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Croeso I Gymru!

Community Rail projects in Wales and the Borders are supporting the post-Covid rebuild

Network Rail slims ahead of GBR

■ Last decade’s headcount growth reversed
■ Redundancies to follow VSS
■ More savings from GBR efficiencies

Navigating stormy waters

Does the Integrated Rail Plan provide more opportunities than first thought?

Trans-Pennine troubles

Our columnist says future plans for routes across the North of England are inadequate

Operators facing revenue-cost gap

■ Omicron reversed ridership revival
■ Treasury sustains revenue support
■ Costs continued to increase through 2020-21

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Avanti West Coast looks to recovery

The West Coast operator is optimistic passengers will return, as its MD PHIL WHITTINGHAM and Operations Director NICK WESTCOTT tell PHILIP SHERRATT

Chasing Will o’the WISP

■ Consultation on 30-year plan
■ Public competition for GBR HQ
■ Legislation lagging privatisation timescale

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Alstom builds for the future

Alstom’s UK and Ireland Managing Director NICK CROSSFIELD talks to PHILIP SHERRATT about developments since the company’s acquisition of Bombardier

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Turbostar phone home

Buy a new train these days and you get more remote condition data than you can shake a memory stick at. Cross Country’s Turbostars are getting down (loaded) with the kids

Trackwatch - March 2022 issue

A digest of the main changes on Network Rail, London Underground and Northern Ireland Railways infrastructure during December 2021

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