April 2025

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Rail Express is essential reading for today’s rail enthusiasts and photographers; and the April issue brings you the latest news, headlines, images and features from across the entire rail network.

Undoubtedly the best for modern traction photography, the magazine keeps readers informed and entertained with undiluted coverage of Britain’s railways in the diesel and electric era. Here’s what you’ll find inside the April issue…

THE WAY WE WERE

A nostalgic look back to the era of Nationalised railways with some great archive images.

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HAS OPEN ACCESS REACHED A CROSSROADS?

Plans by First Group to expand its Lumo and Hull Trains operations may not face a smooth ride. Chris Milner looks at the Open Access Market.

REMEMBERING THE ‘ETHELS’

Three Class 25s were converted to mobile generators and worked with sleeper trains in Scotland, as Stephen Williams recalls.

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And there’s lots more to read in the April edition. If you like the look of this month’s issue, it’s available to order here. Alternatively, subscribe to save your pennies and receive every single issue through your letterbox, with free delivery.

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