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NOVEMBER 2004 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT & LETTERS [Download]
"Alistair Darling has made it clear that he wants a cut in the number of franchises... It is surely safe to assume that he would also be happy to see a reduction in the number of companies that own franchises..."
Letters
- Privatisation was supposed bring in more choice... so what's happening?
- Rail companies need to understand that the age of accountability has finally arrived...
- Stop peddling bad news about rail...
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NEWS [Download]
News headlines
- Rail Professional writer is voted Transport Journalist of the Year
- Garnett predicts GNER will keep East Coast franchise
- Livingstone plans £10bn injection for London's public transport
- Northern Rail franchise finally signed
- Darling signals the end for Central Trains
- Birmingham New Street revamp wins cash boost
- Office of Rail Regulation chief quits after three months
- News Analysis: First Group climbs performance table
Overseas news headlines
- Alstom awarded business worth one billion euros by Chinese railways
- USA: Amtrak passenger numbers soar to record levels
- Bombardier wins major new contracts in Europe and America
Business news headlines
- Arriva expands its German rail business
- Jarvis board under fire
- Bombardier unveils new-look Tube train
- BT wins automated train update service contract
- Business profile: Mark Leving, MD of Hull Trains PLUS City Diary
News about people
Those on the move include Dave Lynch, Peter Maybury, Ken Wells, Chris Leah, Adrian Montague, Sir Christopher Benson, Terry King, Mark Shaoul and Christopher Garnett
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IN MY VIEW: TIM YEO [Download]
Government interference is ruining our railways, argues the Shadow transport secretary, who says the Conservatives would allow the network to be run by industry professionals
COMMENT: SPEAKING UP FOR PASSENGERS [Download]
The Government's plan to overhaul the nationwide network of Rail Passenger Committees is overdue, argues Mick Duncan of Transport 2000. But whatever replaces them must have a prominent role as the public transport users' champion
FEATURE: IS IT TIME TO TAKE BACK THE TRAINS? [Download]
Returning train companies to public ownership makes financial sense - and would be a vote-winner, argues Gerry Doherty, general secretary of the TSSA union. Atoc's director general George Muir doesn't agree
BEST PRACTICE: PR [Download]
Simon Montague describes how rail bosses have it within their grasp to turn journalists into allies instead of tormentors
FEATURE: HAINES TAKES THE LISTENING TEST [Download]
Train companies regularly claim to be listening to what their customers tell them. But is that really true? Rail Professional put the theory to the test by bringing South West Trains' managing director, Andrew Haines, face-to-face with two regular passengers. Paul Clifton monitored the outcome
POINTS AND SIGNALS: ON PARTY LINES [Download]
With an election perhaps as little as six months away, it is not encouraging that rail is hardly registering on the political agenda, says industry editor Andrew Goodman
COMMENT: THE DAY THAT CHANGED LIVES [Download]
Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the horrific rail crash at Ladbroke Grove in West London. Jonathan Duckworth was a passenger on the 06:03 Cheltenham to Paddington Great Western express on that fateful morning in October 1999. He says the rail industry owes it to the survivors and the bereaved to maintain a lasting safety vigilance
LEGAL OPINION: Denton Wilde Sapte [Download]
What rail station operators need to do to comply with the new Disability Discrimination Act
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
IoRO chairman Chris Leah explains how the new RIMINI standards are helping to provide greater protection for track workers
PLUS members' news and IoRO diary
RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS [Download]
Peter Aldridge of HSBC Rail argues that rail freight has new credibility in the transport marketplace
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RECRUITMENT [Download]
Jobs at CTRL : MOWLEM : RESOURCING SOLUTIONS
Plus Railtex 2004 preview
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