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JUNE 2009 ISSUE: CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEWS & LETTERS [Download]
RAIL PROFESSIONAL COMMENT: East Coast: A triumph of hope over experience?
NEWS HEADLINES
- Electrification consultation begins
- Public Accounts Committee warns of franchise shortcomings
- RSSB safety figures
- Barriers danger to children
- Coucher opts out of bonus
- Branson speaks out on franchise length
- Wales asks for high speed inclusion
- Station champions announced
- FirstGroup results
- National Express East Coast difficulties
- Manchester gets Metrolink funding
- Freight leaders ask for help
- Kent RUS
LETTERS
- Northern Line: Historically, but not operationally, complex
- Stagecoach ticket price breakdown would provide clarity
- Climate change argument is too simplistic
- Growth has nothing to do with privatisation
- Open letter to the Department of Transport
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE [Download]
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE
Mary Grant; Steve Montgomery; Anna Walker; Richard Robinson; Dean Finch; Richard Parry; James Steward; Mac Mackintosh; Steve Cordwell
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NEWS ANALYSIS [Download]
Rail ticket prices are rising beyond the rate of inflation, yet the cost of motoring is becoming cheaper. This flies in the face of the government's carbon reduction policies, says Paul Clifton
THE WRIGHT TRACK [Download]
DfT micromanagement stifles innovation in the rail industry, argues Robert Wright, and seems to encourage Tocs to charge exorbitant rates for unregulated fares and carparking
RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW [Download]
Anton Valk, CEO of Nedrailways, tells Katie Silvester about the battle for South Central, sharing best practice across international borders and the company's ambitions in the UK
FEATURE: SITTING COMFORTABLY [Download]
Wrexham & Shropshire has managed to do what no other company has done successfully – find enough passengers to run direct services from Wrexham and Shrewsbury to London. But now other operators want to get in on the act, as Peter Plisner discovers
FEATURE: PLASTIC SURGERY [Download]
Network Rail is to trial plastic sleepers made from recycled material. Paul Clifton talks to I-plas, the company developing the sleepers in a joint project with Sheffield University
FEATURE: ROOT AND BRANCH PLANNING [Download]
Keeping lines, signals and signage clear of vegetation is an important part of Network Rail's safety regime. Katie Silvester explains
FEATURE: OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE [Download]
Alan Salter meets Northern’s three newest directors
FEATURE: TICKETLESS TRAVEL [Download]
Jayne Dubois reports on a scheme used on a Norwegian airport link service which accepts credit card payments at the barrier, removing the need for tickets
FEATURE: RESOLVING YOUR DIFFERENCES [Download]
John Judge on negotiating contract disputes amicably
FEATURE: ENGINEERING A SOLUTION [Download]
The shortage of engineering and design skills in the rail industry is threatening business growth in the sector and the future development of the rail network, says Antony Kearns
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [Download]
A round-up of key resources.
