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On the way out: The Intercity 125
RAIL bosses are under fire over delays in transferring Britain’s most iconic modern trains to Scotland.
The Intercity 125 stock is being withdrawn from Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway services in favour of new Intercity Express Project Class 800 trains.
But a number of sets are being refurbished and introduced north of the border on trains between Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership