September 2011: Contents
Feature headlines
- Rail Professional interview: Alistair Dormer
Hitachi proved the doubters wrong. The £4.5bn Intercity Express Programme deal is due to be signed by the end of the year. And the first new trains will be here in three years. Alistair Dormer talks to Paul Clifton about the work ahead
- Industrial action strikes again
With First TransPennine Express staff striking and London Underground locked in pay talks with the unions – at the time of going to press – it’s clear that the thorny issue of industrial relations is never going to be off the agenda for long on the railways…
- Rock Island Line
Robert Wright visits an Iowa freight operation, which transports goods across three states. The Iowa Interstate Railroad rose from the ashes of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad – made famous by the song Rock Island Line – which went into liquidation
- The northsouth divide
Arriva Trains Wales’ business express service between Cardiff and Holyhead has been running for two years. The frequency has doubled in that time, but some members of the Welsh business community still prefer to drive, or even fly, as Andrew Mourant discovers
- Tyne and Wear’s triumph
The project to redevelop the Haymarket Hub metro station in Newcastle won the station of the year award at the 2010 Rail Business Awards. Katie Silvester finds out what made it stand out from the crowd
- Square route
King’s Cross station will soon sit behind a public space bigger than Leicester Square. Katie Silvester reports
- Move along!
Overcrowding on trains has reached record levels, as Paul Clifton explains
- Fair’s fare
The furore around fare rises misses the fact that two out of five tickets this year either remained at the same price or went down. Edward Welsh tackles some of the myths about train fares
- Death in service
A small architectural consultancy became the first company convicted for corporate manslaughter earlier this year, forcing it into liquidation. Guy Bastable looks at the new law behind the case, which will have implications for all safety-critical industries, including the railways
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