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DECEMBER 2004 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT & LETTERS [Download]
"Of course, the rail industry must maintain a constant safety vigil. But it must also keep a sense of perspective..."
Letters
- New trains? What about Electrostars? Staff despise them and passengers are well aware of their shortcomings... And Pendolinos make you feel sick...
- Tim Yeo should remember that it was his lot who pitched us into this mess in the first place...
- Should we think about closing down non-critical level crossings?
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NEWS [Download]
News headlines
- Ufton: News roundup
- South West Trains defends 'slower' timetable
- Virgin could lease unwanted Meridian trains
- New Bedford depot opens on time and to budget
Overseas news headlines
- Bombardier wins another big Chinese order
- Excessive speed the likely cause of Queensland crash
- French safety fears after death of nuclear protester on rail line
- Record profits for Swiss operator
Business news headlines
- Jarvis shares plummet
- HSBC Rail named preferred finance bidder for new Channel Tunnel Rail Link fleet
- Eurostar celebrates 10 years and hopes to be profitable by 2007
PLUS
- Business interview: John Smith, managing director of GB Railfreight
News about people
Those on the move include Mark Pickersgill, Neil Micklethwaite,
Chris Irwin, Arthur Leathley, Colin Clinton, Richard Bowker and Andy Jones
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COMMENT: NOT A RAILWAY TRAGEDY, BUT A TRAGEDY NONETHLESS [Download]
The crash near Ufton Nervet was a transport incident, not a 'railway
disaster'. Railway people and machinery acted exactly as they were meant to - no blame can be attached to them. But there are still lessons to be learned, says Paul Clifton, who spent a week at the site as the wreckage was being cleared
THE RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: MARY DICKSON [Download]
Mary Dickson was the driving force behind First Group's winning bid for ScotRail. Now installed as the train
operator's new managing director, she tells Chris Randall
of her determination not to ease up
ROLLING STOCK SPECIAL [Download]
- Global economic forces are claimed to be pushing Britain's
train building industry towards extinction. But, Paul Coleman asks, is that really true?
- As Hitachi celebrates its CTRL contract, Chris Randall finds out the secrets of the Japanese company's success
- Order books for new trains have been bulging ever since rail
privatisation was completed in the mid-1990s. Peter Plisner looks at the impact this has had on the Midlands rail network
POINTS AND SIGNALS: POLITICAL PIPE DREAMS [Download]
In the absence of any sensible policies from the main political parties on rail, Industry Editor Andrew Goodman tables some ideas of his own
FEATURE: THE RACE FOR THE EAST COAST MAIN LINE [Download]
As the Strategic Rail Authority prepares to announce the result of the contest for the East Coast Main Line, Alan Whitehouse looks at the four contenders and finds it difficult to pick a winner
FEATURE: THE DIRTIEST JOB ON THE RAILWAY [Download]
Train cleaning is not a job for the squeamish, as Paul Clifton found out when he joined a group of enthusiastic
'apprentices' at South West Trains' Fratton depot
LEGAL OPINION: Denton Wilde Sapte [Download]
Dealing with compensation claims after a major railway accident like Ufton Nervet can be horribly protracted. Liz Tout and George Burn examine the procedures and
put forward some ideas to simplify the system
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
The View from America: Michael R. Weinman comments on how UK and US rail professionals could learn from each other's hard-won experience
PLUS members' news and IoRO diary
RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS [Download]
Peter Aldridge of HSBC Rail looks at the future role of subsidy in the rail sector
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs at SOUTH WEST TRAINS : ARRIVA : SOUTH EASTERN TRAINS : RESOURCING SOLUTIONS
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