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Alan Williams: July 2020

One positive outcome of the Dominic Cummings saga has been...

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WHAT IS THE BEST SERVICE PATTERN FOR HS2?

WILLIAM BARTER suggests the Revised Business Case for HS2...

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Modern Railways June 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

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PAN UP: GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME PART TWO – GETTING IT RIGHT

The stock for HS2 has been specified with similarities to IEP...

Europe View: June 2020

The coronavirus in Europe has led to largescale reduction or removal of open access rail operators’ services across the continent....

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NOTTINGHAM – LINCOLN THE NEGLECTED RAILWAY?

Retired Operations Manager BOB POYNTER calls for improvements...

Alan Williams: June 2020

Isn’t it strange? For the first time since I started travelling...

INFORMED SOURCES: END OF TERM REVIEW

New Train TIN-watch assesses reliability over the last 12 months...

Railtalk: Into the unknown

History, according to Mark Twain, does not repeat itself, but...

MASTERPLAN FOR MELKSHAM STATION

A NEW deal secured by community rail organisation TransWilts...

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The value of rail freight

Chris Hoggett Merde, pas de papier: this graffito (in English)...

Trackwatch: June 2020

A digest of the main changes...

INFORMED SOURCES: SAFETY CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS - ANOTHER WARNING

◼ Mandated protocols ignored ◼ Informal conversation leads to miunderstanding...

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Croydon remodelling refined

Network Rail is pressing on in the development of plans for upgrading...

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PAN UP: GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME PART ONE – GETTING IT WRONG

It’s too late for IEP, but not for HS2. Something better change...

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NEW LOOK FOR LIGHT RAIL?

Technological advances mean future systems could break with convention...

TEST TRAIN PREPARED FOR MML WIRES

NETWORK RAIL is preparing a test train ahead of testing the new...

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CrossCountry is changing

A regional focus and longer-term thinking are key aims for Britain’s...

Between the Lines: June 2020

After any major change in the world, for example 9/11 or the 2008 financial crisis...

INFORMED SOURCES: RAIL REPLACEMENT COACHES EXEMPTION EXTENDED

◼ PSVAR exemption to end of 2020 ◼ RDG ‘pathway to compliance’ lacks ambition...

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Improving local lines

JAMES ABBOTT reports on the work of the Sussex Community Rail Partnership...

May 2020 issue of Modern Railways: a discussion

Find out what's in the new issue as Editor Philip Sherratt talks to columnists Roger Ford and Ian Walmsley

Reduced timetables in Scotland and Wales

FRANCHISED OPERATIONS let by devolved authorities joined DfT franchises in implementing reduced timetables...

Rail needs assessment for Midlands and North

THE NATIONAL Infrastructure Commission has launched a call...

Motherwell job for Balfour Beatty

BALFOUR BEATTY has been awarded a contract to build a regional transport integration hub...

INFORMED SOURCES: Transport decarbonisation consultation starts

DfT’s institutional antipathy to electrification unabated...

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Bombardier targets acceleration

Bombardier’s UK President MATT BYRNE chats to PHILIP SHERRATT about developments at Litchurch Lane...

Franchises move to emergency measures

DfT reacts as coronavirus prompts plummeting demand...

Wallace joins NR

CHARLENE WALLACE has joined Network Rail...