Archive
MARCH 2007 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: Today's planning needs to take more account of the future
Our US correspondent suggests that more effort should be made on both sides of the Atlantic to protect possible rail routes from being encroached on by other developments, to give more options to transport planners in the future...
NEWS HEADLINES
- New Select Committee report finds further fault with DfT
- Elsenham inquest
- GNER's new HSTs
- Passenger survey
- Railtex
- FGW meets MPs
- Freight charges
- Metronet battles with TfL
- Africa-Europe rail tunnel
- Oyster offer
- Ticket giveaway
LETTERS
- Roundabout route shows demand to re-open old line
- Volunteer wanted
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- Metronet's Mark Cooper talks about changing the company's culture
- Croydon Tramway's disagreement with Ken Livingston
- Nexus struggles to find funding for its modernisation plans
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Linda Williams; Michael Lee; John Thomas; Philip O'Neil; John Ellis; Martyn Shepherd; Mark Millington; Olivia Carlton; Martin Barrow-Starkey; Michael Clausecker; Anna Matthews; Theo de Pencier; Lorna Reith...
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RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: ANTHONY SMITH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, PASSENGER FOCUS [Download]
Anthony Smith doesn't shout at train operators or the Government but he isn't afraid of straight talking. He explains the rules of constructive engagement to Paul Coleman
NEWS ANALYSIS: ROAD TO RUIN [Download]
The public backlash against the principle of road pricing shows how attached people are to their cars. Little wonder, says Alan Whitehouse, when for many people there is no real alternative to driving
FEATURE: PASSENGER SERVICES [Download]
New groups representing passengers' interests are emerging around the country. They claim local knowledge not matched by the Londoncentred Passenger Focus. Can the rail industry afford to ignore them? Paul Clifton meets Christopher Irwin, of TravelWatch
FEATURE: SIGNALS AT GREEN [Download]
Single track railways don't often get cutting edge signal systems. But that's exactly what's about to happen in Wales, where the UK's first commercial trial of the European rail traffic management system is about to be installed on the Cambrian Coast Line. Peter Plisner reports
FEATURE: SAFE AND SOUND [Download]
Mike Rejman, director of the railway's confidential safety reporting system Ciras, tells Katie Silvester how the system works
FEATURE: GREAT EXPECTATIONS [Download]
There's no getting away from it, most of the time our railways represent terrible value for money compared to cars – or even trains in other countries. Paul Clifton looks at the facts
VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND: PRESERVATION ORDER [Download]
Michael R Weinman argues that proposed routes, and old ones that may be re-opened, should be protected from development
LEGAL OPINION: NO COMPETITION [Download]
EWS has been fined £4.1m for anti-competitive practices. Rebecca Owen-Howes and Sam Szlezinger explain what the freight operator did to contravene the law
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Olympian task
Theo Steel on getting Stratford station ready for the 2012 games
Plus: Diary of events
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS 2006 [Download]
Our 36-page preview details all the entries being considered by the judges in the following categories:
Safety and Security : Rail Supplier
Station Excellence : Marketing Campaign
Rolling Stock Excellence : PR Campaign
Engineering Excellence : Business Manager
Internal Communications : Information Technology
and Train Operator
