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SEPTEMBER 2006 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: GNER not found; Suggest: GONER
Poor GNER. Things don’t look
good for the East Coast Main
Line operator. The Department for Transport
may have seen the last of the
really high franchise bids which,
effectively, helped to subsidise
the less profitable parts of the
railway...'
NEWS HEADLINES
- ORR’s first quarterly review
- Three Tocs
accused of anti-competitive behaviour
- Northern
Line’s troubles impact on Tube Lines
- Network Rail
suspends Carillion
- Scottish fare overhaul brings
passenger complaints
- Keith Ludeman promises
better performance in franchise bids
LETTERS
- Gas is the answer
- Standard class or
standing class?
- Take your lake
somewhere else
- The long road to
Barrow
- Can Alison count?
- FGW should think again about its HST
refurbishment plans
BUSINESS BRIEFS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS BRIEFS
- One’s Tony Steel explains what is
happening in Stratford to prepare for the
Olympics
- Freight rivals strike co-operation deal
- Network Rail to start borrowing money outside of
guarantee
- Business booming at Eurostar
- Eurotunnel wins court protection
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
New appointments including Stephen
Telling; Tom Smith; Bernard Garner; Kyle
Haughton; Mike Watkins; Chris Thornton; James
Firth; Mike Chandler; Chris Hudson; Richard
Goldson; Tim Hayes; Teresa Robey...
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RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: CHRIS BURCHELL [Download]
Southern’s managing director wanted to be a
diplomat, and spent a year working for the Foreign
Office; now he’s the youngest MD of a Toc.
Paul Clifton finds that Chris Burchell’s diplomatic
skills remain fully functional…
NEWS ANALYSIS: GNER: ALL AT SEA [Download]
GNER has admitted it cannot make its payments
to the Government under the terms of its
franchise following its loss of the judicial review.
Paul Coleman considers the likely future for
GNER, and the hard questions the DfT now faces
FEATURE: FARE DEALING ON THE
INTERNET [Download]
Stagecoach has expanded its online cheap
ticketing website for buses to include its rail
services. Megatrain offers tickets from just £1, so
can it really be profitable? Paul Clifton reports
FEATURE: FROM TRUCK TO
TRACK [Download]
Alan Whitehouse looks at proposals to re-open a
disused freight route from Manchester to Sheffield
as a rolling road, with trains ferrying lorries
FEATURE: DOUBLING UP [Download]
Peter Plisner reports on a £300m project to ease
a bottleneck on the West Coast Main Line
FEATURE: REGULATING RAIL [Download]
Bill Emery, chief executive of the ORR, talks to
Katie Silvester about Network Rail’s future and
his plans for the regulator to have less
involvement in the running of the railways
FEATURE: ON THE LEVEL [Download]
With rising numbers of accidents at level crossings,
Stanley Hall asks whether more can be done to
make warning signs, lights and sirens clearer
FEATURE: VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND [Download]
Michael R Weinman reviews books about
America’s railways and looks at the impact of
rising fuel prices on the railways in a country
where electrification has not really taken off
LEGAL OPINION: DECISIONS DECISIONS [Download]
Raichel Hopkinson and Zara Skelton analyse the
results of the judicial review of the ORR’s decision
to allow Grand Central to run new services on an
open access basis
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Greek philosophy
A look at the new Athens metro – how the control
room is run, what happens if things go wrong and
how the metro coped with extra demand during
the Olympics.
Plus: dates for your diary
RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS: 2006 EVENT LAUNCHED [Download]
Plus Peter Aldridge, Head of HSBC Rail, on
security and the rail industry
Plus: dates for your diary
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs with Siemens, Southeastern, Heathrow Express and Docklands Light Railway.
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