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JUNE 2008 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: ORR needs to re-think Network Rail 'punishments'
NEWS HEADLINES
- Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine re-opens after 40 years
- Rail safety trends continuing, says RSSB
- ORR rejects use of Network Rail fine for 'rail improvements'
- Austrian solution makes tracks 'greener'
- Monorail out of Heathrow 'would relieve M4 congestion'
- Profits up at First
- Expressions of interest sought for South Central
- Satellites speed up onboard wi-fi
- Brown presses for green agenda
LETTERS
- Bring back platform tickets
- Barriers make life easier for frontline staff
- FGW can be all things to all people
- Account was not racist
- Radials were Canadian
- Gates won’t stop anti-social behaviour
- Post Office has always been keen to keep mail on the rails
- Gating Sheffield will cut city in half
- Passenger’s comments were out of line
- Are you sitting uncomfortably?
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- Search is on for new ORR chief as Bolt confirms he will leave next year
- Spending boost for Glasgow Subway
- Trouble Jarvis could be put up for sale
- Eurotunnel makes £720M cash call
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Jim Harries; John Evans; Steve Arnold; Roy Wicks; Ian Prosser; Michael Grace; Mary Bonar; Martin Fleetwood; Jon Scrimshaw; Andrew Rowlands; Neil Johnstone
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COVER STORY: INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN GISBY OF NETWORK RAIL [Download]
Network Rail’s Robin Gisby talks to Paul Clifton about the infrastructure operator’s priorities – and why the seven-day railway is still some way off
NEWS ANALYSIS: CROWDED OUT [Download]
Figures show that the population of England will probably hit 68 million by 2056, while transport planning had anticipated growth stopping at about 50 million. Paul Clifton wonders how all those extra people will be travelling
RANDALL'S RAILWAY: THIRD RUNWAY? WHY NOT A HIGH SPEED LINE? [Download]
Chris Randall asks why the Government is not taking proposals for a high-speed line more seriously and wonders how Boris Johnson’s election will affect London’s trains
FEATURE: OLYMPIC TRAINING [Download]
London’s transport operator’s are busy working with the Olympic delivery authority to get the city ready for 2012. Louise Meakin reports on their progress
FEATURE: PENDOLINO PROBLEM [Download]
Virgin’s Pendolinos need extra carriages to increase capacity, but Virgin has refused to undertake the project unless it gets a franchise extension. Peter Plisner reports on the complex arrangements the Government has come up with to create a ‘shadow Toc’
FEATURE: STATE AID - HELP IS ON ITS WAY [Download]
Douglas Johnston and Matthew Hanslip Ward explain how new guidelines on state aid for railways will affect government grants
FEATURE: INTEGRATING CROYDON'S TRAMS [Download]
Paul Coleman looks at the result of TfL’s long battle to take over the privately-owned Croydon Tramlink – and explains what improvements the light railway will now benefit from
FEATURE: MAKING A COMEBACK [Download]
The re-opening of old lines in Scotland has given hope to campaigners around England who want to see the same thing happening south of the border. But things work a bit differently in Westminster, as Andrew Mourant explains
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
New class 66 named 'Institution of Railway Operators'
Plus: dates for your diary
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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