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MAY 2006 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT & LETTERS [Download]
'All accidents are avoidable, but some are
more avoidable than others. The deaths
of two schoolgirls, Olivia Bazlinton and
Charlotte Thompson, who were hit by a train on a
level crossing at Elsenham, Essex last December
were, in the words of Olivia’s father, a tragedy
waiting to happen...'
Letters
- Time for a reality check
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NEWS [Download]
News headlines
- Sea
Containers adds to GNER gloom
- Passengers
confused by ticket choices
- GNER’s dish of the
day
- Integration on Merseyside scrapped
- Network Rail to spend extra £400m
Business Briefs
- Mail-on-rail deal extended
- Compass
sells rail catering business
- Network Rail awards
£12.6m stoneblower contracts
- EWS
guaranteed access until 2015
- work starts on
DLR extension
News about people
David Miller; Patrick Ropert; Glynis
Fields; Chris Heaps; John O’Kane; David Coates;
Mark Robertshaw; Jeremy Candfield; Charles
Mills; Robert Baughan; Stephen Hayter...
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COVER STORY: FROM LADBROKE GROVE TO ELSENHAM [Download]
What lessons has the rail
industry learned from the tragic deaths of Olivia
Bazlinton and Charlotte Thompson,
who were killed when they were hit by a train on
a level crossing in Essex? Paul Coleman reports
NEWS ANALYSIS: PASSENGER POWER [Download]
FirstGroup has hurriedly
re-instated dozens of train services that had
been cut from its new timetable on Great
Western. But some passengers are still
unhappy. Paul Clifton reports
NEWS ANALYSIS: GNER FEELS THE HEAT [Download]
Problems are mounting
for the East Coast operator, whose plans to run
more trains to Leeds have been rejected by the
ORR.With parent company Sea Containers
facing financial problems of its own, Alan
Whitehouse asks if the wheels are coming off
at GNER
NEWS ANALYSIS: MIDLANDS SHAKE-UP [Download]
The big beasts of the
transport jungle are lining up to bid for three
new rail franchises in the Midlands. Peter
Plisner assesses the possible outcome
SPONSORED FEATURE: DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY BRANCHES OUT [Download]
Opened in 1987 with just
15 stations, the hugely successful
Docklands Light Railway has
undergone a dramatic £1bn
expansion. Work on the latest
development, a £180m extension
from King George V station under
the Thames to Woolwich, has
recently begun
COMMENT: WAR OF INDEPENDENCE [Download]
Tom Winsor, the former Rail Regulator, argues
that if the ORR succumbs to government
attempts to undermine its independence, rail
privatisation will be at an end
COMMENT: BETTER BY DESIGN [Download]
Architects, not security
guards, can make stations safer and more
welcoming places, says Nick Derbyshire
FEATURE: CHINESE TAKEAWAY [Download]
MTR is bidding to run a
large chunk of Britain’s railway. Paul Clifton
travels to Hong Kong to see what lessons we
can learn from a railway where 99.9 per cent of
trains run on time
FEATURE: A VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND [Download]
The US passenger
railway has been cut to the bone, with urban
areas the size of Nottingham deprived of a rail
service. Michael R Weinman reports on rail
developments in the United States
LEGAL OPINION: SAFETY REGIME RECEIVES A SPRING CLEAN [Download]
April saw the biggest
shake-up in railway safety regulation since
privatisation. What are the implications for the
industry?
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Enrol now for the next degree course that starts
in October.
Plus: dates for your diary
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs with Rail Safety and Standards Board and EFI.
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