Interviews
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Insight
How can freight be a major part of rail’s future?
Great British Railways will need to focus on nationalised passenger services. Freight could lose out. Heads of the two largest companies talk to Paul Clifton.
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Features
Ian Prosser interview: “A high-performing railway is a safe railway”
Recently retired HM Chief Inspector of Railways Ian Prosser discusses the approach to railway safety and the role of Great British Railways with Tony Streeter.
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Features
Interview: Jonathan Dunster on early retirement and rail's future
Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster has held the top job in three parts of the railway industry. David Clough explores the career of this redoubtable railwayman.
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Insight
Behind the mask…Ellie Burrows
Paul Clifton fires the questions at Network Rail’s Managing Director, Southern Region, who is addicted to fizzy drink…
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Interviews
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Greater connectivity to boost productivity
TPE Managing Director LEO GOODWIN tells PAUL STEPHEN how a franchise policy of new trains and reduction in overcrowding will offer greater opportunities
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Training
Four years in the firing line…
Departing Network Rail Chief Executive MARK CARNE talks to NIGEL HARRIS about the legacy he leaves behind after more than four and a half years at the helm
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Interviews
Hynes means business
Northern Managing Director ALEX HYNES tells RICHARD CLINNICK how he intends to push through the operator’s ambitious plans for growth
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Interviews
Crossrail is engineering change
PAUL STEPHEN discovers how Crossrail is challenging gender stereotypes and nurturing the next generation of railway engineers
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Interviews
Hendy means business at Network Rail
Extract from RAIL’s business title RailReview (issue Q4-2015), where NR Chairman SIR PETER HENDY CBE agreed to an exclusive interview with NIGEL HARRIS
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Interviews
Life on the lines with the BTP
PAUL STEPHEN visits the British Transport Police offices at Cambridge, to discover what life is like policing Britain’s railways
Top Stories
Aboard the ‘Night Riviera’ sleeper train to Penzance
In the first of a two-part feature, David Clough samples the night and day ‘Riviera’ services to and from the South West, starting with an overnight journey.
NRA Major Project of the Year 2024: TfL for Bank Station upgrade
The Major Project of the Year award in the National Rail awards 2024 went to Transport for London for the Bank Station capacity upgrade
25 years on: lessons from Ladbroke Grove and the future of rail safety
Twenty-five years ago, two passenger trains collided at Ladbroke Grove. The consequences for rail safety are still being felt today, as Paul Clifton explains.
