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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2004 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT & LETTERS [Download]
"Today's railway costs taxpayers £5bn a year,
compared to the £1bn received by British Rail in its last
days. In terms of what has been delivered, it's profligacy
of a quite stunning magnitude..."
Letters
- Why are the sector's leaders mainly triumphalist incompetents...
- Bring back Prescott's Super-Ministry...
- Who's benefited from privatisation? The private sector, of course...
- Putting the record straight on funding for the British Transport Police...
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NEWS [Download]
News headlines
- SRA rejects Virgin CrossCountry bid
- Many news train 'less reliable', say MPs
- Doubts about Crossrail funding
- Overcrowding 'will get worse'
- Virgin thwarted on East Coast as EWS joins the race
- Government crackdown on fare dodgers
- Common sense prevails in platform lengthening fiasco
- Work starts to cut East Coast congestion
Overseas news headlines
- Train crew charged over high speed crash in Turkey
- Bombardier awarded contract in South Korea
- Canadian Pacific reports strong growth
- New airport links for Prague
News about people
Those on the move include Chris Bolt, Suzanne McCarthy, Peter Bucks, Jeffrey Jowell, Jane May, Chris Stokes, Richard Bowker, Nick Newton, David Quarmby, Mary Dickson, Kevin Dean, John Brooks, Alphus Hinds, Phil Barrett, Jonathan Denby, Tony Silcock, David Taylor and Marianna White
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RAIL REVIEW: THE GOVERNMENT POSITION [Download]
Transport Minister Kim Howells argues that the Government's White Paper, the Future of Rail, will deliver a railway that works in the public interest
RAIL REVIEW: INDUSTRY REACTION [Download]
Paul Clifton argues that over a month after publication, the third reform of railway administration in four years
remains thin on detail. It's more a case of 'work in progress' than the 'once in a generation opportunity' we were promised
Andrew Goodman suggests that Richard Bowker's demise and the scrapping of the SRA signal the end of a market-based
railway
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THE RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: TONY COLLINS [Download]
Peter Plisner interviews Virgin Trains' new boss, who takes over from Chris Green this month
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FEATURE: TRAIN LEASING [Download]
The Government worries that train leasing companies are making huge profits in return for minimum risk. But the question 'are Roscos ripping off the railway?' is not easy to answer, as Alan Whitehouse discovered
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INTERVIEW: IAN MCALLISTER & IAIN COUCHER OF NETWORK RAIL [Download]
When McAllister and Coucher were first interviewed for Rail Professional in May 2002, they had a company without a business. Two and a half years on, they are in charge of a very different animal, as Chris Randall discovered
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INTERVIEW: SHAUN BRADY [Download]
Dumped after only a few months in charge of Aslef, the train drivers' union, Shaun Brady isn't going quietly. Ahead of the
union's annual conference, the sacked former general secretary tells Paul Clifton why he's fighting to get his job back
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BEST PRACTICE: BRANDING [Download]
In the first of a series of articles looking at best practice across the industry, Southern's brand manager Andrew Ayers examines the work involved in corporate re-branding
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RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS [Download]
Sector focus: Engineering
A key category in the HSBC Rail Business Awards 2004 will be Engineering Excellence. Last year's winner, Union Railways, received the award for completing phase one of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link on time and to budget. Rail Professional looks at
recent developments in the sector and finds out how teamwork is helping to modernise our rail infrastructure
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BUSINESS NEWS [Download]
Headlines
- Maiden scoops £477m in tenders
- National Express boosts profits
- Freightliner containers up 11% in Q1
- Eurotunnel losses soar
BUSINESS PROFILE: CHRIS SCOGGINS
His background in computer science has helped him drag National Rail Enquiries into the 21st century. But, as he told Chris Randall, the journey has not been problem free
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Kevin Mears reports on state-of-the-art signalling in Chile
PLUS Members' news, education news and IoRO Diary
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs at NETWORK RAIL : METRONET : FIRST : INTERFLEET TECHNOLOGY : YORK COLLEGE : ONE : SOUTHERN : RESOURCING SOLUTIONS
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