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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 FORDHigh-speed history
With HS2 Phase One construction accelerating, DAN HARVEY looks back at the route’s rationale and how it gained approval
FREEDOM!
Clayton Equipment celebrates 90 years – you’d like a locomotive with rails on the sides? No problem, comrade
Ian Walmsley
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
ECML recast highlights timetable challenges
JONATHAN TYLER of Passenger Transport Networks analyses the proposed May 2022 timetable and suggests a new approach is needed
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
THE SEAT OF AURORA
East Midlands Railway has finalised the new seats for its new trains, and they’re completely useless – as ironing boards
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
CALVERT CROSSING: EWR WILL PASS OVER HS2
JAMES ABBOTT reports from North Bucks, where one new railway will cross another
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
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
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
Williams-Shapps Plan - who will run the railway?
■ Operational responsibility of PSCs unclear n Managerial expertise downplayed
■ Dynamics of railway operation ignored
■ Fragmentation encouraged
Bristol set for rail regeneration
A railway renaissance is being delivered in the West of England, reports Philip Sherratt
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
YES! YES! YES!
Williams-Shapps is a Great British Railway report. Someone was listening after all
Ian Walmsley