Articles by Phil Haigh - Page 5
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News
Railway workers lobby Westminster over rail cuts
Railway workers pressure the Government to ensure the railway has the funding it needs to run safely and effectively at RMT rally
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News
Four bidders tussle for lucrative Elizabeth line contract
Global big-hitters are among the bidders for the lucrative new seven-year contract to operate London’s Elizabeth line.
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Network
Next week: work to begin on Darlington's new platforms and footbridge
Preparations to commence for Darlington station remodelling project, that will 'mark its rise as a civil service and technological powerhouse'.
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Network
Philip Haigh: Wait goes on to decongest Manchester
With the DfT shutting the door on long-standing plans to ease capacity constraints in Manchester, PHILIP HAIGH looks at how we arrived at this stage…
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Network
Philip Haigh: NR strategic business plan
PHILIP HAIGH examines Network Rail’s Strategic Business Plan - and the need to balance expensive renewals in favour of short-term maintenance fixes
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Network
The art and science of building bridges
PHILIP HAIGH provides a manual for railway bridge construction, offering famous examples of the various types and how they function
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Opinion
R978 - Give rail staff a pay vote
Further stalemate could bring modernisation without pay rise
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Insight
High Speed 1 and the Eurostar conundrum
Tighter border checks imminent and a catalogue of post-pandemic complications facing the high-speed railway’s operator, the future of HS1 appears at an impasse