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OCTOBER 2004 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT & LETTERS [Download]
"At a time when most other industrialised nations either have a dedicated rail link to their major airports, or are busy building them, Britain's rail
authority is planning a move in the opposite direction... Is that progress?"
Letters
- Was Howells reshuffled because he lost credibility over vertical integration?
- Freight operators are delivering what customers want...
- Shaun Brady - Aslef bites back...
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NEWS [Download]
News headlines
- Virgin and Stagecoach back in East Coast race
- Pendolino smashes speed record
- Thameslink boss says line closure will help punctuality
- Fears grow on Midlands overcrowding
- SRA suggests scrapping Gatwick Express (plus News Analysis)
Overseas news headlines
- Bombardier wins contract to build Talent trains
- China plans to modernise its rail network
- Interfleet rings the changes in Australia and Sweden
Business news headlines
- Promising start for TransPennine Express
- Freightliner profits up by more than half
- Arriva plans rail expansion in Europe
- Go-Ahead profits from its UK business
PLUS City Diary
News about people
Those on the move include Tony McNulty, Kim Howells,
Charlotte Atkins, Jeremy Long, Gordon Dewar,
Tim Gray, Matthew Dunwoodie, Tom Loades,
Shaun Cooper, Alan Galley, Eddie Fitzsimons
and Ian Fraser
PLUS 20 Questions for Bob Crow
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FEATURE: TICKET TO RYDE [Download]
The smallest rail franchise will be one of the first
Community Rail Partnerships. Paul Clifton reports
IN MY VIEW: CHRIS GREEN [Download]
The new chairman of Virgin Trains reflects on the
way the industry has come full circle
THE RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW [Download]
Keith Ludeman, chairman of Atoc and rail
chief of Go-Ahead, talks to Chris Randall
FEATURE: THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE [Download]
As the Pendolinos crank up to speed, Peter
Plisner looks at this enormous and costly project
BEST PRACTICE: MARKETING [Download]
Dave Watkin of Central Trains describes how to
meet customer expectations using marketing
LEGAL OPINION: Denton Wilde Sapte [Download]
Why the obsession with corporate
manslaughter?
FEATURE: TRAINING ENGINEERS [Download]
How Network Rail and Sheffield Hallam
University are bringing new engineers into rail
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COMMENT [Download]
Andrew Goodman reflects on Sir Alastair Morton's extraordinary career
Alan Whitehouse asks whether handing more power to Passenger
Transport Authorities heralds a shift from rail to buses
INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Clive Exley explains the benefits of GSMR,
the next-generation carrier for railway radio
signals in the UK and across Europe
PLUS members' news and IoRO diary
RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS [Download]
Peter Aldridge of HSBC Rail on 10 years of
outstanding achievement in the industry
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs at TRANSPORT FOR LONDON : METRONET :
NETWORK RAIL : LONDON AND CONTINENTAL :
RESOURCING SOLUTIONS
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