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APRIL 2008 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: First sign of trouble
In the first airing of his new monthly column for Rail Professional, the magazine’s former editor, Chris Randall, casts an eye back to the start of First Great Western’s franchise – when promises were made that were quickly broken
NEWS HEADLINES
- more light rail would bring real benefits
- Chivers slams Network Rail delays
- So far so good in GSM-R trial
- Revenue management systems help TOCS maximise profits
- East-West line comes a step closer to being realised
- Mayor expands orbital plans as elections approach
- Tram-train trials to begin in Yorkshire
- Drivers wanted: 3,500 apply for 20 jobs
- Diesel warning
- Signalling trials
- Railway Forum sets agenda
LETTERS
- Will branding count for much when franchises are renewed?
- Bully-boys have no place on the railway
- Who cares about the paintwork?
- FGW cannot be all things to all people
- Gibb and take
- We are listening to our customers' concerns
- Green? I think not
- Cutting down wear and tear
- Hitting the barrier
- Wrexham & Shropshire and Hull Trains
BUSINESS NEWS & NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
BUSINESS NEWS
- Livingstone seizes control of Tramlink
- Babcock in buyout talks for Angel Trains as HSBC considers off-loading train leasing arm
- Coal generates new business for GBRf
- Rail profits down at Arriva
- Goldman eyes Eurotunnel
- ORR reconsiders record Network Rail fine, in wake of criticisms
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Mark Hopwood; James Burt; Sheridan Flavin; Matthew Golton; Sue Evans; Cheryl Exley; Steve Hampson; Kelly Jennings;David Brown; Ashwin Kumar; Richard Brown; Mike Rayner; Rufus Barnes; Chris King; Ben Wilson; David Ford; Jacque Reynolds;Andrew Cairns; David Matthews; John Meredith; Chris Hanks; Richard Shaw; Moir Lockhead
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COVER STORY: INTERVIEW WITH HEIDI MOTTRAM, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NORTHERN RAIL [Download]
Northern Rail’s managing director Heidi Mottram speaks to Paul Clifton about Northern’s challenges and triumphs, following a double win at the Rail Business Awards
NEWS ANALYSIS: FGW ON THE ROPES - AGAIN [Download]
First Great Western has had an official warning from the DfT, forcing the operator to sign up to a remedial plan to rectify its poor performance. Paul Clifton looks into what went wrong.
FEATURE: TRAM TROUBLE [Download]
The expansion of Birmingham’s Midland Metro light rail network has been debated for more than a decade. Changing Government agendas, lack of consensus and problems with funding have stopped it progressing further. Peter Plisner explains
FEATURE: ONBOARD AND ONLINE [Download]
Market researcher Rob Sheldon asks passengers whether wi-fi is making a difference to their journeys
FEATURE: NEW FACES: GOING OVERGROUND [Download]
Steve Murphy, head of LOROL, talks to Katie Silvester about the differences between running a franchise and running a concession
FEATURE: CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER [Download]
Sam Boileau and Marian Boyle explain how the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act could affect rail companies
RAIL BUSINESS AWARDS PULL OUT [Download]
Eight-page review: Highlights of the awards evening at which the winners received their awards, with an introduction by HSBC’s Peter Aldridge
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
IRO announces a new foundation course
Find out about the IRO’s new training courses.
Plus: dates for your diary
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
