Contents November 2012 Volume 52 issue 11
News 2 This month
4 News
12 Transit news 14 Financial news 16 News analysis
Exhibition review 21 InnoTrans 2012 smashes records Visitors and exhibitors flock to world’s leading fair
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Australia 33 Is Sydney’s wait for expansion over? A new vision for rail in Australia’s largest city
38 The race to the Galilee Basin Competing coal companies’ plans for extraction
40 Traction in transition A changing locomotive landscape
Urban rail 44 Nottingham extends NET benefits Major network expansion underway
52 Canada’s light rail renaissance Cities across the country embrace LRT
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Front cover
East German Railway Company (Odeg) has ordered 16 four-car Kiss emus from Stadler, one of which was on display at InnoTrans.
Franchising farce Doubt over British system following West Coast fiasco
Changing track
More transport plans for Sydney - will they stick?
Canadian club Cities choosing light rail to beat congestion
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