December 2010: Contents
Feature headlines
- Rail Professional interview: Peter Maybury
The head of Freightliner Group tells Katie Silvester what the company has been doing to minimise the effect of the recession
- Why prosecute defunct companies?
Can anyone tell me what possible good can come of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) taking Network Rail and Jarvis Rail to court over safety lapses which lead to the Potter’s Bar accident in 2002 (see page opposite)…
- Opening new channels
The row over Eurostar’s plans to source trains from Siemens for the first time could have implications for the UK’s domestic railways, if the resulting court case makes rolling stock procurement processes easier to challenge, says Robert Wright
- Platform change
The modernisation of Birmingham’s New Street station is happening, not only while the station remains open, but also within the confines of the busy city centre. Peter Plisner reports on this major civil engineering project
- Wrong side of the tracks
Lincoln’s MP Karl McCartney has been drawing the country’s attention to the city’s double railway whammy – few direct services to any major cities and a very inconvenient level crossing. He spoke to Katie Silvester
- Protecting passengers
A new regulation came into force a year ago to give passengers more rights to compensation in the event of an accident. Chris Price explains how the new rules will affect the rail industry
- First past the post
As part of the Olympic Delivery Authority’s commitment to sustainability, it undertook to transport 50 per cent of materials to Olympics sites by rail or water. Peter Brown finds out how the rail operations are going
- Northern star
The north of England had been promised improvements to capacity and more frequent services under Labour, but there were fears that the coalition government would scrap the scheme. Alan Salter investigates
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