custard
Sideways look at todaya€ s railway

Forum
Readers debate and put us straight

LU dominates order book
The massive Metronet order overshadows the few mainline orders

Transport Scotland mulls train orders
EMUs will be needed for the Glasgow Airport and Airdrie-Bathgate links

Low-cost Chinese trains for Europe
Will the Chinese dominate the Sprinter and Pacer replacement market?

The Olympic Javelin
Hitachia€ s Class 395

CTRL is pump-priming urban regeneration
Developers are piling in to sites close to stations on the new fast link

London to the Games in seven minutes
Plans for serving the Olympics with Javelins from St Pancras International

Open access a€ the mists clear
Tom Winsor assesses the implications of the Grand Central case

Should we reintegrate the railway?
In the light of the Tory U-turn, Stephen Grant considers the merits of vertical integration

Innotrans: the worlda€ s biggest railway show
News from the upcoming show in Berlin

Tryst across the Irish Sea
There is a longstanding relationship between British and Irish railways

Europeview
News from around Europe

High speed exports from Siemens
The German manufacturer has orders from Spain, China and Russia

Moving Wheels
Traffic and traction round-up

Along the South Coast
Photographs of trains near the Channel coast

Track Miles
New franchisee, new broom: changes in store on the South Eastern

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Alan Williams
Our inimitable columnist takes a sideways look at railway operations

People
Who's going where a€" latest job moves