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TIMETABLING IN CRISIS
Our monthly editorial focuses on current scheduling challenges facing the industry
GREATER ANGLIA GETS SET FOR RECOVERY
Managing Director JAMIE BURLES talks to PHILIP SHERRATT about the post-Covid outlook for railways in East Anglia
NETWORK RAIL APPROVES BENDER RS4 TIER 2 INTELLIGENT INSULATION MONITORING SYSTEM
Network Rail has awarded full product acceptance (PA05/07464) of Bender UK’s RS4 Tier 2 Intelligent Insulation Monitoring System after numerous live trials of the equipment.
Mobile station managers minimise ECML disruption
Scarred by engineering overruns at King’s Cross in Christmas 2014, Govia Thameslink Railway was determined to make things run as smoothly as possible during the recent East Coast Upgrade. COLIN ORD and DAVID GOTT talk to ANDY RODEN about why a new Mobile Station Manager role was created and why it has proved so successful
Alan Williams - September 2021
Alan Williams discusses unpopular timetable changes proposed for North East England
SOLENT ASPIRATION
Local politicians and rail activists are keen to see passenger services restored to the Fawley branch, reports James Abbott
James Abbott
VERY LIGHT RAIL: a viable lead to reopenings?
Where heavy rail is perceived to be too expensive to reopen former routes, the rapidly developing concept of Very Light Rail could be vital to ensuring modal shift. ANDY RODEN looks at its potential and limitations
Decarbonising transport - can Network Rail deliver?
■ Concerns over TRU and MML Phase 3 costs
■ Central technical direction needed
■ Regional responsibility risks fragmentation
Transport decarbonisation - India shows the way
■ Strong central direction
■ Total commitment by government and industry
■ Mission 100% electrification
Transport decarbonisation - now show us the money
■ Unambiguous commitments to electrification n Freight the clear winner
■ Third rail infill options to be pursued
■ ‘Sparks effect’ acknowledged
Battersea boost imminent
MARTIN GOSLING, Transport for London’s Project Director for the Northern Line extension, tells PHILIP SHERRATT about the final preparations for the autumn opening of the new branch from Kennington
Between the Lines - September 2021
Chris Stokes discusses the merits of devolution for the railway
Chris Stokes
Hardware hamstrings ECML 2022 timetable plans
■ Deferral recommended to May 2023
■ Azuma crack repair timescale still unknown
■ Grid supply upgrade delay
■ £1.2bn enhancements waiting
Trackwatch - September 2021
A digest of the main changes on Network Rail, London Underground and Northern Ireland Railways infrastructure during June 2021
ROLLING STOCK: WILLIAMS-SHAPPS PLAN CREATES VACUUM
Roger Ford analyses the rolling stock implications of the White Paper
ROGER FORD
The people behind HS2
In the first part of a new series looking at the people building High Speed 2, HS2 Ltd Chief Executive MARK THURSTON talks to ANDY RODEN about the challenges, achievements and pride in building Britain’s newest railway
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
Electrification metric rediscovered
How can we prioritise electrification schemes?
ROGER FORD
THE SEAT OF AURORA
East Midlands Railway has finalised the new seats for its new trains, and they’re completely useless – as ironing boards