While passenger numbers have doubled in the past 20 years, the industry remains scandalously inefficient..

There is inevitably a trade-off between staffing and safety, and as a society we must decide where that balance should be struck..

Working anti-social shifts in a difficult environment is undoubtedly challenging. But even militant staff may privately concede that some of the work….

Were money no object, we could have a dedicated door-opener-and-closer on all trains. But in the real world, train drivers in different countries hav….

Train passengers may be astonished to learn how many working practices still seem rooted in the age of steam. For example, the majority of Sunday ser….