October 2010: Contents
Feature headlines
- Rail Professional interview: Ian Yeowart
Once the public face of Grand Central, Ian Yeowart is back with a new open access bid – one that could see the GNER brand reinstated. Katie Silvester met him at his York office
- The Nimbys who hold us all back
Practically since the first ever railway sleeper was laid, Nimbys (not in my back yard) have been a huge problem for the railways…
- Made in Europe
Introducing new rolling stock onto the network is never straightforward, which is why Roscos prefer ordering proven designs like Desiros and Electrostars. But, asks Robert Wright, could European manufacturers soon be facing competition from the Chinese?
- The waiting game
With just a few weeks to go until the spending review is revealed, Paul Clifton considers what is likely to go
- Benchmarking Network Rail
In a new quarterly column, the ORR will be highlighting the most important areas of its work
- Building bridges
How realistic is the concept of the ‘seven-day railway’, with all the engineering work that inevitably has to take place on Britain’s infrastructure? Katie Silvester investigates
- Constructing Crossrail
Plenty of preparatory work has been done on Crossrail since the project got the go-ahead three years ago, but tunnelling has yet to start. Dan Harvey looks at the progress that has been made
- Putting the human into station design
Ticket queues that block access routes and run-down stations that attract crime... David Watts examines how station environments can be improved for passengers
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