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JULY 2007 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: Rising fares are bad for railways
This issue of Rail Professional looks at how the railways are funded, both here and abroad. Alan Whitehouse asks whether our railways are value for money...
NEWS HEADLINES
- High-speed line proposed
- Portsmouth signalling work criticised
- London Overground,
East Midlands and West Midlands franchise
winners
- Copper thefts increase
- Freight
subsidies announced
- Victoria Line trials
- Manufacturers’ joint bid
- SWT’s unfair fares
- First’s accounting techniques questioned
- EWS
buyout nears completion
- MPs’ rail expansion
campaign
- Grand Central introduces wi-fi
LETTERS
- Picture the scene
- And another thing...
- Are biodesel trials
really as green
as they sound?
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- Brown’s praise of biofuel slated
- Network Rail bonuses
- Metronet goes to PPP
arbiter
- GNER probe
- Virgin and EasyJet
- Jarvis
results
- Bids for ECML
- Eurostar cuts protest
- Crossrail backing
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Andrew Skidmore; Pete Redding; David King; Adil Chaudhrey; Mike Lipscomb; David Owen; Alex Williams; Michele Dix; Malcolm Murray-Clark; David Lowrie; Devrim Kara; Ying Wang; Louise Shaw...
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RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: KEITH LUDEMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE GO-AHEAD GROUP [Download]
It’s been an interesting year for Go-Ahead’s rail division – it is to take over Gatwick Express and it has just won one of the two franchises it was bidding for. Katie Silvester met CEO Keith Ludeman
NEWS ANALYSIS: TAXING ISSUE FOR BIOFUEL [Download]
Sir Richard Branson has called for tax breaks to make biodiesel more attractive to train operators. Virgin Trains has started a six-month trial of the fuel and hopes to convert its entire fleet of Voyagers. Paul Clifton reports
FEATURE: THE WELL-OILED MACHINE [Download]
Worn out track and trains having to be taken out of service because wheels need attention can be a nightmare, not just for train operators, but also for passengers. The noise made as trains screech around bends in the track is no fun either. Peter Plisner looks at a new device that could help
FEATURE: ARE OUR RAILWAYS VALUE FOR MONEY [Download]
With the HLOS and SoFA around the corner, Alan Whitehouse asks if government subsidies are at the right level and whether we should be looking to continue to prop up the system with taxpayers’ money
FEATURE: THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER [Download]
Rail financing is a hot topic as the industry awaits the HLOS. But is it right to assume that Britain is the only European country struggling to fund and manage its rail network? Paul Coleman reports
FEATURE: THE 7-DAY RAILWAY [Download]
Passenger train operators are fed up with running buses at weekends, when huge chunks of their networks are closed for engineering work. They’re demanding Network Rail allows them to run trains seven days a week. First Group’s Jim Morgan is heading the charge, and spoke to Paul Clifton
VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND: US RAILWAYS COME OF AGE [Download]
Michael R Weinman explains how the present organisation and funding of the USA and Canada’s railways was arrived at
LEGAL OPINION: DECLARING AN INTEREST [Download]
A new law for company directors is to come into force next year, tightening up the current common law on conflicting interests. Richard Barham explains
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Instilling pride – Japanese style
John Glover, with Ian Rawlings, John Barlass and Mark Phillips, presents the last part of a survey of Japanese railway practices, focusing this time on safety and staffing
Plus: Diary of events
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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