Rachel Reeves wants to level up your commute. Does she have the money?
The cost of London’s Elizabeth Line alone outstrips the total capital spending announced on Wednesday.
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Exclusive: engineers and experts say rail safety standards are slipping
Britain’s railways are among the safest in the world, but those who work on them say the culture has changed.
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How radical is Labour’s new rail policy, really?
The party describes it as the “biggest reform of our railways for a generation” while avoiding the word “nationalise” –…
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Labour’s rail plans show Keir Starmer’s cautious populism
The commitment to take the industry back into public ownership is a victory for the soft left.
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Louise Haigh: Labour manifesto will pledge rail renationalisation
The shadow transport secretary on her plan to take private operators back into public ownership.
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Unlocking the potential of a national asset, St Pancras International
As the number of train passengers grows, we must ensure the London transport hub is up to the challenge.
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Westminster doesn’t understand how reluctant people are to use their car
Better public transport would be good for growth, good for net zero, and good for all those who drive only…
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Labour will not bring HS2 to Manchester – what does Andy Burnham think?
The Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham challenges Keir Starmer to commit to “true” Northern Powerhouse Rail.
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Letter of the week: Travelling backwards
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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“Soft left but not soft”: the rise of Louise Haigh
How the shadow transport secretary and prolific networker transcended Labour’s factional divides.
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How are new rail networks boosting the economy?
Alongside providing better transport connections, railway lines contribute to employment, economic prosperity, and sustainability goals.
Dropping train wi-fi is symbolic of our miserable, pinched country
Why would a Tory Treasury encourage passengers by making services better, when it could save money instead?
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Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways?
The demise of TransPennine Express shows again how everything is starting to break after 13 years of Tory government.
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A train to Oxford means either a broken heart or the middle class at its most benign
On the train to Oxford, and my heart is full of misgiving. I have only been to Oxford twice in…
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The view from Switzerland, where big business rules
The streets are clean, the trains excellent, the politics consensual. But as the Credit Suisse bailout showed, Switzerland’s ruling class…
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Greece is becoming an illiberal democracy
The government’s sinister framing of an attack on me is part of a climate of creeping authoritarianism.
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What’s causing HS2’s endless downgrades and delays?
“The people’s railway”has been undermined by the UK’s disjointed approach to policy and planning.
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The latest HS2 delay shows the Tories are still putting the north second
This decision adds to growing evidence that the government has stopped caring about the Red Wall.
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Was Great British Railways ever the answer to the UK’s transport woes?
The travel chaos we see today is the result of a complete lack of vision and planning.
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From the NS archive: The city of Kiev is to have a new railway station
18 May 1929: What could be more appropriate than to make the station a living monument of the city’s intellectual…
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