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TRAINING AND SKILLS p26-33 Coverage from NSARE’s ‘Training Matters’ conference in Derby, including the results of the baseline audit inspection and more on Network Rail’s advanced apprenticeship scheme.
ROLLING STOCK & TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT p34-41 RTM reports on upcoming fl eet upgrades including Greater Anglia’s 156s and South West Trains’ 455s, as well as an interview with Hitachi on its traffi c management system.
RAIL INDUSTRY SAFETY p42-45 David Morris, who heads CIRAS, the industry’s confi dential reporting system for railway staff to anonymously raise safety concerns, speaks to RTM about the key issues.
TRACK AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING p46-49 As Network Rail’s high output track relaying and ballast cleaning machines really come into their own, we hear from Steve Featherstone about the benefi ts they’re bringing, and also fi nd out more about making rail assets more storm resilient.
LIGHT RAIL p50-51 RTM reports from a party conference event on light rail, where the case for expanding and constructing new tram systems was resoundingly made by speaker after speaker.
LONDON UNDERGROUND p52-55 The acrimonious driverless Tube train debate has apparently been settled for the next decade at least – are union concerns helping undermine a viable technology?
STATION MODERNISATION & EQUIPMENT p56-64
Network Rail tells us why the upgrade of Leicester station was so vital and how successful it has been – as the photos make clear. We also report on the country’s biggest station wind turbine.
SCOTTISH RAIL p65-70 The roll-out of the Saltire card shows how determined Scotland is to implement not just smartcard technology, but a fully integrated payments system. We also report on the angry debates at Holyrood about the delays to parts of the EGIP plans.
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STATION MODERNISATION AND EQUIPMENT
ROLLING STOCK & TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
TRAINING AND SKILLS 26-33 EDITORIAL BOARD
Andy Mitchell is the Programme Director for Crossrail. He also directed the Southern Power
Upgrade project and secured funding and consents for the Thameslink programme. Mitchell is also a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers.
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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 Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
Dave Mullin is Innovation Programme
Manager at Network Rail. Mullin is also
the non-executive director for SITC (Security Innovation and Technology Consortium).
Neil Andrew
is Head of Systems and Technology at Balfour Beatty Rail. Balfour Beatty is
an international rail engineering, design and construction business.
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