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Goodbye to the ‘Y’… for now?
The Integrated Rail Plan curtailed HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds at East Midlands Parkway. But as DAN HARVEY explains, it might not be the end of ambitions for the full high-speed network
Dan Harvey
Operators face ongoing new train woes
■ Alstom: Class 701 joins record lateness club
■ CAF: trams suffer weld failures
■ Hitachi: low availability compounds cracking issues
■ Stadler: passenger’s favourite tries maintainers
Celebrating community achievement
Projects large and small featured at the annual Community Rail Awards in December
Vicki Pipe
Daydream believers
Does the emphasis on railway reform mean we may lose focus on short-term challenges?
Time to signal change
ALAN WILLIAMS challenges current disruptive and increasingly unaffordable methods of resignalling and suggests how lesser-used lines, and particularly single-track lines, might be cost-effectively signalled in the future
ALAN WILLIAMS
New fleet for the DART
TONY MILES describes the new Alstom fleet ordered for commuter services in Dublin
Tony Miles
Branch line revolution or one-day wonder?
Our columnist questions the longevity of the Restoring your Railway initiative
ALAN WILLIAMS
The safety dance
The creation of Great British Railways is the opportunity to simplify the organisations called into existence by fragmentation, not least in the safety industry
Ian Walmsley
Passenger traffic recovery - LNER shows the way
■ 20 points clear of next franchised long-distance TOC
■ ECML open access operators also recovered strongly
■ Greater freedom of action with OLR?
Curzon Street transforms Birmingham
High Speed 2’s station in central Birmingham is set to transform the city’s rail architecture while recognising its history. ANDY RODEN examines the plan for this major architectural statement on Britain’s new railway
Andy Roden
