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LESSONS FROM THE RECORD RUN
What can we learn from Avanti West Coast's London to Glasgow speed run?
ROGER FORD
4LM beats its Covid challenges
Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, TfL’s 4LM Project Director CHRIS HOBDEN tells PHILIP SHERRATT the resignalling of London Underground’s sub-surface lines is progressing
FREEDOM!
Clayton Equipment celebrates 90 years – you’d like a locomotive with rails on the sides? No problem, comrade
Ian Walmsley
High-speed history
With HS2 Phase One construction accelerating, DAN HARVEY looks back at the route’s rationale and how it gained approval
ECML recast highlights timetable challenges
JONATHAN TYLER of Passenger Transport Networks analyses the proposed May 2022 timetable and suggests a new approach is needed
THE SEAT OF AURORA
East Midlands Railway has finalised the new seats for its new trains, and they’re completely useless – as ironing boards
A NEW TIMETABLE FOR THE EAST COAST
PHILIP SHERRATT describes how LNER’s May 2022 timetable has been developed
Electrification metric rediscovered
How can we prioritise electrification schemes?
ROGER FORD
CALVERT CROSSING: EWR WILL PASS OVER HS2
JAMES ABBOTT reports from North Bucks, where one new railway will cross another
Rail industry gears up for Railtex/Infrarail 2021
The joint Railtex/Infrarail exhibition takes place in Birmingham on 7-9 September. ANDY RODEN looks at some of the events and exhibitor highlights
IT ALL STARTS HERE: BUILDING HS2
An introduction to our new HS2 quarterly coverage by the company's CEO, Mark Thurston
VITAL LESSONS FOR MICRO-CONCESSIONS
With micro-concessions on branch lines a possibility highlighted by the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, what do groups considering a bid need to consider? Operations consultant and West Somerset Railway Non-Executive Director ANDY CASTLEDINE talks to ANDY RODEN about how a current safety culture is critical
Between the Lines - August 2021
Chris Stokes assesses the proposed East Coast main line May 2022 timetable
Chris Stokes
An extra platform for Oxford
A Government funding announcement is preparing the way for a third through platform at Oxford station, Network Rail's Chris Nash tells James Abbott
Tailor Swift to your requirements
Class 321, the most successful of a long line of British Rail York-built EMUs, seeks a new life in the fulfilment business
Ian Walmsley
Bristol set for rail regeneration
A railway renaissance is being delivered in the West of England, reports Philip Sherratt
Williams-Shapps Plan - who will run the railway?
■ Operational responsibility of PSCs unclear n Managerial expertise downplayed
■ Dynamics of railway operation ignored
■ Fragmentation encouraged
Can we afford to demonise the diesel?
■ No immediate CO 2 reduction from hydrogen
■ Uncertain electrification programme blocks DMU cascade
■ Government 2040 withdrawal date ‘an ambition’
■ Synthetic fuel offers carbon neutral diesel traction
Network Rail rules the waves
The second phase of works on Dawlish's sea wall upgrade is now well under way. Cornwall-based Deputy Editor Andy Roden reports on progress to date and the next phases in Network Rail's ambitious resilience programme
YES! YES! YES!
Williams-Shapps is a Great British Railway report. Someone was listening after all
Ian Walmsley
COLLABORATING TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS
Network Rail Chief Executive ANDREW HAINES told a Golden Whistles webinar on 28 May how operational excellence will be key to delivering the promises set out in the Williams-Shapps White Paper
GREAT WESTERN PREPARES FOR THE REBOUND
GWR MD MARK HOPWOOD IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF PASSENGERS,...
Chris Stokes on the Williams-Shapps Plan
Is the White Paper good news for rail?
Chris Stokes