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APRIL 2007 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: Extending peak fares will drive passengers back to their cars
With the media outrage at the New Year fare increases not far behind us, South West Trains have unexpectedly sold their passengers down the river by launching a tier of 'just off-peak' fares – which actually span most of the day...
NEWS HEADLINES
- Lambrigg derailment
- Rail conference
- Crossrail developments
- LUL's mobile trials
- Fare rise
- Rail's green credentials
- Freight RUS revealed
- New Street controversy
- Basingstoke blockade
- New investor for Grand Central
- Portsmouth closure over-runs
LETTERS
- Don't call us...
- Baggage claim
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- Dispute over electricity charges
- Eurotunnel seeks compensation
- National Express and Arriva's profits fall
- Amec leaves rail industry
- Gerald Corbett leaves Woolworths
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Emma Whitaker; Alan Bennett; Mark Fell; Annette Davies; Shaun Furzer; Dermot McEvoy; Matthew Knight; Nigel Astell; Alan Tarrant; Alan Smeeth; Jag Paddam; Steve Hawkes; Jeremy Acklam; Peter Bell; Jerome Cheze; Mark Prout; Sarah Wakefield; Richard Freeman; Kyle Haughton; Len Abram...
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RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW: TOM HARRIS, PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT [Download]
Government decisions in 2007 could shape the railways for years to come. Can Tom Harris wield true influence over the Treasury to keep the railways high up the political agenda? The rail minister speaks to Paul Coleman
NEWS ANALYSIS: THE PRICE OF SAFETY [Download]
The fatal crash at Lambrigg in Cumbria has set off another round of rail industry soul searching. Paul Clifton considers the implications of the accident
FEATURE: EASTERN PHILOSOPHY [Download]
With just a few months to go until the winner of the ECML franchise is announced, Alan Whitehouse takes a closer look at the bidders and what they might be able to offer
FEATURE: CONDITIONS OF CARRIAGE [Download]
The Government's promising a thousand new carriages to ease congestion. But where? Nobody's saying. Even the train operators are left guessing. Paul Clifton does some investigating
FEATURE: SENT TO COVENTRY [Download]
Back in 2005, Network Rail revealed that it was to set up a new training centre to strengthen the company's leadership capabilities. It's been open for business for just over a year and Peter Plisner has been looking at what it's achieved so far
FEATURE: BRIDGE OF SIGHS [Download]
Network Rail's project by to restore Leven Viaduct in south Cumbria was given a Merit Award for Engineering Excellence by the Institution of Civil Engineers' North West Region. Keith Lumley explains the challenges and how they were overcome
FEATURE: MAKING A STAND FOR SAFETY [Download]
Ian Hammond wonders why passengers are still allowed to stand on trains, when car and air passengers not only must sit, but also have to be strapped in for their own safety
VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND: VALUE FOR MONEY [Download]
Michael R Weinman reports on a new analysis of the cost per mile of the USA's railways
LEGAL OPINION: ON YOUR MARKS... [Download]
Matthew Hansard-Ward explains the process that the period review of Network Rail's funding will take
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Off the beaten track
Chris Dugdale explains how European Union policies are applied in one area of key importance to operators – track access
Plus: Diary of events
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
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RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS 2006 [Download]
Highlights of the awards evening, when the winners received their awards at the ninth annual ceremony, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London
