The Railway Magazine

From the archive: Trams again in Birmingham

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Alex Bestwick

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22nd September 2023

September 1984: West Midlands report recommends light rail network for England’s second-largest conurbation
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From the archive: 50 not out

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Alex Bestwick

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15th September 2023

From The Railway Magazine, December 2010, Paul Bickerdyke looks at the Class 37 Golden Jubilee.
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From the archive: The pace quickens

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Alex Bestwick

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8th September 2023

An update on the progress of the Channel Tunnel by P. W. B. Semmens MA, C.Chem, FRSC, MBCS, MCIT from November 1990
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From the archive: Harry Potter – How the rail scenes were filmed

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Alex Bestwick

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1st September 2023

This exclusive behind-the-scenes report by James Shuttleworth was first published in The Railway Magazine in January 2002.
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From the archive: Liverpool Street, Great Eastern Railway

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Alex Bestwick

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28th August 2023

By Scott Damant, General Manager’s Office, Great Eastern Railway. First published November 1899.
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From the archive: The Brighton Electrification

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Alex Bestwick

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21st August 2023

A Twenty-year Retrospect by P. H. S. Martin, first published in The Railway Magazine in January 1953.
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From the archive: New Southern Railway Suburban Line

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Alex Bestwick

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14th August 2023

Reprinted from the July 1938 issue of The Railway Magazine: On Sunday, May 29, the first section of a new line between Motspur Park and Leatherhead on the Southern Railway was opened to traffic.
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From the archive: The Andover and Redbridge Railway

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Alex Bestwick

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7th August 2023

The story of The Andover and Redbridge Railway (The Sprat and Winkle Line), written by John Moreton, first published in The Railway Magazine in January 1910.
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National Railway Museum Opens Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery

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Arianne Davey

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27th July 2023

The National Railway Museum’s largest new gallery in more than a decade has opened to the public today after five years in development.
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From the archive: The failure of Bricklayers Arms as a passenger station

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Alex Bestwick

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24th July 2023

The fascinating story of the failed station, on the world’s first line to be controlled by a signal box, by Canon Reginald B. Fellows. Originally published in two parts in the July/August and September/October 1944 issues of The Railway Magazine.
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