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INFORMED SOURCES: SAFETY CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS - ANOTHER WARNING

ROGER FORD

◼ Mandated protocols ignored ◼ Informal conversation leads to miunderstanding...

ROGER FORD
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Croydon remodelling refined

Network Rail is pressing on in the development of plans for upgrading...

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PAN UP: GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME PART ONE – GETTING IT WRONG

Ian Walmsley

It’s too late for IEP, but not for HS2. Something better change...

Ian Walmsley
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NEW LOOK FOR LIGHT RAIL?

Technological advances mean future systems could break with convention...

TEST TRAIN PREPARED FOR MML WIRES

NETWORK RAIL is preparing a test train ahead of testing the new...

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CrossCountry is changing

PHILIP SHERRATT

A regional focus and longer-term thinking are key aims for Britain’s...

PHILIP SHERRATT

Between the Lines: June 2020

Chris Stokes

After any major change in the world, for example 9/11 or the 2008 financial crisis...

Chris Stokes

INFORMED SOURCES: RAIL REPLACEMENT COACHES EXEMPTION EXTENDED

ROGER FORD

◼ PSVAR exemption to end of 2020 ◼ RDG ‘pathway to compliance’ lacks ambition...

ROGER FORD
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Improving local lines

James Abbott

JAMES ABBOTT reports on the work of the Sussex Community Rail Partnership...

James Abbott

May 2020 issue of Modern Railways: a discussion

Find out what's in the new issue as Editor Philip Sherratt talks to columnists Roger Ford and Ian Walmsley

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