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FEBRUARY 2009 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: Putting high-speed on the agenda
NEWS HEADLINES
- Freight returns to Portsmouth
- Manchester councillors formulate Plan B
- Plans to break Circle Line in half
- Grand Central contests York barriers
- Redundancies for four operators
- First Capital Connect plans ticket office cuts
- Network Rail begins Devon upgrades
- Police threaten enthusiasts
- Class 180s redeployed to Northern
- East Midlands Parkway opens
- First celebrates 20 years
LETTERS
- Observing Continental practices
- Barricading Waterloo
- Lyon: good but not perfect
- Training is the key
- WCML needs more diversions
- All but one of the eastern region EMUs have now been scrapped
- Gantry gave game away
- 'Essex girl' was masquerading as a southern electric
- Where was shoebeam?
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Rick Haythornthwaite; Phil Webster; Graeme McFaull; Richard Catlow; Steve Cook; Mike Glover; Paul McLoughlin; Paul Goodhand; Gerard Whelan; Mick Roberts; Costi Rentzos; David Carter; Tim Cuthbert; Nick Benbow; Alan Shirley; Chris Raven; Geoff French; Thomas Drohan
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COVER STORY: INTERVIEW WITH JULIAN DRURY, [Download]
C2C’s managing director Julian Drury tells Katie Silvester how the company has moved from loss into profit, why it is seeking an extension and what passengers think of the name
NEWS ANALYSIS: NEXT STOP HEATHROW [Download]
Paul Clifton looks at the announcements about the Heathrow Hub and High Speed 2, and examines exactly what the government has committed itself to, while Peter Plisner reviews the turning tide inside Westminster in favour of high-speed rail
THE WRIGHT TRACK: PPP IN LIMBO [Download]
Robert Wright wonders what is to happen to Metronet's contracts in the long term – there seems to be no strategy for the future of PPP on the Underground since Metronet went under
FEATURE: TAKING STOCK [Download]
The Inter City Express programme appears to be grinding to a halt, says Paul Clifton, while the 'new carriages' programme is steaming ahead. He assesses the government's current position on new rolling stock for various projects
FEATURE: LEGAL OPINION [Download]
Raichel Hopkinson and Zara Skelton explain what a company needs to do it if is involved in a safety incident. Contractural arrangements have to be considered, as do insurers, passengers and possibly the police
FEATURE: GREAT SCOT! [Download]
First Scotrail has put its conductors and conductor managers through some innovative training with Train4change, which uses actors to help staff hone their customer service skills. Katie Silvester reports
FEATURE: PLANNING FOR FREIGHT [Download]
Campaign group Freight on Rail wants the government to plan ahead for greater capacity on the freight network when considering future land use – otherwise Britain will not meet its targets for reducing carbon emissions by 2050. Philippa Edmunds explains
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INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS [Download]
Charles Horton on the countdown to the launch of the Javelin commuter service in Kent. Plus: Dates for your diary and details of the IRO’s courses
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A regular round-up of key resources.
