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MAY 2008 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: Ticket row must not be barrier to success
This issue sees a debate on the whys and wherefores of ticket barriers at main line stations, following the Commons Select
Committee report on ticketing
NEWS HEADLINES
- Thameslink gets 1,100 carriages
- Fares fair with simplified ticket structure
- First Scotrail franchise gets extension
- Industry must work together to protect revenue says Select Committee
- ‘Electrification is the future – but costs must drop’
- Outspokean Select Committe chair Gwyneth Dunwoody dies at 77
- RMT and Aslef criticise Crook’s suicide film
LETTERS
- Race was not relevant
- ‘New dawn’for Nat Ex East Anglia, or ‘One’ and the same?
- What happened to the tables and storage space?
- FGW cannot be all things to all people
- Tram-train will face challenges
- Interurban confusion
- Northern is not a winner with all its passengers
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- DFT: Intercity Express is still on track
- Eurostar pays high price for HS1 as losses continue
- East Coast expansion plans threatens new open access row
- Construction firms awarded Thameslink contracts
- Eurotunnel revival picks up pace
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Dean Mitchell; Thomas Houston; David Day; John Hillman; Peter Green; Richard Moore; Martin Wood; Steve McFadden; Lord Tunnicliffe CBE; Clare Neal; Catherine Garland; David Stollard; David Everton; Nigel Wood; Brian Morris; Richard Cocks; Paul Aubrey; Mohammed Ahmed; Chris Bolt; David Spencer
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COVER STORY: INTERVIEW WITH STEVE BAHAGHAN, HEAD OF LONDON MIDLAND [Download]
Peter Plisner meets Steve Bahaghan, head of London Midland, in the last of our series of invterviews with the managing directors of the newest franchises
NEWS ANALYSIS: RAILWAYS GROWING IN POPULARITY [Download]
Atoc’s latest figures put the number of passenger miles per year as the highest ever recorded in peacetime. Paul Clifton asks whether the current structure of the railways provides good value for money
RANDALL'S RAILWAY: BOOM… AND BUST? [Download]
Chris Randall considers what would happen in the event of a recession. Would premium-paying Tocs struggle to meet their payments?
FEATURE: JUST THE TICKET [Download]
First Capital Connect’s Martin Grier explains why First is so firmly behind the concept of installing ticket gates at stations
FEATURE: AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE [Download]
Ticket gates are simply not appropriate for mainline train stations, says consultant Richard Malins – they are more suited to suburban and metro stations
FEATURE: NEW FACES: KEEPING A LOW PROFILE [Download]
The managing director of SWT does his best to stay out of the spotlight. Paul Clifton tracks down Stewart Palmer
FEATURE: NEW ROLLING STOCK STANDARDS: BAD TIMING MANSLAUGHTER [Download]
Martin Watt and Tom Carlton on conflicting regulations covering disabled access
FEATURE: DON'T STRESS OVER IT [Download]
Ingolv Urnes looks at how Tocs can cut days lost to sickness absence
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
INVESTIGATING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
Andy Savage explains the role of RAIB.
Plus: dates for your diary
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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