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JULY 2004 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT & NEWS [Download]
Chris Randall warns politicians to stick to
signalling - and leave driving to the professionals
News headlines:
- Investment soars; punctuality inches up
- Trains 'nine times safer than cars'
- Profits rise to £44m at Stagecoach
- Rail needs 'new ideas'
- Winsor's new brief
- Auditors rap Tube sell-off
- News analysis: Fear of the 'unknowns' averts national strike
COMMENT [Download]
Andrew Goodman writes that even by recent
standards, the announcement of the winner of the ScotRail
franchise last month was something of a damp squib - despite Richard Bowker's glowing praise
Tony Grayling of the Institute for Public Policy Research suggests that the current structure of rail
regulation is obselete, and should be replaced with a system that strengthens public control
Sir Alastair Morton recalls that his own personal history of trying to effect much-needed change for rail offers little hope that Ministers have what it takes to make railways work in Britain
FEATURE: LIKE CLOCKWORK [Download]
Switzerland's ultra-efficient taktfahrplan rail timetable system, where trains meet at major 'nodes' at regular
intervals, has helped the country's railway achieve a
truly iconic status. But, Alan Whitehouse wonders, could it work in the UK?
THE RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: TOM WINSOR [Download]
Tom Winsor's controversial five-year term as Rail Regulator came to an end on 4 July. Shortly before he went, he talked to Chris Randall about his life and times at the ORR
FEATURE: 300,000 REASONS FOR A FREIGHT UPGRADE [Download]
Adapting the railway to cope with high cube containers could
be central to the port of Southampton's future, Paul Clifton discovers
FEATURE: A MATTER OF OPINION [Download]
A survey of rail professionals conducted by Albemarle Interim Management, in association with Rail Professional, reveals an 'inherent determination to get things right',
writes Albemarle's Rupert Thomas
FEATURE: WALES BY RAIL [Download]
The Welsh rail network has been described as the Cinderella of the rail system, with chronic underinvestment and routes threatened by closure. But things are looking up following the
creation of an all-Wales franchise, as Peter Plisner discovered when he talked to Arriva's Peter
Strachan
NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS & PEOPLE [Download]
In the news are: Alan Brittain, Graham Ewer,
Geoff Newton, Colin Walton, Per Staehr,
Moir Lockhead, Peter Buck, Ann Gloag,
Peter Edwards, Andrew Barr and Edmond Isaac
CAREER RAIL [Download]
Job opportunities from top operators including Southern Rail, One Anglia, Chiltern Railways, Interfleet, Arup and Resourcing Solutions
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