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Brief Canada rail lockout ends with arbitration
Speed Read A prolonged shutdown could have threatened the country's supply chain
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Rail nationalisation: the answer to improving Britain's railways?
The Explainer Labour has ambitious plans to bring train operations under public control
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Labour to renationalise rail within five years
Speed Read State-run rail network will be 'more transparent and clearer' – but not necessarily cheaper
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The Week Unwrapped: Africa rising, ticket offices, and the Spanish infanta
Podcast Is the world becoming more African? Have rail unions struck a blow against automation? How has Princess Leonor captured Spanish hearts?
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'Unstaffed railway ticket offices leave us at the mercy of faltering machines'
Instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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HS2: a runaway train
Talking Point PM may cut Manchester to Birmingham line of beleaguered rail project due to spiralling costs
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Is Britain’s infrastructure failing?
feature High costs, inflation, policy uncertainty and ‘nimby’ tax have led to ‘dire state’ of UK building projects
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Ticket offices: on track for closure?
Talking Point Proposal to shut the vast majority of the 1,000-plus ticket offices across England has prompted uproar
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‘Ghost trains’ and armoured limos: how Vladimir Putin travels in secret luxury
Under the Radar Planes, trains and automobiles make up the Russian president’s fleet of undercover travel options
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Rail travel: 16 of the world’s best train journeys
The Week Recommends Get on track and book a great railway adventure
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How safe is India’s rail network?
feature Narendra Modi’s costly modernisation programme in spotlight after worst train disaster in decades
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Train delays, cancellations and compensation: how to get a refund
In Depth Most passengers are entitled to money back if their train is more that 15 minutes late
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How safe is train travel?
feature The Week looks at the safety records of modern railways in Europe, the US and the UK
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Will HS2 be scrapped and what has it cost so far?
In Depth Experts say cutting costs on the controversial high-speed rail project could mean a slower and less regular service linking fewer locations
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