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JULY 2005 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT & LETTERS [Download]
'Before the holiday season had even
begun, George Muir and his train
operator pals at Atoc had unfurled a
magnificent kite, boldly emblazoned with the
words "rail charging", and sent it soaring into
the bright summer skies...'
Letters
- Appalled by Gallic indifference
- TVs on trains are a complete turn-off
- Caption error spoilt enjoyment
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NEWS [Download]
News headlines
- Atoc warns 'rail congestion charge' may be needed
- Eurotunnel chairman wins shareholder support
- New way found to detect gauge corner cracking
- West coast upgrade edges north
- New station for Stratford
- Holden blames Connex for lack of drivers
- Signallers go back to school
- Freightliner share offer for staff
- Norwich-London makeover
- Eurostar looks to St Pancras
News about people
Julie Garn, Tim Robinson, Roger McDonald, Griff Williams, Angela Evans, Matthew Glanville and Hassard Stacpoole
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INTERVIEW: MICHAEL SCHABAS [Download]
Critics of Crossrail, the long-awaited east-west railway across London, say the scheme's £10bn price tag ensures it will never be built. So why do the backers of Superlink, a larger version of Crossrail, believe they can win approval for a railway that will cost more than £13bn? Superlink director Michael Schabas talks to Chris Randall
NEWS ANALYSIS: CRACKING DOWN ON RAIL CRIME [Download]
First Great Western has introduced a one-year course in cracking crime. Paul Clifton went undercover to join a Friday-night blitz on fare evasion and watched the training being put into practice
COMMENT: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JOINED-UP THINKING [Download]
The prospect of road pricing ought to have the rail industry jumping for joy. But, argues Alan Whitehouse, without a radical re-think on the way railways are funded in the metropolitan heartlands, the opportunity to get people out of their cars and onto trains will be lost
COMMENT: SLIMMED-DOWN WATCHDOG FACES TOUGH CHALLENGES [Download]
The regional Rail Passengers Committees are being wound up this month. From 24 July they will hand over to... well, to whom? A centralised successor organisation, announced in the Railways Act, is not yet up and running. So who is representing passengers' interests, asks Paul Clifton
FEATURE: RAIL FARES ON THE WING [Download]
As rail passengers increasingly demand more airline-style low fares, Virgin Trains exclusively reveals its plans for a package of new advanced discount fares to entice the cost-conscious traveller. Paul Coleman reports.
FEATURE: STUCK IN THE SIDINGS [Download]
Cities around the UK are struggling to find the money to build light railway systems, while expensive-to-run heavy rail routes are being squeezed out of funding. Peter Plisner talks to John Parry, inventor of the Parry People Mover and an advocate of Ultra Light Rail as a cheaper alternative
FEATURE: A VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND [Download]
In his regular look at developments in the United States, Michael R Weinman highlights the problems facing Amtrak and explains how the railroad is keeping 'the greatest show on earth' on track
BUSINESS PROFILE: RON HENDERSON, NETWORK RAIL [Download]
Why does Network Rail's finance director get prickly every time he hears the infrastructure owner
described as a 'not for profit' company? Business editor Tony Laycock finds out
LEGAL OPINION: HITACHI CLEARS THE FINAL HURDLE [Download]
The Japanese train builder Hitachi has faced many challenges since deciding to expand into the UK several years ago. Alison Coleman and Naomi Horton trace the journey that led to last month's successful completion of Hitachi's first UK rolling stock contract - a deal to supply 140mph trains for domestic services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Light rail - tram, train or bus
Steve Hyde, S&T engineer with Serco Metrolink, explains how the signalling on Manchester's Metrolink differs from other light rail networks
Plus members' news and IRO diary
RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS [Download]
Recruiting for rail
Mark Murphy, senior divisional manager of Mane Rail, has worked in recruitment for 11 years. He began his career in the engineering sector and for the past eight years has been engaged exclusively in the rail industry. Murphy, a strong supporter of awards schemes in general and the HSBC Rail Business Awards in particular, says the rail industry is currently in transition and offers a vision of transport in the future
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A new and regular round-up of key products and services, with latest developments from Advanced New Technology, ForgeTrack, Henry Williams, PML, Probst, Retriever Technology, Ronadeck TackTile, Skansa, Solutions E2, TESTCONSULT and York EMC
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs with MANE RAIL: NORTHERN: RESOURCING SOLUTIONS
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