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AUGUST 2011 ISSUE 173 £3.95
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR RAILWAY MANAGERS
www.railpro.co.uk ISSUE 173 AUGUST 2011 Rail Professional opinion and news High speed high
Nicola Shaw on getting HS1 and its stations ready for the Olympics
Signalling change
Welsh ERTMS trial paves way for full roll out of in-cab signalling
End of the line?
Bombardier sees redundancies, but plant stays open for now
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Average Net Circulation
January 2010 to December 2010 7,672 copies
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Bombardier to downsize Derby; RMT and TSSA consider merger; Network Rail reveals signalling centralisation plans; Runaway excavator ‘human error’; East Coast introduces free baggage check in; Campaign against fare rises goes national
Products and services
A round-up of essential products and services for the rail industry
Business news
Edinburgh trams press on despite funding gap; Invensys plans redundancies in spite of Thameslink win; FirstGroup sees passenger numbers rise
Train of thought
Readers letters: have your say about the rail industry and Rail Professional
News analysis
Chiltern is gearing up for the launch of its new, fast service from the West Midlands to London – the latest stage of Evergreen 3. Peter Plisner fi nds out what’s involved
Wright track
Bombardier’s redundancies have been a wake-up call to the possibility of an end to train manufacturing in this country. The real villain of the piece is the lack of a coherent rolling stock procurement policy from the DfT, says Robert Wright
Rail Professional interview
Nicola Shaw tells Alan Salter how HS1 is preparing for the Olympics, in her fi rst interview since joining the company
‘Biggest change since Brunel’
Paul Clifton looks at the improvements planned for the Great Western, which aim to improve overcrowding now and in the future
Display mode
As the ERTMS trial on the Cambrian line starts to bed in, Katie Silvester fi nds out how plans are going to implement the revolutionary signalling system across Britain
Recognising the signals
The McNulty report touched on signalling, but there is a lot more to be said about the part it could play in reducing the railways’ running costs, says John Judge
Institution of Railway Operators
IRO graduates celebrate receiving their BScs and diplomas at Glasgow Caledonian University. Plus: dates for your diary
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Train operators are under pressure to cut costs following the McNulty report – productivity can be improved by improving employee engagement, says Juliette Alban- Metcalfe
Regulator’s platform
New ORR chief executive Richard Price invites the rail industry to comment on its periodic review
Good vibrations?
Local objections to HS2 include concerns about the potential for vibrations from rolling stock to affect lineside properties. Jim Herbert looks how early planning can minimise vibrations
Rail Business Awards
Chris Scoggins, CEO of last year’s overall winner National Rail Enquiries, explains what winning meant to hIm and his team
People
David Franks; Tony Smith; Chris Daughton; Fiona Tordoff; Tom Kelly; Fiona Guthrie; Ian Shaw; Craig and Andy Dobson; Nick Baveystock; Tom Foulkes; Steve Montgomery; Bart Schmeink; Deborah Gilshan; Jane English; Janet Goodland; Andrew Fender; Roger Jones; Doreen Dickinson
Recruitment
Vacancies in the rail industry, focusing on senior management positions
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