[ Labour has pledged to fully nationalise the train network within five years of coming to power as part of “the biggest reform of our railways for a generation”. It plans to bring all passenger rail into national ownership under Great British Railways (GBR) if the party enters government, with passenger rail firms taken over … Read more
[ One thing no one ever tells you about Europe’s TGV and AVE trains is that the view through the windows is terrible. Travelling over 200 miles per hour means beautiful Provençal lavender fields and dusty Andalucian sierras become a mere blur. Look out for too long and the brain feels mangled as after an … Read more
[ Industry leaders have urged the Government to bring forward legislation to create the flagship “Great British Railways” body as soon as possible, after i revealed 200 staff already on full pay are “sat around, twiddling their thumbs”. The rail plans, which were first outlined in 2021 under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have only been … Read more
