January 2010: Contents
Feature headlines
- Ticket to ride
The government has stated its intention to further integrate the UK’s public transport. But, asks Robert Wright, is integration all it’s cracked up to be?
- The Budget's electric effect
As most people are still trying to figure out how Alistair Darling's tax changes will affect them, one thing is clear: the railways are to benefit from the Budget, thanks to Darling's announcement about further electrification…
- Training the engineers of the future
When Tube Lines found itself facing a shortage of engineers, it introduced an apprenticeship programme and built its own training centre
- Promoting high speed rail for Britain
The EU definition of high speed is 250kph, which is a standard of sorts, but 300kph and more is now being exploited around the world…
- Spain powers ahead with high-speed rail
Spain has the third largest high-speed rail network in the world, behind Japan and France – and it’s about to undergo yet another growth spurt, as Ron Smith explains
- Party planning
Five months from now we can expect a new government to take charge of transport. What difference will it make? As the parties work on their manifestos, Paul Clifton looks at what they might offer
- Express delivery
It’s not unusual for senior managers of Tocs to have cut their managerial teeth running other types of transport, but Richard Robinson has entered the transport sector for the first time as an MD. Katie Silvester takes a trip on Heathrow Express with him
- The IOSH Rail Industry Conference 09
Peter Brown reports on issues affecting rail safety
- Rail Professional’s Review of 2009
The stories that have shaped the rail industry during the last 12 months
- Cutting corners
When companies are looking to save money, the training budget is often one of the first hit, especially for non-core activities such as health and safety. But this can be disastrous, says William Bell
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