April 2010: Contents
Feature headlines
- Rail Professional interview: Iain Coucher
The chief executive of Network Rail tells Katie Silvester what inspires him to stay in a post that seems to attract more criticism than any other in the rail industry
- New beginnings
Welcome to the re-designed Rail Professional…
- The ups and downs of vertical integration
Brian Souter has put vertical integration back on the agenda, by arguing that punctuality won’t improve further until Tocs have control of the tracks. But, says Robert Wright, that may not be in the railway’s best interests in the long term
- The economics of high-speed rail
Evidence of the success of high-speed rail elsewhere appears to be a pretty compelling argument to build one here. But what about the economic benefits? The command paper on high-speed rail didn’t shed much light on the issue. Peter Plisner looks at another study that has helped fill the gap
- Exhibitors prepare for Infrarail 2010
More than 220 suppliers of rail infrastructure products gear up for the NEC exhibition
- What has happened to IEP?
Major contracts for new rolling stock make good headlines but, lately, don’t actually seem to come to anything. Paul Clifton explains
- Travelling over land and sea
The future for Britain’s rail consultants lies in China and India, according to Keith Wallace of Scott Wilson. And back home, he tells Paula Bedminster, the rail industry needs to promote itself more effectively
- Caught out in a crisis
Other countries have railway safety procedures that are set out in the statute books. Stephen Beamon asks what the rail industry in Britain is doing to address crisis management training
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