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SEPTEMBER 2007 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: More fare rises are on the horizon
National Express's winning bid for the Intercity East Coast franchise is bound to raise some eyebrows. After all, its premium payments of £1.4bn are more than GNER's commitment of £1.3bn, which it was later forced to retract...
NEWS HEADLINES
- Gates installed at Elsenham
- First Hitachi Bullet train arrives
- Grand Central launch
- Network Rail fined
- Freight grants
- Upgrade for Cambrian line
- Lib Dems want more investment in railways
- Conductors 'too hard'
LETTERS
- HLOS fails to spark
- Britain needs to speed up
- Edinburgh Airport – an alternative
- The two different types of manager
- Does the white paper deliver?
- FGW: We are working hard
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- First Eurostar tickets sell out
- HST2 shortlist revealed
- Mayor fights for Crossrail
- National Express pulls out of biofuel trials
- Tube Lines looks at taking over some Metronet contracts
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
George Muir; Andy Wakeford; Andy Sharp; Paul I'Anson; James Hardy; Chris Waples; Juliet Edmondson; Ambarene Saddique; Mark Burton; Phil Hamshaw; Stuart Wilson; Magnus Conn...
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RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: LINDA WILLIAMS, CHIEF INSPECTOR OF RAILWAYS [Download]
It's not the most popular of jobs in the railway industry, but the current chief inspector has worked in health and safety for 30 years, so she is used to taking the flak. But there is much to be proud of too – 2006 was one of the safest in recent years. Katie Silvester met Linda Williams
FEATURE: NATIONAL EXPRESS'S FORTUNES REVIVE [Download]
Jayne Dubois looks at the detail of National Express's new East Coast franchise
FEATURE: THE PRICE OF PROGRESS [Download]
Just before Parliament rose for the summer recess, the Government slipped out its delayed white paper setting out a 30-year plan. So there was little chance to debate it until this month's party conference season. Perhaps that's just as well, suggests Paul Clifton – there's barely an original idea in it
FEATURE: MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [Download]
The white paper should have embraced projects such as electrification, rail-reopenings and community railways – all of which were noticeably lacking, says Alan Whitehouse
FEATURE: CARRYING THE CARD [Download]
It was designed to help minimise the risk of accidents for workers on the railways and it's almost a decade since it was introduced. The Sentinel system governs the safety of workers via their identity and training – it now records some 47 separate competences. Peter Plisner explains
FEATURE: A CONSIDERED RESPONSE [Download]
Terrorist attacks, train crashes, extreme weather, derailments – when disasters come to the railways they are always unpredictable; yet the industry needs to have contingency plans in place to help manage any situation. Katie Silvester finds out how the railways prepare for the worst
FEATURE: INTEGRATING OYSTER [Download]
Paul Beaty-Pownall explains how Oyster cards, and all the associated technology, will impact on mainline train stations
FEATURE: ENGINEERING THE FUTURE [Download]
Nicky Belben explains what Tube Lines is doing to address the skills shortage in engineering
VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND: WARDING OFF EVIL SPIRITS [Download]
Michael R Weinman wonders what radical changes the US passenger railways need to consider making in order to get more funding – and increase passenger numbers
LEGAL OPINION: TAKING A STEP BACK [Download]
The ORR is considering whether it might be able to take a step back from the regulation of track access and let the industry deal with the less complex applications without intervention. Suzanne Knight and Martin Watt explain
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Ivor Warburton explains why he came out of retirement to take a job on the Chinese railways.
Plus: Diary of events
HSBC RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS 2007 – THE RACE IS ON [Download]
They're off! The HSBC Rail Business Awards 2007 are now into the first furlong heading for a thrilling February finish
Strong on the short term, poor on the long term
Peter Aldridge, head of HSBC Rail, looks at the recently released DfT rail White Paper
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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