February 2012: Contents
Feature headlines
- Rail Professional interview: Adrian Shooter
He’s one of the giants of the railway industry and, although he’s now retired from the top job at Chiltern Railways, Adrian Shooter won’t be severing his links with the rail industry. As managing director and latterly chairman of Chiltern, over the last 18 years he’s helped turn the company into one of the high flyers of the privatised rail industry
- Hurrah for high speed approval
HS2 gets offi cial go-ahead; Train companies accused of ‘attempting to bury bad news’; Caledonian sleeper receives funding to continue; Croxley rail link gets approval; Scottish overcrowding highlighted
- Passing the buck
Too many passengers believe that the fare hikes are caused by corporate greed. The rail industry needs to bite the bullet and clearly spell out the real reason, instead of worrying about what the DfT will think, says Robert Wright
- Revolutionising the Northern Line
Peter Brown visits the Golders Green depot and discovers a new can-do working culture that sees a failure as anything that delays a train by more than two minutes
- Unchaining a low carbon future
Construction projects can have a huge impact on the environment if not managed properly. Michael Rice looks at ways that the rail industry can minimise carbon emissions on infrastructure projects
- Rail travel sans frontières
Aaron Gowell wonders why its still so difficult, in this day and age, to book rail journeys seamlessly when passing through several countries
- Candid cameras
CCTV used to be well-known for producing grainy images that made it difficult to identify individuals unless they were looking right at the camera. But, with nextgeneration solutions, including HD options, remote monitoring of trains and infrastructure is becoming far more sophisticated, says David Thomasson
- Get the price right
Operators need to work harder to understand when passengers will be willing to pay more and where prices should be dropped to fi ll empty trains, says Peter Shearer
