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HIGH-SPEED RAIL p26-27 Andrew Went, head of engineering for phase 2 at HS2 Ltd, outlines the thinking that has to go into designing track systems for a modern high-speed railway.


GSM-R p28  


FUTURE OF RAIL CONFERENCE p30-32                     


TRAINING AND SKILLS A bright young engineer from Afghanistan has worked on Crossrail and  on his career from the UK Rail Industry Training Trust, launched by RTM. Adam Hewitt reports.


TRACK TECHNOLOGY p42-54


A look at some of the latest track equipment and technology on the market, plus updates from renewals projects including Watford and Wimbledon.


ASSET INFORMATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT p56-63         Crossrail, and Jon Kerbey, head of management systems at HS2 Ltd,          power of data.


RAIL SURVEYING p64-67            


WORKSHOPS, DEPOTS AND LIFTING EQUIPMENT p68-78           Common and Doncaster Carr, plus we look at some of the latest 


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Average circulation for the period 1/1/2013 – 31/12/13 is 9,351 per issue


64-67 20-25


RAIL SURVEYING


HIGH SPEED 2 THE NORTHERN HUB DINNER


26-27 HIGH-SPEED RAIL


Lord Tony Berkeley


chairs the Rail Freight Group. He


is the Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group, a board member of the European Rail Freight Association, member of the ICE and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.


2 | rail technology magazine Dec/Jan 15


Orla


Sedze is the British


Transport


Police Authority Communications Manager. BTPA


 


Transport Police force for rail operators, their 


Neil Andrew


is Director and


General


Manager of Balfour Beatty Rail - Engineering and


Technology Solutions. Balfour Beatty is


an international rail engineering, design and construction business.


Andy Doherty


is Director of Railways System


Engineering at Network  of the European Rail  


professor at Southamp-  


Anson Jack


has held a number of senior roles


at RSSB. He is now its Commercial and Strategy director, and also has responsibility for the Standards and   railway organisations.


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