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NOVEMBER 2006 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: Fuel taxes should be used to encourage green transport
The Government may talk the talk when it comes to the environment, but those words do not always translate into actions. It has long been acknowledged that using railways to transport both people and freight significantly cuts the fuel emissions that would be released if trucks or cars were used for those journeys instead. Yet support for green initiatives on the railways is not always
forthcoming...'
NEWS HEADLINES
- Thameslink gets planning permission
- Virgin seeks cheaper biofuel
- Conservatives slam
franchising process
- Minister wants to see
subsidies cut
- Network Rail's signalling plans
- Stagecoach figures ‘exceed expectations'
- Elsenham to get locking gates
- Campaign to
re-open Selby-to-Colne line
- Eurostar benefits
from air scares
LETTERS
- Licence still in the pipeline
- High-speed trains not a green solution
- Bagging new customers for community railways
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- Chamber of Commerce wants to see
more business involvement in railways
- National Express figures
- Eurotunnel debts
remain
- Milton Keynes remodelling
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Jo North; Paul Cooper; Paul Martin;
Peter Fuller; Mark Breen; Paul Davies;
Mick Martin; Roman Russocki; Paul Moore...
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RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: MALCOLM REED, TRANSPORT SCOTLAND [Download]
The Scottish Executive has ambitious plans for the
country's railways and it is down to Transport
Scotland to deliver them. Chief executive Malcolm
Reed talks to Paul Coleman
NEWS ANALYSIS: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL [Download]
EWS is the only rail freight operator to use the
Channel Tunnel. But, as government subsidies
end, will the company be forced to pull out?
Paul Clifton reports
FEATURE: STANDING ROOM ONLY [Download]
What do you do when you need more space for
passengers on already crowded trains? You take
some seats out, of course, so that more people
can stand. Paul Clifton looks at the more
controversial aspects of SWT's franchise renewal
FEATURE: GNER: WHAT NEXT? [Download]
Its parent company has had to get Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection and GNER is having
difficulty repaying the Government the premiums
due for its franchise. Alan Whitehouse looks at
where the company can go from here
FEATURE: BOXED IN [Download]
A shopping centre in East Croydon has taken up
valuable space which could have been used to
expand capacity at the station, says Peter
Phillips
FEATURE: LIGHT RAIL: GOING THROUGH A PHASE [Download]
Paul Coleman looks at the next phases of
enhancements for Manchester's Metrolink
FEATURE: POWER DRAIN [Download]
While local authorities are getting more of a say
over bus franchises, they are increasingly being
left out of the loop when it comes to the
railways. Peter Plisner reports
VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND: POLITICAL WILL [Download]
Michael R Weinman hosts a group of visiting
Brits on a tour of the north-east United States for
a behind-the-scenes look at America's railways
LEGAL OPINION: CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER [Download]
A new bill, if passed, will make it easier for
companies to be sued for corporate
manslaughter. Sam Boileau and George Burn
look at whether it will have much impact on the
present legal landscape
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
It's all in the planning
Working with Network Rail to move infrastructure
trains takes a lot of forward planning. Paul Taylor
explains how movements have to be planned
months in advance.
Plus: dates for your diary
RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS [Download]
Flying high with Fraser Eagle
Fraser Eagle's moves into passenger rail.
Plus:
Peter Aldridge, head of HSBC Rail, on
innovations in Scotland
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs with Metronet, AMEC SPIE, Chiltern Railways, First ScotRail, Londonlines, South West Trains, GMPTE, Crossrail and First Capital Connect.
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