Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 168
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Day in the Life
Industrial abseiler - Ben Newson
Ben Newson is an industrial abseiler who works at South Devon Sea Wall, Dawlish and Teignmouth
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Day in the Life
Maintenance engineer - Nigel Edwards
Nigel Edwards is a maintenance engineer who works on the Severn Tunnel
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Day in the Life
Seagull Deterrent Systems: Falconer - Mark Bigwood
Mark Bigwood is a Falconer for Seagull Deterrent Systems
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Day in the Life
Driver - Trudi Tate
Trudi Tate is a driver for National Express East Coast in Newcastle
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Network
Hitachi set to clinch £7.5bn DfT Super Express contract
JAPANESE train builder Hitachi is to design, build and maintain up to 1,400 coaches in a £7.5 billion deal with the Department for Transport.
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Network
IEP becomes key to Great Western ‘sparks effect’
The government’s much-criticised Intercity Express Programme (IEP) of new long-distance trains is emerging as the key to electrifying lines.
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Crossrail
£15.9 billion Crossrail: ‘Show me the money’
Crossrail as a major catalyst for future economic recovery. But Crossrail’s funding structure is not looking sufficiently robust. PAUL COLEMAN reports.
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Crossrail
A cut-price Crossrail?
DAVID R WRIGHT proposes a cheaper, quicker, simpler Crossrail based on using existing ‘tubes’ between Paddington and Liverpool Street
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HS2
Now we need HS2, HS3…and HS4?
Jim Steer of the campaign group Greengauge 21 detects a growing recognition of the logic behind calls for a successor line to High Speed 1