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Highlights from the current issue

Unchaining a low carbon future
Construction projects can have a huge impact on the environment if not managed properly. Michael Rice looks at ways that the rail industry can minimise carbon emissions on infrastructure projects

Rail Professional interview: Adrian Shooter
He’s one of the giants of the railway industry and, although he’s now retired from the top job at Chiltern Railways, Adrian Shooter won’t be severing his links with the rail industry. As managing director and latterly chairman of Chiltern, over the last 18 years he’s helped turn the company into one of the high flyers of the privatised rail industry

Get the price right
Operators need to work harder to understand when passengers will be willing to pay more and where prices should be dropped to fi ll empty trains, says Peter Shearer

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