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FEBRUARY 2004 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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POINTS AND SIGNALS
Andrew Goodman looks at why Alistair Darling's 'big review' ended up being a small non-event - and concludes that a 'back me or sack me' ultimatum from Richard Bowker is the likeliest cause [Download - includes contents page]
NEWS ANALYSIS: THE BIG ONE?
Alistair Darling's big announcement of a new review (which will also review the previous regulator's review, completed only two months ago) raised more questions than answers, says Paul Clifton [Download]
NEWS ANALYSES: CARRYING WEIGHT plus THE LAST POST
Peter Plisner looks at two aspects of how the non-passenger side of rail is changing. First, because of higher than
expected growth, Freightliner, the UK's biggest haulier of maritime containers, has recently had to expand its operation in the Midlands. Meanwhile, it's 160 years since the first Travelling Post Office took to the tracks. But, last month, the Royal Mail pulled the plug on the much-loved service. The company's financial problems have led management to consider cheaper alternatives. [Download]
THE RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY WALKER and ALLAN SEFTON
Still in the hot seat Many pundits expect the HSE to lose its responsbility for overseeing rail safety when Alistair Darling announces the results of the latest railways review in July. But Director General Timothy Walker and Director of Safety Allan Sefton are playing down talk of a crisis, Chris Randall discovers [Download]
OPINION: MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION
It's make-or-break season for the industry's finances. Passenger numbers are up; overall performance remains static. Paul Clifton asks the question: is rail worth the cost? [Download]
OPINION: FAILURES OF FRAGMENTATION
Alan Whitehouse argues that whether you come from an argument demanding a state run system, or an argument demanding vertical integration, it all points you in the same direction: that fragmented railways do not work. And with the latest review, the Government seems set to continue its dithering instead of tackling the fundamental problems [Download]
INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS
Obsessed with performance Article by Alison Forster, Director and General Manager, Safety and Performance, First Great Western. Plus members' news, and IRO diary [Download]
PEOPLE
On the move this month are David Hooper, Mark Hopwood, John Barlass, Julian Thomas, John Rhodes, William Barter, Steve Downing, Duncan Mills, Steve Arrant, Chris Strong, Reece Bailey, David Wells, Mike Adamson, Mike Bagshaw and Danny Duggan [Download]
INDUSTRY PLATFORM: APERIO
Archive data as obscure as an 1860s edition of the Hereford Times and 21st first century GPR (ground penetrating radar)... This unlikely combination of old and new is helping to build a picture of the many obsolete construction shafts that lie hidden within railway tunnel infrastructure [Download]
CAREER RAIL
Job opportunities from top operators including HSBC, South Central, South West Trains, and Resourcing Solutions [Download]
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