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FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: Network Rail must get its act together
The recent performance of Network Rail is nothing short of disgraceful. Its engineering over-runs at Rugby and at Liverpool Street caused unacceptable delays to 300,000 passengers, many of whom simultaneously faced fare rises of up to 10 per cent (see news analysis). The company’s abject apologies counted for little. It had treated train operators and passengers with contempt...
NEWS HEADLINES
- Haines says ‘sorry’ for FGW’s poor performances
- Woodhead protesters fight to stop power cables being laid through rail tunnels
- Bristol maintenance shed stalls
- Reading to get new privately-financed station
- Aviation Report: Rail is wooing air passengers
- Grand Central hopes to run full timetable ‘imminently’
- ORR: Network Rail needs cheaper proposal
- Glasgow engineering work overruns
- Anglia to get longer trains and platforms
LETTERS
- Clarification of standards for rolling stock
- Balancing the bad with the good
- Getting our priorities right
- Getting to stations: don’t forget buses
- Haven’t I seen him before somewhere?
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- Metronet takeover delayed
- Network Rail ‘undemocratic’, says Berkeley
- Freight operators hit by West Coast fiasco
- Rail replacement bus firm cashes in on Rugby fiasco
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Roy Wicks; Tricia Meade; Derek Moore; Nick Boyle; Chris Elliott; Peter Koning; Amy Stockton; Alan Perry; Sir Ian McAllister; Graham Smith; Neil Pepper...
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COVER STORY: INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD BROWN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF EUROSTAR [Download]
Eurostar’s chief executive Richard Brown tells Katie Silvester what’s next for Eurostar, including the possibility of running trains directly to Holland and Germany – and when the company will start making money
FEATURE: THE GLASS HOUSE [Download]
The inquest into the Ufton Nervet crash les to calls for stronger train windows. One company was already working on a solution - Simon Roberts visits Independent Glass's Glasgow factory
NEWS ANALYSIS: RUGBY OVERRUN: WAS NETWORK RAIL JUGGLING TOO MANY BALLS? [Download]
Peter Plisner reports on the reasons behind the Rugby engineering overruns, plus reactions from the industry and Network Rail’s response
FEATURE: ELECTRIFICATION: BACK ON THE CURRENT AGENDA [Download]
Paul Clifton analyses recent comments from the Department for Transport and speaks to an industry insider about whether electrification could finally be back on the Government’s agenda
FEATURE: ON THE OFFENSIVE [Download]
Ed Gould looks at the Secure Stations Scheme and other initiatives to protect staff and passengers
FEATURE: INFRARAIL [Download]
Preview of March’s infrastructure trade show, which will reveal the very latest in track technology
FEATURE: THE TRAIN NOW ARRIVING [Download]
John Tiffin examines why good communication with passengers is so important – especially when things go wrong
FEATURE: CHANGE FOR THE MIDLANDS [Download]
Tim Shoveller, managing director of East Midlands, talks to Alan Whitehouse about how to improve the trains on a route that was already successful – and why the free tea and coffee was controversially withdrawn
FEATURE: THIRD PARTY [Download]
When rail accidents are caused by third parties – for example, a tree on private property falling onto the line or a car being parked on a level crossing – Tocs can claim for damages, says Ricky Lindsay
FEATURE: LAND RIGHTS [Download]
Complex regulations govern the way in which railway property is sold. New rules aim to simplify matters, as Tammy Samuel and Matthew Hanslip Ward explain
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
A time and a place
Bound booklets of nationwide timetables were popular in Victorian times, but fell out of use with the dawn of the internet. But now they’re back, as John Glover explains.
Plus: dates for your diary
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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