Index: Vol. 73 – January - December 2016
Each issue of Modern Railways begins at page 1. Index entries show the month of the
year followed by the page number: e.g. 3/56 indicates page 56 of the March issue.
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supplement in the August issue.
An asterisk * denotes a major feature article.
A
Accidents:
Andria and Corato kills 23 / Ferrotramviaria head-on collision between 9/84
Bad Aibling, Bavaria, head-on collision
3/83, 4/68
Biesdorf, eastern Berlin / Fire destroys crowded Talent DMU at 4/68
Bristol Temple Meads / CrossCountry Class 43 power car detaches
from train
12/85
Chiltern / Tree collision hits
3/11
Croydon tram derailment / Seven dead in
12/16
Friesenbrücke bridge bash shuts international line
1/84
Hermalle-sous-Huy / Collision leaves three dead near
7/80
Hope station / £400K fine for Babcock Rail after incident at
3/22
O Porriño derailment / Call for leased fleet to be returned 11/82
Saxilby / Carillion fined over accident at
2/21
Vendenheim blamed on excessive speed / TGV derailment near 1/83
Wootton Bassett / West Coast Railways prosecuted over SPAD at 1/12
Airlines & Airports:
Anglian ambition / Abellio’s
10/22
Brussels Metro and Airport / Suicide bombers attack
5/65
* Consultants rise to project challenges
Supp.8/2
Crossrail civils work draws to a close
9/95
Crossrail: moving towards operations
3/66
* Crossrail: Stand by for operation
Supp.4/20
* Crossrail: Surface programme partnership
Supp.4/10
East Anglia fleets: Siemens edged out by Stadler and Bombardier / Replacement
9/14
Heathrow airport charge / ORR saves Crossrail from
7/19
Heathrow charges for Crossrail services / Row over
3/11
* Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
London Night Tube services / August start for
7/19
* London to Scotland: Rail battles air for market share
10/64, 11/44
Manchester Airport / ATW extends to
6/14
Manchester Airport – Cleethorpes through service restored
5/19
* Manchester Airport connection / The
Supp.5/37, 6/40
* Manchester Airport: Taking the North further
Supp.5/20, 6/40
* North of England: Rail network improvements
Supp.5/32, 6/40
* North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
north west / ‘Phased’ improvements in
12/12
Paris CDG airport / CDG Express for
7/80
Venice / Airport rail link for
5/68
‘Alan Williams’:
1/74, 2/98, 3/98, 4/82, 5/82, 6/98, 7/98, 8/98, 9/98, 10/98, 11/98, 12/98
‘Alan Williams’ replies:
Albania:
Infrastructure upgrades funded
Association of Rail North Partner Authorities:
* North for the North / By the
2/46, 4/41, 5/41
8/81
Supp.5/10
Austria:
Desiros enter service as ŐBB plans more EMUs
EMU framework tender / Bombardier wins
Növog / Ex-Vogtlandbahn Regiosprinters in service with
Vienna-Bratislava upgrade / Work begins on
Vienna’s new station fully open
Zillertalbahn / Electrification for
5/64
11/79
10/82
12/79
2/81
12/79
B
Belarus:
Flirts in use on newly electrified line / Stadler
Belgium:
Brussels Metro and Airport / Suicide bombers attack
Brussels Metro order / CAF wins
double deck coaches / Over 1300 new
Hermalle-sous-Huy / Collision leaves three dead near
LGV Est Européenne opens
RER Schuman-Josaphat Tunnel opens / New
9/82
5/65
12/80
3/82
7/80
8/80
6/80
‘Between the Lines’:
1/98, 2/95, 3/95, 4/78, 5/78, 6/96, 7/96, 8/96, 9/97, 10/97, 11/97, 12/97
‘Between the Lines’ replies:
10/48, 12/45
‘Blood and Custard’:
1/38, 2/44, 3/42, 4/42, 5/42, 6/42, 7/48, 8/50, 9/50, 10/50, 11/48, 12/46
‘Blood and Custard’ replies:
British Transport Police:
* Cardiff Central meets the rugby challenge
Crossrail: moving towards operations
Croydon tram derailment / Seven dead in
Bulgaria:
Sofia Metro expansion
11/47, 12/45
5/54
3/66
12/16
6/80
C
Channel Tunnel:
Amsterdam and Bordeaux services / Eurostar plans
6/79
Channel Tunnel equipped with GSM-R
11/79
Channel Tunnel trekker granted UK asylum
8/80
Eurostar / Bataclan and Brexit hit
11/15
Eurostar Class 373 in store
10/87
Eurostar Class 373s to be scrapped
11/84
Eurostar Class 374 Velaro sims from Corys
2/92
Eurostar e320: Day return to Paris
8/40
Eurostar e320 in service
1/82
Eurostar reports of 10% fall in passengers
12/79
Eurotunnel / Growth at
4/76
Eurotunnel reports record year despite migrant problems
2/80
Eurotunnel to acquire ElecLink
7/92
Eurotunnel to sell last ship…
2/80
freight network study seeks to boost struggling sector / Draft
9/20
* freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
Hondas to Belgium
8/22
* St Pancras: Serving the customer
2/54, 3/44
Shuttle freight growth
9/23
* Timetable: Quiet change / December
11/50
Civil Engineering:
Architecture: Beauty in transport
Banbury / All change at
12/40
9/70
1
British Steel’s coated rail
7/92
* Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal commissioning / Cardiff prepares for
12/62
Cheshire closure for bridge works
2/21
Christmas work / 99% success rate on
2/18
Conwy Valley line reopens
4/20
Crossrail civils work draws to a close
9/95
* Crossrail: Countdown to Elizabeth Line
Supp.4/1
* Crossrail: Finish line is in sight
Supp.4/4
* Crossrail infrastructure performance
Supp.4/28
Crossrail station designs unveiled
6/94
* Digital gauging: The future railway
1/49
Dover sea wall closure may last a year
3/12
Dover: The new Dawlish
2/9
* EGIP rolls on
10/58
Electrification costs
1/22, 1/23, 1/41
* GOBLIN / Wiring the
9/64
* Great Western electrification: Chasing cost and time 7/60, 8/48, 9/47
Great Western Electrification Programme target dates and costs 4/26
* GWR on the cusp of change
8/51, 9/46, 9/49
Great Western Route Modernisation: An Inspector Calls
12/36
* Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
Hinksey flooding works completed
10/20
* HOPS fulfil its promise? / Can the
8/64
Lamington / Early reopening for
3/12
Level crossings: Network Rail in a lose-lose position
7/98
* London Bridge moves on
9/60
* London Underground: Transforming the Tube
6/52, 7/47
Northern Line TBMs ready
4/20
* Norton Bridge flyover completed
5/22
Ordsall Chord battle continues
3/18
* Overground: Turning south London orange
6/60, 7/44, 8/49, 9/49
Oxenholme switch and crossing renewal
8/93
* Oxford / Chiltern reaches
11/56
rains but it pours / It never (Railtalk)
2/6
* St Pancras: Serving the customer
2/54, 3/44
Settle and Carlisle to be shut for many months
4/16
Severn Tunnel closure
5/27
* Severn Tunnel electrification
8/70, 9/49, 10/48
Shepperton blockade in July
7/23
* Southeastern at 180
6/46, 8/49
Stations: Gimme shelter
2/38
* Stations of the future
10/70
tampers for LU / Matisa
1/18
Thames Valley wires retrofit planned
4/12
tunnelling skills: Promoting
7/95
* Waterloo works / SWT prepares for
11/62
Weather disruption: West Coast main line shut till March
2/8, 3/44
weather disruption / Widespread
2/9
* West Midlands Railway: A brand for Birmingham
12/48
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*
*
Community Rail Partnerships / Association of Community Rail
Partnerships:
Chief Executive: Neil Buxton bows out of ACoRP
9/88
* GWR on the cusp of change
8/51, 9/46, 9/49
reat Britain: 1/22, 1/23, 1/41, 2/48, 2/63, 3/8, 3/9, 3/14, 3/18, 3/22, 3/54, 4/12, G
4/18, 4/26, 4/51, 5/16, 5/26, 5/27, 5/32, Supp.5/1, 5/44, 6/20, 6/39, 7/22, 7/23, 7/60, 8/6, 8/12, 8/13, 8/24, 8/64, 8/70, 9/19, 9/20, 9/64, 10/32, 10/58, 11/26, 12/6, 12/9, 12/12, 12/21, 12/22, 12/26, 12/48
Councils / Local Authorities:
Blackford yard approved / Bottled water
5/20
Bromsgrove station opens / New
8/21
campaigns / Concerted (Welcome)
3/3
* Cardiff Central meets the rugby challenge
5/54
* Consultants rise to project challenges
Supp.8/2
Cornwall structural funds / Brexit threatens
8/13, 9/46
* Coventry NUCKLEs down
12/58
Coventry to Nuneaton line for Class 230 D-Train trial
9/12
Darlington? / Dive under for
12/13
Devolution of inner London suburban rail services to TfL proposed3/10
franchises herald new era for the north / New
5/8
Franchises: New trains for the north
1/8
Slovakia:
2
Great Western Route Modernisation: An Inspector Calls
12/36
Halton Curve upgrade / Go-ahead for
6/15
Hull station upgrade plan
6/20
Kent’s railways on a roll
7/74, 8/48
Kirkstall Forge opening
4/9, 7/13
Lea Bridge lives again
6/12
Leeds / New entrance at
2/14
Leeds redevelopment / Atkins consortium for
12/21
Midland Metro extensions / Alliance for
8/24
Midland Metro seeks eastwards expansion
11/14
National College for High Speed Rail construction starts
6/88
network / Expanding the
2/70
North for the North / By the
Supp.5/10
North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
Northamptonshire SRFI planned
3/20
Norwich in 90: Great Eastern speed up demanded
3/50
Oxford link / December opening for Chiltern’s
3/9
Oxford station redevelopment championed
8/17
Oxford Station / Vision for
4/13
Rail devolution
2/46, 4/40, 6/40
Rochester / Royal opening at
4/20
Route for the North / NR rejects
11/16
Severnside energy recovery centre progress
6/19
Shrewsbury proposed / Electrification to
3/14, 4/41, 5/41
Smart season tickets in the North by 2020
4/9
stations / £20 million for new
10/17
trams for Transport for London / Two more
6/17
Tyne & Wear Metro fleet planned / Dual-voltage
8/13, 9/47
Warrington West work / Balfour Beatty for
9/24
West Midlands services / Separate branding for
1/10
West Midlands / Capacity boost for
10/10
West Midlands / New stations
2/15
Croatia:
Class 6112 EMUs in service / New
9/81
‘Crossrail Update’ (see also London):
1/96, 2/97, 3/97, 5/77, 6/94, 7/95, 8/95, 9/95, 10/95, 11/95, 12/94
Czech Republic:
cross-border high speed line / Planning underway for new
Leo Express fleet / Chinese-built trains to expand
Moravia branch line electrified: Arriva’s electric trains
3/82
11/79
8/81
E
Electrification:
Austria:
12/79
Germany:
11/81
12/79
Europe:
Alstom invests in rail business
4/66
Asian technology partners / European operators team up with 11/78
Beacon buys Ascendos Rail Leasing
7/80
Bombardier plans cuts in Transportation Division
4/66
Bombardier sells 30% stake in transportation division
1/82
Brexit debate: European beauty contest
6/38, 9/47
Brexit decision engenders uncertainty
8/80
Brussels – Strasbourg Eurocity services end
6/80
cross-border high speed line / Planning underway for new
3/82
Dresden to Wroclaw services restart
3/82
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European Rail Traffic Management System challenge / The
3/67
European Train Control System? / Euro teamwork on definitive 3/25
European Union Agency for Railways replaces ERA
9/80
Eurostar plans Amsterdam and Bordeaux services
6/79
Exports: Rail Supply Group naïveté endorsed
10/26
freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
LGV Est Européenne opens
8/80
Metrans / More Traxx for
10/81
Mireo to replace Desiro on continent / Articulated
10/80
Otto (Google, Apple & Tesla): The automated lorry challenge
10/18
overnight services / OBB to take over some European
7/80
Paris – Brussels low-cost service
6/79
Passengers: Why is rail ridership rising?
2/66
Perpignan – Figueres cross-border PPL / Government takeover 11/79
Rail Manche Finance EEIG
Supp.8/14
Railpool / Singapore invests in
5/64
regulation?: Last train from Brussels / Is Brexit
4/38, 9/47
security for international high speed services / Increased
1/82
sleeper and motorail trains / DB to cease operation of
2/80
Sleeping your way across Europe (Welcome)
6/3
SNCF part privatises leading European loco lessor
5/64
TGV Lyria abandons Lille
1/82
Vectron electric loco orders
8/81
Vienna-Bratislava upgrade / Work begins on
12/79
VIIA Britanica suspended
9/81
‘Europe View’:
1/82, 2/80, 3/82, 4/66, 5/64, 6/79, 7/80, 8/80, 9/80, 10/80, 11/78, 12/79
F
‘Forum’: 1/40, 2/46, 3/44, 4/40, 5/40, 6/40, 7/44, 8/46, 9/46, 10/46, 11/44, 12/42
France:
Belfort factory thwarted / Alstom plan to close
Bordeaux TGV depot opens
Intercités / Uncertain times for
LGV Est Européenne opens
LGVs / Launch plans for new
Ouigo expands north and west
overnight trains / Funding cut for
Paris CDG airport / CDG Express for
Paris Metro contract / Siemens wins another
Perpignan – Figueres cross-border PPL / Government takeover
Poitiers – Limoges high speed line shelved / Plans for new
RDC grows French business / US short line specialist
Regio2N EMUs for Brittany / More
SNCF writes off €12 billion of assets
TET rolling stock / New daytime
TGV derailment blamed on excessive speed
TGV Lyria abandons Lille
TGV Océane design unveiled
VIIA Britanica Autoroute delayed
11/80
6/81
11/79
8/80
6/81
1/83
4/67
7/80
2/81
11/79
6/81
5/66
4/68
5/65
4/67
1/83
1/82
11/80
4/68
Freight Operating Companies:
Class 90 green machine / W H Malcolm’s
8/22
clouds – TOC silver lining / FOC
9/23
Coal fall hits stats
1/16
Coal slide continues, intermodal booms
11/20
Containers lead as coal collapses
7/20
DB Schenker freight / Re-brand for
4/19
Felixstowe’s 33rd service
8/22
* freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
* Golden Whistles 2016: Excellence in railway operating
3/60
* growth / Coping with
4/51
land / The future of freight
7/20
Reviews: There may be trouble ahead (Railtalk)
1/6
‘Virtual Route’ unit will cover freight and Crosscountry
7/17
Colas: JPAs enter service
11/21
DB Cargo UK:
aggregates deal / DB Cargo’s
7/21, 12/18
Barking concrete plant
5/21
Bow East Goods Yard / Aggregates application at
10/19
Cuts at DB Cargo
11/21
DB Schenker freight / Re-brand for
4/19
Fawley / Last oil to
9/23
Kellingley Colliery bows out
2/17
Severnside waste terminal opens
9/22
Mountsorrel renewal / Aggregates from
6/18
Sunderland / Scrap from
8/23
Warrington aggregates depot
8/23
wool haulage / Nine years of
5/21
Direct Rail Services:
Class 88 complete / Testing on
9/18
Class 88 unveiled
11/8
Drigg construction materials
5/20
managing director / Debbie Francis to lead DRS as
5/80
Nuclear wagon contract
2/17
Freightliner:
container commitments / Freightliner makes
2/16
Felixstowe service / New
7/21
Funding for Freightliner
4/18
hopper wagons / Freightliner recycles
7/21
Longannet power station / Fly ash to
6/18
reachstackers / Freightliner procures
12/18
Scunthorpe / Ore to
7/21
GB Railfreight:
aggregates / Coal to
8/22
Arcow and Dry Rigg quarry workings begin
3/20
Arcow stone quarry – Pendelton revived: Pennine splendour
10/18
Biomass on a roll
8/22
Charity success
11/84
Churchyard, St Pancras, aggregate duties
10/19
Class 66 / Heritage name Evening Star for last
6/84
Class 66s reach UK / GBRf’s last
3/87
Felixstowe’s 33rd service
8/22
Hondas to Belgium
8/22
Leicester quarries train to St Pancras
10/19
LU track renewals contract / GBRf concludes
6/20
Maritime Transport Ltd livery unveiled at Birmingham
11/21
Royal Scotsman contract / GBRf starts
6/85
Sleepers / Loco changes for
8/11
sold to EQT? / GBRf to be
11/21
Whatley quarry aggregates run / GBRf’s new
3/21
Future Railway:
Research revival
1/34, 2/46
G
Germany:
Abellio wins East German diesel contract
Bad Aibling, Bavaria, head-on collision / Ten dead in
Bad Aibling collision / Human error caused
Baden-Württemberg / Electrification in
Biesdorf, eastern Berlin / Fire destroys crowded Talent DMU at
Chemnitz order for Škoda trams
Chemnitz tram-trains reach city centre
Chemnitz tram-trains start operation / New
Coradia Continental EMU for HLB
cross-border high speed line / Planning underway for new
DB Arriva and DB Schenker part privatisation shelved
DB part-privatisation back on agenda
DB Regio beats Metronom for concession contract
DB sets out new strategy
Dresden to Wroclaw services restart
Dűsseldorf / Tram lines go underground
4/68
3/83
4/68
11/81
4/68
8/82
12/80
5/66
2/83
3/82
11/80
6/81
12/81
2/81
3/82
5/67
3
EcoTrain hybrid battery trains to be tested too ‘Electrification’ without wires planned in Schleswig-Holstein
Erfurt / High speed line opens to
Friesenbrücke bridge bash shuts international line
Go-ahead wins German concessions
hybrid battery trains to be tested in Saxony / Fully automated LGV Est Européenne opens
National Express contracts confirmed
National Express starts German operation
National Express still waiting on Nuremberg decision
Nuremberg S-Bahn / National Express walks away in
open access operation – competition or obstruction? DB’s new rolling stock / German states underwrite
sleeper and motorail trains / DB to cease operation of
Sleeping your way across Europe (Welcome)
Stuttgart / Go-Ahead orders Flirts for
Stuttgart / Talents for Abellio in
TRAXX-ME deliveries completed
TRAXX-ME diesels / DB orders more multi-engined
Twindexx coaches / Slow introduction for Bombardier
Verkehrgesellschaft contract / Voith wins Cantus
Greece:
TRAINOSE / Privatisation at last for
10/83
10/83
2/82
1/84
1/83
10/82
8/80
2/81
2/81
4/68
12/81
3/83
1/83
2/80
6/3
6/82
8/83
7/81
12/80
8/82
10/91
9/82
H
Heart of Wales Line Travellers’ Association:
* West Wales wandering
9/40, 10/47, 11/45, 11/47, 12/45
High Speed 1:
chief executive officer / Dyan Crowther to be new
11/86
National Grid / Nicola Shaw appointed as executive director UK of5/80
High Speed 2:
Adonis Commission backs HS3
Supp.5/44
Alstom / Henrik Anderberg in charge at
5/80
Anglo-Scottish speed-up studied
5/11, 6/41, 7/44, 8/46, 9/47,10/46, 11/46
apprenticeships by 2020 / 30,000
3/17
* Boost for the North / High Speed 2
Supp.5/40
Brexit for breakfast (Welcome)
8/3
Brexit: Franchising feels immediate impact
8/36
Brexit vote sends frisson of concern through team and supporters8/97
Chief Executive Simon Kirby leaving HS2
10/88
Consultants for HS2 Phase 2A
2/93
Crewe in 2027 / HS2 to
1/10
Electrical clearances: The plot thickens
12/26, 12/44
enabling works contractors / Phase 1
12/7
freight concerns / HS2
4/18
gauge / HS2
12/44
growth / Don’t bank on constant (Railtalk)
5/6
House of Commons backs HS2
5/11
ICWC franchisee to operate HS2 Phase 1 services
11/24
interim chief executive / Roy Hill appointed
12/87
Joint venture partnerships
5/74
Leeds redevelopment / Atkins consortium for
12/21
* Manchester Airport connection / The
Supp.5/37, 6/40
Moor Street / More trains to
8/20
North / Nicola Shaw proposes a route for the
5/30
Old Oak Common / Funding for Overground stations at
2/13, 3/45
opening / HS2 may miss 2026
8/14, 9/47
Ordsall Chord battle continues
3/18
people / Positive about
2/72
Phase 1 Engineering Delivery Partner / HS2 appoints
Supp.8/12
Politicians and the railways (Railtalk)
9/6
Rail Supply Group naïveté endorsed
10/26
services / Integrated ‘franchise’ for ICWC and HS2
12/30
Sheffield centre / HS2 spur into
8/14, 9/47
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Sustainability of Benefit Street
7/42
Terminal inefficiencies
1/42
Tilt and HS2
5/11, 6/41, 7/44, 8/46, 9/47, 10/46, 11/46
Transport strategy for the North
Supp.5/6, 6/40
working railway / HS2 – starting to impact the
2/32
‘Y’ route / Government confirms HS2
12/7
High Speed 3:
Adonis Commission backs HS3
Supp.5/44
Funding for HS3 development: Chancellor backs improved Leeds – Manchester link
4/8
* Transport strategy for the North
Supp.5/6, 6/40
Hungary:
Gysev / More Flirts for
open access operators / Ex-BR locos for
upgrades / Chinese and Russian funding for Serbia/Hungary
10/84
8/83
2/80
I
‘In Business’:
1/92, 2/92, 3/92, 4/76, 5/74, 6/92, 7/92, 8/90, 9/90, 10/90, 11/90, 12/90
Independent Transport Commission:
* Passengers: Why is rail ridership rising?
2/66
Industry:
3Squared / Queen’s Award for
9/88
Aecom appoints Russell Jackson as new head of rail
Supp.8/5
Aecom / Paul McCormick new transport MD for
2/91
Alstom appoint Henrik Anderberg as managing director for regional and inter-city
11/87
Alstom Class 390 Pendolinos for painting work at Widnes
8/90
Alstom completes Class 390 Pendolino overhaul
6/85
Alstom coy on proposed new factory
2/30
Alstom / Henrik Anderberg in charge at
5/80
Alstom to maintain GC Class 180s
9/86
Alstom wins Widnes approval
6/14
Arriva wins new Overground deal
5/12
Arup: Future Railway – Lock up your calculators
6/36, 7/47
Atkins and CH2M for Crossrail 2 modelling
9/90
Atkins as rail asset management director / John Chappell joins 9/88
Balfour Beatty acquires Omnicom
11/90
Balfour Beatty for Warrington West work
9/24
Beacon buys Ascendos Rail Leasing
7/80
Bombardier and TfL management criticised over failed SSL contract
4/11
Bombardier / Busy times for
2/86
Bombardier opens new test facility
6/84
Bombardier sells 30% stake in transportation division
1/82
Bombardier: Train-life support
1/53
Bombardier’s Aventra EMU / Class 345 unveiled: First look at
9/8
Carillion fined over accident
2/21
Carillion serving the north
5/74
Cemex’s sleepers for Underground curves
9/24
CH2M for Crossrail 2 modelling / Atkins and
9/90
Class 465s / Monitoring for
7/86
* Consultants rise to project challenges
Supp.8/2
* Contactless payments: Wave and pay – Transport for London leads the way
3/70, 4/40
Corys / Class 374 Velaro sims from
2/92
CPC Systems / Malcolm Dobell joins
6/88
Darwin live info leads
8/90
DB Cargo: UK chief executive Geoff Spencer stepping down
8/88
DB Systemtechnik running IEP test support
6/93
DCA: Design solutions for rail
Supp.8/7
DeltaRail rebrands as Resonate
10/90
* Digital gauging: The future railway
1/49
Diversity is key to success
1/73
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EE provides better mobile network connections at Chiltern
4/77
ESG / London Midland CCTV deal for
12/90
ESG Rail: Careful WSPER – adhesion test rig
1/70
ESG wins Class 465 deal
10/90
ESG wins DLR deal
9/91
Exports: Rail Supply Group naïveté endorsed
10/26
Faiveley takeover / Green light for
11/90
Fugro to support high output renewal
2/92
Furrer+Frey: Funding for new electrification PhD
10/90
GHD’s new rail leader Mike Grimsey
5/80
Golden Whistles 2016: Excellence in railway operating
3/60
Great Western Route Modernisation: An Inspector Calls
12/36
HackTrain report on innovation and research:
Tear down the wall
7/38, 8/46, 9/47
Henry Williams: Safe cabling interface
6/92
HIMA grows presence
1/93
Hitachi Class 800 AT300 bi-modes / GWR orders more
9/16
Hitachi Information Control Systems: Graham Goswell new Director, Railway Operators
4/80
Hitachi Rail earns ETCS approval
10/20
Hitachi: TREsure innovation with collaboration
Supp.8/8
Hitachi’s TREsa: ARS+ for today and the future
12/33
Houghton and TSA in partnership
10/90
Houghton International / GWR HST deal for
5/74
Houghton International promotes Chris Robson
6/88
Houghton International’s new recruits
11/90
Infrarail 2016 / Exhibitors prepare for
3/76
Innotrans breaks records
11/76
Innotrans: Berlin calling
11/40, 12/45
InnoTrans / Exhibitors prepare for
9/72
Interserve appoints Kevin Murgatroyd as sector director for transport
4/80
Ipex Consulting / New appointments at
12/87
Kapsch strengthens UK presence
1/92
Keltbray Aspire: New overhead wiring machine unveiled
8/24
Lanes Group surveys in Manchester
3/93
Linbrooke Services rewarded for supporting Marines
12/90
Linsinger targets London tube work
11/22
Linsinger wins rail milling train Crossrail deal
6/92
Loram buys RVEL
9/91
LPA’s new connection systems facility / Rail Minister Claire Perry 6/92
Matissa: London Underground upgrades plant
2/22
Mechan cranes at Allerton
11/91
Mechan delivers to Melton Mowbray
10/90
Mechan / High Output Operational Base contracts for
6/93
Mechan / Longsight orders from Alstom for
12/90
Mechan’s track wear device
5/75
Minimise Energy: Keeping trackside buildings cool
1/92
Modern Railways Golden Spanners Awards
1/56
Modern Railways: Roger Ford – 50 not out
9/37
Mott MacDonald / Chris Dulake joins
5/80
Mott MacDonald / Dr John Perry appointed group practice 1/95
MTR / Appointments at
6/88
MTU and Hitachi in IEP partnership
11/85
Murphy / Directors at
2/91
National College for High Speed Rail construction starts
6/88
National Training Academy for Rail, Northampton
2/74
National Training Academy, Sheffield: Telecoms training
2/76
Network Certification Body: Rail conformity
Supp.8/15, 10/49
Network Training and Resource Solutions: Ex-miners find new careers in rail telecoms
4/80
Nomad Digital appoints Blair MacDonald as deputy director
12/87
Nomad Digital extends Dutch Wi-Fi and Passenger Information 3/93
Nomad’s Austrian collaboration on wi-fi upgrade
8/91
North Star’s partnership
3/92
online courses / IRO launches
2/79
Onyx / EMU cab air con job for
7/92
Onyxrail has an Italian job with Ciesse
8/90
Onyxrail: Keeping count of Scottish passengers
6/92
Orthio Eco Parks: hydroponic food by rail
2/17
Otto (Google, Apple & Tesla): The automated lorry challenge
10/18
Panasonic to buy ADComms
8/90
Park Signalling: Token of affection
8/34
Parkeon for Northern Irish ticketing
10/90
Parkeon ticket vending and information in one 1/93
Parkeon: Video TVMs for SWT
9/90
people / Recruiting railway
2/78
Perpetuum wins Class 170 DMU deal
6/93
Politicians and the railways (Railtalk)
9/6
Procurement process: Train wars
10/36
ProRail / Network Rail in Dutch digital railway deal with
4/20
* Rail evolution: Showcasing the rail consultancy projects for 2016 and beyond
Supp.8/1
Rail Freight Services receive second Sany reach stacker
3/21
Rail Live exhibition
8/25
Rail Live prepares to welcome visitors
6/93
Rail Logistics Consultancy launched / The
10/91
Rail Operations Group loco mods for EMU haulage
1/89
Rail Supply Group aims to double rail sector exports
3/17
Rail Vehicles & Enhancements 2016: Expo and forum 3/92, Supp.8/13
* Railway Industry Innovation Awards 2016 / The Modern Railways
6/72, 8/76
Railway Vehicle Engineering Ltd granted operators licence
4/76
* refurbishment challenge / Fleet engineers face the
1/56
Research revival
1/34, 2/46
Ricardo acquires Chinese venture
4/76
Ricardo Rail: Andrew Witkowski appointed account manager 12/87
Ricardo Rail repoints switches
12/90
Rowe Hankins launches new split code NIC
Supp.8/10
Serco Technical Services awarded acceptance testing deal
7/93
Siemens: Articulated Mireo to replace Desiro on continent
10/80
Siemens Class 707: Going wild in Wildenrath (Welcome)
9/3
Siemens: Class 707 – People movers for the Windsor line
9/10
Siemens edged out by Stadler and Bombardier /
Replacement East Anglia fleets
9/14
Siemens floats the UK rail business: All this time
8/44
Siemens: Tracksure monitoring system fills the void
11/90
Siemens wins New Rail signalling contracts
9/24
Siemens winter commissionings
3/92
Siemens’ Derby office
4/77
Signalling Solutions Ltd to fit ETCS to Class 365s
1/92
SNC-Lavalin appointments
2/91, 4/80, 5/80
* Social Research Associates: Why is rail ridership rising?
2/66
Stadler Class 88 unveiled
11/8
Stemmer Imaging: Monitoring LU tracks
3/92
Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce launched
6/88
Systra acquires SIAS
Supp.8/6
Systra buys JMP
2/92
Tarmac / Spreading
2/17
Tata / French boost for
1/93
Thales automatic control on LU ‘S’ Stock
4/11
* Thales: The passenger journey – everywhere it matters,
Thales delivers
Supp.10/1
Thales TPWS orders
1/92
TMD Friction coming to Knorr-Bremse Group
3/93
Track workers warned – watch your step
8/32
Tracksure DLR technology deal
6/93
Tracsis takes RCM from America
10/90
Trans-Pennine / Alliance sought by Network Rail for
6/20
TRB Lightweight Structures links with Seisenbacher
2/93
trends 2014 – 2015 / Rail industry annual
2/42
TTG Transportation Technology Energymiser DAS for ScotRail
3/92
UK Rail manager Neal Lawson appointed executive officer with Metro Trains Melbourne
10/88
Unipart acquires Park Signalling Ltd
2/92
Unipart / Noel Travers appointed deputy managing director at 8/88
Vivarail Class 230 D-Train trial / Coventry to Nuneaton line for
9/12
Voith – transmissions and more
10/44
5
Voith wheelsets for Class 142s
11/90
Voith wins Cantus contract
10/91
VolkerRail crane wins Network Rail contract 9/24
VolkerRail to support 4LM
10/20
Wabtec workshop for Transdek
8/91
WH Davis: Nuclear wagon contract
2/17
Wi-Fi / Nomad Partners
7/92
William Cook Rail / Tim Bentley’s new role as managing director 9/88
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff appointed support partner for New Tube for London
7/92
Yellow Rail / Mk 4 carriage refurb for
6/92
York EMC / Accredition for
3/92
Young Rail Professionals Rail Week reaches out to young people 8/91
Zonegreen’s Scottish job
5/74
‘Informed Sources’:
1/22, 2/24, 3/24, 4/22, 5/28, 6/22, 7/24, 8/26, 9/26, 10/26, 11/24, 12/22
‘Informed Sources’ replies:
1/40, 5/38, 5/40, 12/44
‘Infrastructure News’:
1/18, 2/18, 3/22, 4/20, 5/22, 6/20, 7/22, 8/24, 9/24, 10/20, 11/22, 12/20
Institute of Railway Research:
Centre for Innovation in Rail / IRR launches
Light rail research funding
test facility on track / IRR’s new
12/90
2/93
2/92
Institution of Civil Engineers:
local devolution / ICE report on
Supp.8/14
Institution of Mechanical Engineers:
Chairman of IMechE / Richard East appointed as
European beauty contest
Railway Division
9/88
6/38, 9/47
1/42
Institution of Railway Operators:
Golden Whistle awards 2017: Calling all star operators
Membership: IRO welcomes 5000th member
Glasgow Caledonian University student success / IRO
online courses / IRO launches
operations skills / IRO promotes
* Golden Whistles 2016: Excellence in railway operating
11/90
6/15
3/91
2/79
12/91
3/60
Ireland:
071 Class / 40 years of the
201 Class locomotives? / Multi-engine solution for
adverts on IÉ intercity train / First all over
Belmond Grand Hibernian launched
Belmond Mk 3 coaches back in Ireland
Belmond’s Irish luxury
Boyne viaduct refurbishment completed
DART ‘turn up and go’ service plan
Dublin cross city services start with new timetable / New
Dublin LUAS tram network extensions and line upgrades
Dublin Metro North back on the table
Dublin resignalling
Dublin Transport Strategy Plan / €10 billion
Easter Rising commemorated at stations / 1916
Enterprise trains / Prohibition notice for
fleet upgrade / Irish
freight train in Ireland trialled / Heaviest
graffiti removal costs / IÉ counts
intermodal freight train operated / Longest commercial
Luas tram network / Mechan’s track wear device on
Metro North to Dublin Airport ‘may not happen’
Passenger numbers up in 2015
rail census for 2015 / Results of
Translink Northern Irish ticketing / Parkeon for
8/83
7/81
1/84
9/83
2/83
2/93
2/83
1/84
11/81
6/81
6/81
8/83
6/82
5/67
3/84
11/74
4/69
1/84
9/83
5/75
10/84
5/67
12/82
10/90
6
Vandalism: Poetic justice
Vehicle licence plate recognition cameras installed at crossings
Western Rail Corridor and Sligo lines / Flooding hits
Western Rail Corridor reopens
6/81
4/70
2/83
7/82
Italy:
Ferrotramviaria head-on collision kills 23
FS privatisation / Green light for
orders / Alstom and Hitachi share big train
Vectron DC locos for Italian operators / DB orders Venice / Airport rail link for
9/84
1/85
9/84
1/86
5/68
L
London:
‘D’ stock / Stay of execution for
12/85
‘S’ Stock complete and Class 387s on track
2/86
apprenticeships by 2020 / 30,000
3/17
Bakerloo 1972 Mk II tube stock for testing against
‘S’ stock regenerative braking
2/12
Bakerloo to Lewisham backed
2/12, 3/45
Bank upgrade / Go-ahead for
2/21
Barking concrete plant
5/21
Barking Riverside extension / Mayor backs
5/13
Bermondsey dive-under / First tracks beneath
12/21
Bow East Goods Yard / Aggregates application at
10/19
British Rail: Ownership is a distraction / Bring back (Railtalk)
10/6
British Steel’s coated rail
7/92
cameras: Monitoring LU tracks / Industrial
3/9
Cannon Street: Blitz commemorated
2/11
carriages / c2c to draft in extra
2/11
CD40s: Crossrail express
Supp.4/31
Class 317/7 EMUs cab air con job for Onyx / EMU
7/92
* Class 345: counting on it
Supp.4/14
Class 345 unveiled: First look at Bombardier’s Aventra EMU
9/8
Class 387 EMUs / GWR launches Hayes
10/14
Class 700 on test / First
1/89
Concessions favoured for private funding
5/32
* Consultants rise to project challenges
Supp.8/2
* Contactless payments: Wave and pay – TfL
3/70, 4/40
Crossrail archaeology: Finding where the bodies were buried 11/95
Crossrail Chairman Terry Morgan and Hitachi MD Karen Boswell 7/90
Crossrail civils work draws to a close
9/95
Crossrail Class 345 Aventra design unveiled
1/95
* Crossrail: Countdown to Elizabeth Line
Supp.4/1
Crossrail deal / Linsinger wins rail milling train 6/92
Crossrail depot
1/54
* Crossrail: Finish line is in sight
Supp.4/4
Crossrail fit-out / Focus on
2/97
Crossrail from Heathrow airport charge / ORR saves
7/19
Crossrail in transition
1/42
Crossrail Infrastructure Maintenance Depot
10/95
* Crossrail infrastructure performance
Supp.4/28
Crossrail maintenance trains / Plasser for
12/21
Crossrail milestones / Meeting
3/97
Crossrail moving towards operations
3/66
Crossrail: Positive about people
2/72
Crossrail / Signalling
Supp.4/30
* Crossrail: Stand by for operation
Supp.4/20
Crossrail station designs unveiled
6/94
Crossrail stations take shape
12/94
* Crossrail: Surface programme partnership
Supp.4/10
Crossrail surface works progress
5/77
Crossrail track laying progress
8/93
* Crossrail: Training the drivers
Supp.4/24
Crossrail 2 backed
4/12
Crossrail 2 / Lord Adonis for
7/90
Crossrail 2 modelling / Atkins and CH2M for
9/90
Croydon tram derailment / Seven dead in
12/16
* Depot developments
1/45
Devolution of inner London suburban rail services to TfL
3/10
* Digital gauging: The future railway
1/49
Digital Railway at Network Rail / David Waboso to head
5/34
Digital Railway bubble / Managing Director Group Digital Railway: David Waboso pricks
9/26
DLR / Claire Mann moves to
6/88
DLR deal / ESG wins
9/91
DLR technology deal with Tracksure
6/93
DLR to Thamesmead / Mayor backs
11/18
DLR work / Arrowvale’s
5/74
* DLR’s growth challenge
6/66
Driver-only operation: A right to-doo (Welcome)
7/3
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
6/6, 7/47
DOO dispute rumbles on / GTR
11/18, 12/43, 12/45
* East Coast performance challenge
7/54, 8/47, 9/47
Elizabeth Line / Crossrail to be the
Supp.4.3
Enhancements Delivery Plan: DfT consults
3/28
Four Lines Modernisation: Automatic for the people
– Thales automatic control on ‘S’ Stock
4/11
Four Lines Modernisation / VolkerRail to support
10/20
* freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
GOBLIN blockade begins
7/22
GOBLIN wiring / Eight-month blockade for
3/22
* GOBLIN / Wiring the
9/64
* Golden Whistles 2016: Excellence in railway operating
3/60
Govia Thameslink Railway breaches revised performance targets 7/14
Great Northern suburban fleet / Siemens for
2/11
Heathrow charges for Crossrail services / Row over
3/11
* Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
Hornsey depot upgrades
7/86
Investment must be protected in fares freeze (Railtalk)
7/6
* Kent’s railways on a roll
7/74, 8/48
keyGo system / GTR expanding
8/18
Lea Bridge lives again
6/12
Light rail revolution continues
7/18
Locos in London: traction photographs in the capital
7/88
* London Bridge moves on
9/60
* London special
6/51
* London Underground: Transforming the Tube
6/52, 7/47
London Underground upgrades plant
2/22
Moor Street / More trains to (Network Rail West Midlands and Chilterns Route study)
8/20
New Tube for London Programme support deal
7/92
New Tube for London Programme tenders invited
2/13
New Tube for London Programme Tube upgrade funding approval
sought: Picc first, then Bakerloo in 4/10
Night Tube offering / Piccadilly to complete 12/16
Night Tube services / August start for
7/19
Night Tube services begin
10/13
Northern Line TBMs ready
4/20
Northern Line (extension) work begins 1/19
ORR entry and exit figures questioned
2/12
Old Oak Common / Funding for Overground stations at
2/13, 3/45
Overground deal / Arriva wins new
5/12
Overground / Murphy for
1/19
* Overground: The LOROL success story
12/73
* Overground: Turning south London orange
6/60, 7/44, 8/49, 9/49
* Oxford / Chiltern reaches
11/56
Passenger numbers continue to soar
7/17
* passenger railway? / What next for the
7/24, 8/49
* passengers / Rail Minister Claire Perry prioritises
7/50
Pay as you go to Gatwick launched
2/10
Population: How is London going to grow
11/68
Possession planning
3/66
Private sector investment: Lessons from rail freight
12/18
Rail devolution
2/46, 4/40, 6/40
Rail Supply Group naïveté endorsed
10/26
Redhill reliability / Row over
2/10, 3/45
*
*
*
*
*
regulation essential / Strong (Railtalk)
3/6
Reviews: There may be trouble ahead (Railtalk)
1/6
rolling stock bonanza / Control Period 5
4/22
’S’ Stock sander tests for ESG
8/90
St Pancras: Serving the customer
2/54, 3/44
Shaw report: What might Shaw mean for freight?
1/16
Smart ticketing – DfT goes maoist
6/32
Smart ticketing in transition
2/24, 4/40
social media express / The
3/69
Southeastern at 180
6/46, 8/49
SSL contract / TfL management criticised over failed
4/11
SSL signalling equipment tested
1/15
Station dwell times: A peril to performance?
3/68
Sustainability of Benefit Street
7/42
tampers for LU / Matisa
1/18
Thameslink / ETCS testing on
2/20
ticket barriers – is this a cunning plan / Sound barrier: A look at the economics of
2/40
ticket offices / Don’t close
6/6, 7/47
ticket? / The death of the tangerine
3/74, 6/40
Track renewal deal extended
5/26
track renewals contract / GBRf concludes LU
6/20
traction and rolling stock round-up / Captain Deltic’s
9/34, 10/49
Traffic Management System: Romford delay highlights
9/28
Traffic management: Why are we waiting?
6/22
Trains are getting busier
5/60
trams for Transport for London / Two more
6/17
Transport for London joins renamed PTEG
2/12
Tube work goes in-house
10/20
tube work / Linsinger targets
11/22
tunnelling skills: Promoting
7/95
Underground curves / Cemex’s sleepers for
9/24
Underground / Mark Wild new MD for London
6/88
Underground / Notes from the (Welcome)
4/3, 5/41
Waterloo & City Line: Missed opportunity?
7/47, 9/47
Waterloo / Bridge work at 1/18
Waterloo works / SWT prepares for
11/62
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
Wimbledon enhancements
1/14
Wimbledon tram boost
5/12
Windsor Line services on the way / More
8/17
WSPER – adhesion test rig / Careful
1/70
Luxembourg:
LGV Est Européenne opens
8/80
M
Marches Rail Users’ Alliance:
Shrewsbury proposed / Electrification to
3/14, 4/41, 5/41
Motive power & rolling stock:
Direct Rail Services Class 88 unveiled
11/8
Great Western rolling stock cascade hit by wiring delays 12/10
Greater Anglia: The new face of rail in Anglia
11/12
HST at 40
11/19
* Innotrans: Berlin calling
11/40, 12/45
Seats: Northern sits to conquer
11/38
Section 54 blocks market forces
11/34
* West Midlands Railway: A brand for Birmingham
12/48
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
‘Moving Wheels’:
1/88, 2/86, 3/86, 4/72, 5/70, 6/84, 7/86, 8/86, 9/86, 10/86, 11/84, 12/84
7
N
National:
Adonis Commission backs HS3
Supp.5/44
Anglo-Scottish speed-up studied
5/11, 6/41, 7/44, 8/46, 9/47, 10/46, 11/46
apprenticeships by 2020 / 30,000
3/17
* bi-modes / Bring on the
11/70
Borders Railway breaks million mark in first year
10/17
Bowe report spreads the blame
1/26
* Branding: Where the trains have no name
4/32
Brexit: Franchising feels immediate impact
8/36
Brexit vote sends frisson of concern through HS2 team
8/97
British Rail: Ownership is a distraction / Bring back (Railtalk)
10/6
Caledonian Sleeper Mk 5 mock-up unveiled
8/10
campaigns / Concerted (Welcome)
3/3
* Cardiff Central meets the rugby challenge
5/54
Chancellor George Osborne backs Crossrail 2
4/12
Chancellor George Osborne backs improved Leeds Manchester link/
Funding for HS3 development
4/8
* Class 700 – Siemens’ people eater
8/26, 9/49
Class 800 ‘Azuma’ for ECML / Virgin unveils
5/10
Class 801 IEP fleet for Great Western / All bi-mode
7/10, 10/49
Competition & Markets Authority: Competition – Red in tooth and claw (Railtalk)
4/6, 4/41, 5/41
Competition & Markets Authority launches Arriva Northern
7/13
Competition & Markets Authority’s Northern concerns
10/17
Connectivity Fund schemes may be in doubt
3/19
Connectivity is key
Supp.5/4, 6/40
* Contactless payments: Wave and pay – TfL leads the way 3/70, 4/40
Control Period 6 / DfT responds on
10/32
Control Period 6: Hard times just got harder (Railtalk)
8/6
* Conwy Valley Line gets a breath of fresh air
10/74, 11/47
* Coventry NUCKLEs down
12/58
CrossCountry in direct award / Extra Class 220 Voyager for
11/11
delivery complaints in Wales / Network Rail
3/15
Department for Transport and NR clarify roles
5/9
* DfT consulted on c2c’s torrid timetable change
4/44
DfT funding for Freightliner
4/18
DfT underlines rolling stock market uncertainty
7/34
DfT’s boss vows to ‘break the power’ of £60K drivers / GTR service
below standard, says Wilkinson
4/13
Devolution of inner London suburban rail services to TfL proposed3/10
Digital railway business case promise
7/16
Digital Railway timetable ‘may be overambitious’
12/17
DOO dispute rumbles on / GTR
11/18, 12/43, 12/45
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
6/6, 7/47
DOO ‘template’, says RMT / DfT wants to set
8/19
* East Anglia / Ambitious for
3/46
East Anglia franchise / Abellio wins new
9/13
East Coast main line additional paths
7/96
* East Coast performance challenge
7/54, 8/47, 9/47
East Coast service approved / First Group’s low-cost
6/8
East Coast’s ‘jam tomorrow’ trouble
9/19
East Midlands terminal / Green light for
2/16
East West rail project / Alliance for
1/18
Ebbw Vale second track awaits final mile
7/69
EGIP wires delayed
8/12
Electrification: A little austerity might help (Railtalk)
12/6
electrification affordability / Another blow for
11/26, 12/44
* Electrification centenary: 100 not out – SWT keeps on growing
2/48, 4/41, 6/40
Electrification RIP
12/22
Energy & Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd proposes coal elimination by 2025
1/16
Enhancements Delivery Plan: DfT consults
3/28
enhancements / Hendy finds £2.5 billion to save
1/22
exports / Rail Supply Group aims to double rail sector
3/17
8
Exports: Rail Supply Group naïveté endorsed
10/26
First class is a mess
4/78, 5/41
Flying Scotsman scandal engulfs NR
6/12
‘franchise’ for ICWC and HS2 services / Integrated 12/30
franchise to London Midland / DfT announces direct award
1/10
franchises herald new era for the north / New
5/8
Franchises: New trains for the north
1/8
freight in a devolved Network Rail / Managing
6/18
* freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
Glasgow Queen Street tunnel progress
7/22
GOBLIN blockade begins
7/22
Govia Thameslink Railway breaches revised performance targets 7/14
* Great Western electrification: Chasing cost and time 7/60, 8/48, 9/47
Great Western Route Modernisation: An Inspector Calls
12/36
Great Western wiring delays confirmed
3/8
Great Western wiring projects deferred
12/9
growth / Don’t bank on constant (Railtalk)
5/6
* HackTrain report on innovation and research: Tear down the wall
7/38, 8/46, 9/47
Halton Curve service / December 2018 for
12/13
Halton Curve upgrade / Go-ahead for
6/15
Heart of Wales Line mooted / Depot on
5/17
* Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
Hendy Review / TFGM hits out at
6/17
High Speed 2 – starting to impact the working railway
2/32
HS2 freight concerns
4/18
HS2 may miss 2026 opening
8/14
HS2 Phase 1 services / ICWC franchisee to operate
11/24
HS2 spur into Sheffield centre
8/14, 9/47
House of Commons backs HS2
5/11
independent regulation? / Where next for
2/16
Industry consultation over role of ORR
1/12
Investment must be protected in London fares freeze (Railtalk)
7/6
land / The future of freight
7/20
Leeds / New entrance at
2/14
Light rail revolution continues
7/18
lorry challenge / The automated
10/18
Manchester Airport / ATW extends to
6/14
* Metroland of my fathers
5/44, 6/40, 7/45, 8/48
Metroline eligible to express interest in rail franchise
11/10
Midland main line wiring dates / No commitment on
12/9
* Midland Metro makes tracks
12/54
Midland Metro Wolverhampton extension approved
8/21
Mossend Internation Railfreight Park appeal decision overturned10/19
National Infrastructure Commission chaired by Adonis to study Oxbridge corridor
5/12
National Infrastructure Commission: Modernising the North Trans-Pennine route
4/18
National Training Academy for Rail, Northampton
2/74
National Training Academy, Sheffield: Telecoms training
2/76
Network Rail / Nicola Shaw’s report on The future shape
5/28
Network rail telecoms sales / External forces pushing
5/36
* North for the North / By the
Supp.5/10
* North further / Taking the
Supp.5/20, 6/40
* North / Rail transformation in the
Supp.5/1, 6/40
* North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
north west / ‘Phased’ improvements in
12/12
Northamptonshire SRFI planned
3/20
* Northern / The new
Supp.5/16, 6/40
* Norwich in 90: Great Eastern speed up demanded
3/50
open access threat / Virgin highlights
3/19
Ordsall Chord battle continues
3/18
Oxford Station / Vision for
4/13
* passenger railway? / What next for the
7/24, 8/49
Passengers at the heart of the modern railway
Supp.5/3
Pendo-pology
2/43
people / Positive about
2/72
Periodic Review of NR’s access charges: Here we go again! 7/32
Politicians and the railways (Railtalk)
9/6
Politics trumps hard information / Hendy report:
1/23
Prime Minister David Cameron sees Class 800 Azuma: Welcome to North Pole
6/85
Private sector investment: Lessons from rail freight
12/18
* progress? / 40 years of
1/74, 2/46
Public Accounts Committee concerns over franchising
3/16
Public Accounts Committee report / ORR’s role questioned in
1/12
Rail Minister, Claire Perry, in row over Redhill reliability
2/10, 3/45
Rail Minister Claire Perry opens LPA’s new connection systems 6/92
* Rail Minister Claire Perry prioritises passengers
7/50
Rail Minister, Claire Perry, tangles with ‘weeds of railway management’
2/10, 3/45
Rail North takes up the reins
4/9
* rail ridership rising / Why is
2/66
Rail-bus integration
4/60
railway 2016? / Who runs the 9/31
Railway finances 2014-15
9/68
RDG warned on lobbying
2/34
regulation essential / Strong (Railtalk)
3/6
Reviews: There may be trouble ahead (Railtalk)
1/6
rolling stock bonanza / Control Period 5
4/22
Route for the North / NR rejects
11/16
Scotland calls for more Network Rail control
12/17
Scottish freight strategy addresses challenges
5/21
Scottish Transport Minister joins ScotRail Alliance Commercial Director: Scots get smart
4/64
Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling heads new ministerial team
9/88
Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin approves upgrade of Bank Underground station
2/21
Section 54 blocks market forces
11/34
Settle – Carlisle: The potential for long distance traffic 7/70, 8/47, 9/49
* Severn Tunnel electrification
8/70, 9/49, 10/48
Shaw / Concessions favoured for private funding in Network Rail report by Nicola
5/32
Shaw proposes a route for the North / Nicola 5/30
Shaw Report gets serious
3/20
Shaw report: What might Shaw mean for freight?
1/16
Shrewsbury – Birmingham frequency doubled
10/10
Shrewsbury proposed / Electrification to
3/14, 4/41, 5/41
Smart ticketing: DfT bows out
3/32
Smart ticketing – DfT goes Maoist
6/32
* Smart ticketing in transition
2/24, 4/40
South Western shortlist / Only two on
3/16
* Southeastern at 180
6/46, 8/49
Southern / Emergency timetable on
8/19
Southern improvement / Chris Gibb to head project board for 10/13
stations / £20 million for new
10/17
steel by rail be rescued? / After coal, can
5/20
Storms hit West Coast main line
1/11
Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce launched
6/88
Sustainability of Benefit Street
7/42
ticket barriers – is this a cunning plan / Sound barrier: A look at the economics of
2/40
ticket? / The death of the tangerine
3/74, 6/40
traction and rolling stock round-up / Captain Deltic’s
9/34, 10/49
Traffic Management System: Romford delay highlights heroic
9/28
TMS veterans miss the cut on Norwich – Great Yarmouth – Lowestoft
8/30
* trains spearhead rail transformation / New
Supp.5/26
Transport for the North Partnership Board / John Cridland
1/95
Transport for the North seeks formal status
12/13
Transport Scotland to review Network Rail capacity
8/12
Transport Secretary pauses appointment of Interim chair for ORR 1/95
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announces HS2 to Crewe in 2027
1/10
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin opens Bombardier’s new test facility
6/84
* Transport strategy for the North
Supp.5/6, 6/40
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trends 2014 – 2015 / Rail industry annual
2/42
tunnelling skills: Promoting
7/95
Valley Lines concession
4/56
Valley Lines electrification / Brexit threatens
8/13, 9/46, 9/47
Valley Lines / No more diesel-only trains for
12/86
Wales & Borders rail franchise interest invited
9/20
Welsh franchise consultation
3/15
Welsh franchise / Four bidders for
11/11
Welsh Government: Cost probe into delayed Wrexham
10/17
Welsh wrangling continues
5/17
West Midlands / Capacity boost for
10/10
West Midlands franchise bidding / MTR withdraws from
8/20
West Midlands franchise shortlist / Three on
5/9
West Midlands / New stations
2/15
West Midlands Railway: A brand for Birmingham
12/48
West Wales wandering
9/40, 10/47, 11/45, 11/47, 12/45
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
Windsor Line services on the way / More
8/17
Women in rail
12/77
Wrexham redoubling / Indefinite delay for
5/16
National Infrastructure Commission:
Adonis Commission backs HS3
Supp.5/44
Crossrail 2 backed: Affordability for scheme must be examined,
says Adonis Commission
4/12
HS3 development: Chancellor backs improved Leeds – Manchester link
/ Funding for
4/8
Infrastructure assessment planned
7/13
National Rail Training Academies:
apprenticeships by 2020 / 30,000
National College for High Speed Rail construction starts
National Training Academy for Rail, Northampton
National Training Academy, Sheffield: Telecoms training
tunnelling skills: Promoting
3/17
6/88
2/74
2/76
7/95
Netherlands:
Amsterdam tram order / CAF wins
11/82
Arnhem rebuild completed
1/85
ETCS implementation delayed
3/84
Fyra fallout and Prorail problems
2/83
Intercity New Generation ordered
9/84
trains / NS to concentrate on
9/84
Wi-Fi and Passenger Information Services deal / Nomad Digital extends Dutch
3/93
Network Rail:
Adonis Commission backs HS3
Supp.5/44
All Line Rover ticket: Roving the rails (Welcome)
10/3
apprenticeships by 2020 / 30,000
3/17
ARS + contender struggling
11/30
Bakerloo to Lewisham backed
2/12, 3/45
Banbury / All change at
9/70
Bermondsey dive-under / First tracks beneath
12/21
Bexhill? / Bi-modes to
5/11
* bi-modes / Bring on the
11/70
Birmingham New Street / Interchange at
7/46, 8/49
Blackford yard approved / Bottled water
5/20
Bowe report spreads the blame
1/26
Brexit: Franchising feels immediate impact
8/36
British Rail: Ownership is a distraction / Bring back (Railtalk)
10/6
British Steel’s coated rail
7/92
Bromsgrove remodelling completed
12/20
Bromsgrove station opens / New
8/21
C44 Rail Grinding Machines / Test deal for Serco on
7/93
* Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal commissioning / Cardiff
12/62
Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal enters home straight
5/27
* Cardiff Central meets the rugby challenge
5/54
Carlisle / Station refurbishment at
1/19
9
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10
Chase line wiring work on rack
8/24
Cheshire closure for bridge works
2/21
Chief Executive: The Executive Apprentice
1/36
chief operating officer role for Andy Derbyshire for London South East Route / New
8/88
Christmas work / 99% success rate on
2/18
Class 387 EMU introduction / GWR gears up for
9/17
Class 700 ETCS milestone
9/24
Class 700 Thameslink train unveiled / New
7/8
Class 800 ‘Azuma’ for ECML / Virgin unveils
5/10
Compass bid progress
5/26
Concessions favoured for private funding
5/32
Consultants rise to project challenges
Supp.8/2
Control Period 5 freight fund cut
3/21
Control Period 6 / DfT responds on
10/32
Control Period 6: Hard times just got harder (Railtalk)
8/6
Conwy Valley Line gets a breath of fresh air
10/74, 11/47
Conwy Valley line reopens
4/20
Corby redoubling
11/14
Could it be you? Competition winner / Talia Grantham
5/80
critical asset sales / Network Rail explores
4/28, 5/40
Crossrail civils work draws to a close
9/95
Crossrail Infrastructure Maintenance Depot
10/95
Crossrail infrastructure performance
Supp.4/28
Crossrail moving towards operations
3/66
Crossrail / Signalling
Supp.4/30
Crossrail: Stand by for operation
Supp.4/20
Crossrail: Surface programme partnership
Supp.4/10
Crossrail 2 modelling / Atkins and CH2M for
9/90
Darlington? / Dive under for
12/13
delivery complaints in Wales / Network Rail
3/15
Devolution of inner London suburban rail services to TfL
3/10
Digital gauging: The future railway
1/49
Digital railway business case promise
7/16
Digital Railway / David Waboso to head
5/34
digital railway deal / Dutch
4/20
Digital Railway integration / Pilot scheme for
4/30, 5/40
Digital Railway timetable ‘may be overambitious’
12/17
Digital Railway / WCML moving block haunts
3/24, 5/41
Diversity is key to success
1/73
Doncaster / Extra platform at
3/22
Dover / December reopening target at
5/15
Dover reopening after rebuilding project
9/19, 10/14
Dover sea wall closure may last a year
3/12
Dover: The new Dawlish
2/9
East Anglia / Ambitious for
3/46
East Anglia deal / Abellio wins new
9/13
East Anglia rail franchise / Abellio relaunches
11/10
East Coast main line additional paths
7/96
East Coast main line ETCS slides back
5/36
East Coast performance challenge
7/54, 8/47, 9/47
East Coast service approved / First Group’s low-cost
6/8
East Coast’s ‘jam tomorrow’ trouble
9/19
East West Rail project / Alliance for
1/18
East West Rail / Sandy corridor for
5/13
Easter works success
5/26
Ebbw Vale second track awaits final mile
7/69
EGIP rolls on
10/58
Electric Spine projects deferred
3/9
Electrical clearances: The plot thickens
12/26, 12/44
Electrification: A little austerity might help (Railtalk)
12/6
electrification affordability / Another blow for
11/26, 12/44
Electrification centenary: 100 not out – SWT keeps
2/48, 4/41, 6/40
Electrification RIP
12/22
Electrification: The early days
1/41
Electrification Training Centre opens in Swindon / NR
7/23
Ely delay
1/17
Enhancements Delivery Plan: DfT consults
3/28
Enhancements Delivery Plan Update
3/95
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*
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enhancements / Hendy finds £2.5 billion to save
1/22
European Rail Traffic Management System challenge / The
3/67
European Train Control System? / Euro teamwork on definitive 3/25
Eversholt Rail Class 465 deal / ESG wins
10/90
Farnworth tunnel reopens
2/21
Farnworth tunnel works complete
3/22
Felixstowe branch / Loop planned for
12/19
Filton Bank work
7/23
finance chief at NR / Jeremy Westlake appointed new
3/91
finances 2014-15 / Railway
9/68
First class is a mess
4/78, 5/41
freight in a devolved Network Rail / Managing
6/18
freight network study seeks to boost struggling sector / Draft
9/20
freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
future shape and financing of Network Rail / Nicola Shaw’s 5/28
growth / Coping with
4/51
Glasgow Queen Street blockade completed
9/18, 10/48
Glasgow Queen Street tunnel progress
7/22
GOBLIN wiring / Eight-month blockade for
3/22
GOBLIN / Wiring the
9/64
Golden Whistles 2016: Excellence in railway operating
3/60
Govia Thameslink Railways service below standard, says Wilkinson:
DfT’s boss vows to ‘break the power’ of £60K drivers
4/13
Great Eastern Main Line / Digital signalling for
5/15
Great Western electrification: Chasing cost and time 7/60, 8/48, 9/47
Great Western Electrification Programme target dates and costs 4/26
GWML resignalling for Alstom
6/20
GWR launches Inter-city Express
8/8
Great Western Route Modernisation: An Inspector Calls
12/36
Great Western wiring delays confirmed
3/8
Great Western wiring projects deferred
12/9
Halton Curve service / December 2018 for
12/13
Halton Curve upgrade / Go-ahead for
6/15
Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
Hendy Report
1/22, 1/23
Hendy Review / TfGM hits out at
6/17
High Output Operational Base contracts for Mechan
6/93
High Speed 2 boost for the North
Supp.5/40
Hinksey flooding works completed
10/20
HOPS fulfil its promise? / Can the
8/64
Hornsey depot upgrades
7/86
Humberside resignalling
3/22
independent regulation? / Where next for
2/16
Investment must be protected in London fares freeze (Railtalk)
7/6
Kent’s railways on a roll
7/74, 8/48
Kirkstall Forge opening in mid-April
4/9
Knowsley terminal / Freight back at
8/23
Lamington / Early reopening for
3/12
land / The future of freight
7/20
Lea Bridge lives again
6/12
Lea Bridge taking shape
3/22
Leeds – Manchester link / Funding for HS3 development: 4/8
Leeds / New entrance at
2/14
Level crossings: Network Rail in a lose-lose position
7/98
London Bridge landmark
10/8
London Bridge moves on
9/60
London Bridge passengers / Reparations for
1/10
London Underground: Transforming the Tube
6/52, 7/47
Low Moor takes shape
11/22
Managing Director Group Digital Railway: David Waboso pricks Digital Railway bubble
9/26
Managing Directors: Who runs the railway 2016?
9/31
Manchester Airport / ATW extends to
6/14
Merseyrail / Scaffold solution on
11/22
Merseyrail tunnel work
5/26
Metroland of my fathers
5/44, 6/40, 7/45, 8/48
Midland main line wiring dates / No commitment on
12/9
Midland Metro to Birmingham New Street to open in the spring 4/14
Moor Street / More trains to
8/20
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Moorsfield refurbishment
2/20
National Training Academy, Sheffield: Telecoms training
2/76
network / Expanding the
2/70
Network Rail for the nation / Nicola Shaw has saved
5/82
North of England: Rail network improvements
Supp.5/32, 6/40
North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
north west / ‘Phased’ improvements in
12/12
North West wiring / New dates for
3/18
Northern coastal
5/48
Northern / The new
Supp.5/16, 6/40
Norton Bridge flyover completed
5/22
Norwich in 90: Great Eastern speed up demanded
3/50
Okehampton route proposed / Cheaper
6/10
online / Tracking services
3/69
open access threat / Virgin highlights
3/19
Ordsall Chord / Alliance for
5/27
Overground deal / Arriva wins new
5/12
overhead wiring machine unveiled / New
8/24
Oxbridge corridor / Lord Adonis to study
5/12
Oxenholme switch and crossing renewal
8/93
Oxford / Chiltern reaches
11/56
Oxford station redevelopment championed
8/17
Oxford Station / Vision for
4/13
passenger voice / The
6/44
passengers / Rail Minister Claire Perry prioritises
7/50
people / Positive about
2/72
people / Recruiting railway
2/78
performance decline / Steady
6/13
Periodic Review of NR’s access charges: Here we go again! 7/32
Pilning station footbridge removal for wires
12/12
Politicians and the railways (Railtalk)
9/6
Politics trumps hard information / Hendy report:
1/23
Possession planning
3/66
Private sector investment: Lessons from rail freight
12/18
progress? / 40 years of
1/74, 2/46
property business / NR establishes
6/13
Public Accounts Committee report / ORR’s role questioned in
1/12
public transport / Near perfect (Welcome)
2/3
Queen Street tenders invited
2/20
Rail evolution: Showcasing the rail consultancy projects for 2016 and beyond
Supp.8/1
Rail Innovation Development Centre / Mechan delivers depot equipment to NR’s
10/90
Rail Supply Group naïveté endorsed
10/26
rains but it pours / It never (Railtalk)
2/6
regulation essential / Strong (Railtalk)
3/6
regulation / Freelance (Welcome)
11/3, 12/42
regulation?: Last train from Brussels / Is Brexit the opportunity to ditch unnecessary
4/38, 9/47?
regulation / Rail
12/78
Reviews: There may be trouble ahead (Railtalk)
1/6
Risk assessment: The game of risk
10/40
Rochdale / New bay at
1/18
Rochdale platform progress
6/20
Rochdale platform ready
7/13
Rochester / Royal opening at
4/20
Rochester third platform
11/22
Rochester work progress
6/20
roles / DfT and NR clarify
5/9
rolling stock market uncertainty / DfT underlines
7/34
Route for the North / NR rejects
11/16
route services director / Susan Cooklin appointed
2/91
St Pancras: Serving the customer
2/54, 3/44
Scotland calls for more Network Rail control
12/17
Scottish freight strategy addresses challenges
5/21
Scottish Route study: enhancements outlined
9/19
services / Integrated ‘franchise’ for ICWC and HS2
12/30
Settle & Carlisle / March re-opening for
8/16
Settle and Carlisle to be shut for many months
4/16
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Severn Tunnel closure
5/27
Severn Tunnel conductor rail installed
12/21
Severn Tunnel electrification
8/70, 9/49, 10/48
Shaw Report gets serious
3/20
Shaw Report: What might Shaw mean for freight?
1/16
Sheffield-Rotherham tram-train service delayed again
6/17
Shepperton blockade in July
7/23
signal commissionings / Siemens winter
3/92
signalling contracts / Siemens wins
9/24
signalling recontrol / May Day
6/20
Signalling saga
7/46
South Wales upgrades suggested
5/16
Southern improvement / Chris Gibb to head project board for 10/13
speed / The quest for
2/63, 3/45, 4/40, 6/40
Stations: Gimme shelter
2/38
Stations of the future
10/70
steel by rail be rescued? / After coal, can
5/20
Storms hit West Coast main line
1/11
substations / Siemens for
11/22
Teignmouth causeway / NR suggests
12/20
Telecoms sale / External forces pushing
5/36
Temperature recording: Keeping trackside buildings cool
1/92
Thames Valley wires retrofit planned
4/12
Thameslink / ETCS testing on
2/20
ticket barriers – is this a cunning plan / Sound barrier: A look at the economics of 2/40
timetable / North west delays may affect 2017 Northern & TPE
11/17, 12/42
Track workers warned – watch your step
8/32
Traffic Management costs escalate
7/16
Traffic Management System: Romford delay highlights heroic expectations
9/28
Traffic Management System veterans miss the cut on Norwich –
Great Yarmouth – Lowestoft
8/30
Traffic Management: Why are we waiting?
6/22
Trans-Pennine / Alliance sought for
6/20
Transport Scotland to review Network Rail capacity
8/12
Transport strategy for the North
Supp.5/6, 6/40
Tyne & Wear Metro fleet planned / Dual-voltage
8/13, 9/47
Uckfield line / 10-car trains on
9/86
Uckfield line / Platform lengthening on the
1/19
Valley Lines concession
4/56
Volker crane contract
9/24
Wales & Borders franchise / Four bidders for
11/11
Weather disruption: West Coast main line shut till March
2/8, 3/44
weather disruption / Widespread
2/9
weather woes: Tyne Valley opens but Settle and Carlisle
3/13
Welsh Government: Cost probe into delayed Wrexham
10/17
Werrington dive-under
10/20, 11/46, 12/45
Wessex Alliance / Reshaping of the
4/62
Wessex route / Becky Lumlock appointed managing director of 9/88
West Coast: Diverted traffic
3/80
West Midlands / New stations
2/15
Windsor line services on the way / More
8/17
Woodwalton four-tracking
11/22
working railway / HS2 – starting to impact the
2/32
Wrexham redoubling / Indefinite delay for
5/16
York ROC route setting improved
7/23
‘News Front’:
1/8, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, 10/8, 11/8, 12/8
North Wales Economic Ambition Board:
* North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
Norway:
Follo line TBMs launched
Oslo Metro expanded and fleet renewed
11/82
12/82
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority:
Nuclear wagon contract
2/17
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Obituary:
Derbyshire, Nick
Hoare, Rod
Kiley, Bob
Ross, Stuart – Transport for London’s
10/88
10/88
9/88
3/91
Office of Rail and Road:
Alliance plans Class 442s to Southampton
12/14
Babcock Rail / £400K fine for
3/22
Bowe report spreads the blame
1/26
Carillion fined over accident
2/21
chair for ORR / Interim
1/95
Chair / Stephen Glaister reappointed as
8/88
Channel Tunnel Shuttle freight growth
9/23
Class 800 ‘Azuma’ for ECML / Virgin unveils
5/10
Coal fall hits stats
1/16
Coal slide continues, intermodal booms
11/20
Concessions favoured for private funding
5/32
* Consultants rise to project challenges
Supp.8/2
container commitments / Freightliner makes
2/16
Containers lead as coal collapses
7/20
Control Period 6 / DfT responds on
10/32
Control Period 6: Hard times just got harder (Railtalk)
8/6
* Conwy Valley Line gets a breath of fresh air
10/74, 11/47
cost probe / Wrexham redoubling
10/17
director, railway planning and performance / Graham Richards 12/87
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
6/6, 7/47
DOO ‘template’, says RMT / DfT wants to set
8/19
East Coast main line additional paths
7/96
* East Coast performance challenge
7/54, 8/47, 9/47
East Coast service approved / FirstGroup’s low-cost
6/8
East Coast’s ‘jam tomorrow’ trouble
9/19
EGIP wires delayed
8/12
Electrical clearances: The plot thickens
12/26, 12/44
electrification affordability / Another blow for
11/26, 12/44
Enhancements Delivery Plan: DfT consults
3/28
enhancements / Hendy finds £2.5 billion to save
1/22
entry and exit figures questioned / ORR
2/12
finances 2014-15 / Railway
9/68
freight in a devolved Network Rail / Managing
6/18
* freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
* Great Western electrification: Chasing cost and time 7/60, 8/48, 9/47
Great Western Route Modernisation: An Inspector Calls
12/36
* growth / Coping with
4/51
Heathrow airport charge / ORR saves Crossrail from
7/19
Heathrow charges for Crossrail services / Row over
3/11
* Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
Hull Trains / 10 more years for
5/11
independent regulation? / Where next for
2/16
Industry consultation over role of ORR
1/12
Kirkstall Forge opening
7/13
London Bridge passengers / Reparations for
1/10
* London to Scotland: Rail battles air for market share
10/64, 11/44
Managing Directors: Who runs the railway 2016?
9/31
Manchester Airport / ATW extends to
6/14
Network Rail delivery complaints in Wales
3/15
Network Rail / Nicola Shaw’s report on The future shape 5/28
non-executive director on the board / David Franks appointed as11/87
* North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
open access threat / Virgin highlights
3/19
Passenger numbers continue to soar
7/17
* passenger railway? / What next for the
7/24, 8/49
* Passengers: Why is rail ridership rising?
2/66
performance decline / Steady
6/13
12
Periodic Review of NR’s access charges: Here we go again!
7/32
Public Accounts Committee report / ORR’s role questioned in
1/12
Railway Vehicle Engineering Ltd granted operators licence
4/76
regulation essential / Strong (Railtalk)
3/6
regulation / Rail
12/78
Reviews: There may be trouble ahead (Railtalk)
1/6
Senior changes at ORR
2/91
Settle – Carlisle: The potential for long distance traffic 7/70, 8/47, 9/49
steel by rail be rescued? / After coal, can
5/20
timetable service changes / May
5/19
* Trains are getting busier
5/60
trends 2014 – 2015 / Rail industry annual
2/42
Valley Lines concession
4/56
West Coast passenger growth
2/95
West Coast Railways ban lifted
5/11
West Coast Railways banned from the main line
4/16
West Coast Railways prosecuted over SPAD
1/12, 11/6, 12/42
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
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‘Pan Up’:
1/34, 2/38, 3/36, 4/32, 5/44, 6/36, 7/38, 8/40, 9/40, 10/40, 11/38, 12/36
‘Pan Up’ replies:
2/46, 6/40, 7/45, 7/47, 8/46, 11/45, 12/42
Passenger Transport Authorities / Executives and Integrated Transport
Authorities:
app by Centro / Real time info on new
4/77
Birmingham / Battery trams in
3/87
Birmingham city centre welcomes first trams
1/14
Birmingham Metro extension / May opening for
6/16
Birmingham New Street / Interchange at
7/46, 8/49
* Consultants rise to project challenges
Supp.8/2
* Coventry NUCKLEs down
12/58
Glasgow Subway Bramble smartcard success
7/93
Glasgow Subway closure overruns
9/18
Glasgow Subway shutdown in July
6/16
Glasgow subway trains / Stadler and Ansaldo consortium for
4/15
* Golden Whistles 2016: Excellence in railway operating
3/60
Halton Curve upgrade / Go-ahead for
6/15
Hendy Review / TfGM hits out at
6/17
HS3 / Adonis Commission backs
Supp.5/44
Light rail revolution continues
7/18
* Manchester Airport connection / The
Supp.5/37, 6/40
Manchester Metrolink / Lanes Group drainage surveys for
3/93
Manchester Metrolink M5000 tram fleet complete
11/84
Manchester Metrolink milestone / St Peter’s Square opening
10/16
Manchester Metrolink reaches Exchange Square
1/15
Manchester Metrolink: Trafford Park gets approval
11/17
Manchester Ordsall Chord / Alliance for
5/27
Manchester Ordsall Chord battle continues
3/18
Merseyrail Halton Curve service / December 2018 for
12/13
* Merseyrail: New MD makes his mark
2/60
* Metroland of my fathers
5/44, 6/40, 7/45, 8/48
Midland Metro extensions / Alliance for
8/24
* Midland Metro makes tracks
12/54
Midland Metro reaches Birmmingham New Street
7/18
Midland Metro seeks eastwards expansion
11/14
Midland Metro to Birmingham New Street to open in the spring 4/14
Midland Metro Wolverhampton extension approved
8/21
Nexus to bring metro operations in-house
4/14
North / A good job in the (Welcome)
5/3, 6/41
* North of England: Rail network improvements
Supp.5/32, 6/40
rolling stock bonanza / Control Period 5
4/22
Rolling stock innovations
1/68
Sheffield – Rotherham tram-train service delayed again
6/17
Sheffield / Tram-train reaches 1/88
South Yorkshire Tram-Train progress
9/24
*
ticket? / The death of the tangerine
3/74, 6/40
Trains are getting busier
5/60
Transport for the North Partnership Board / John Cridland to
1/95
Tyne & Wear Metro fleet planned / Dual-voltage
8/13, 9/47
Wales / Network Rail delivery complaints in
3/15
West Midlands Centro battery tram fitment / Go-ahead for
5/72
Peninsula Rail Task Force:
Okehampton route proposed / Cheaper
6/10
‘People’:
1/95, 2/91, 3/91, 4/80, 5/80, 6/88, 7/90, 8/88, 9/88, 10/88, 11/86, 12/87
Poland:
Dresden to Wroclaw services restart
Electric loco designs: Dragons and Griffins take to the rails
Intercity routes / New trains will take over
Łódź area benefits from investment
Łódź to Warsaw open access services begin
PKP Cargo to buy Orlen Kol Trans
3/82
8/84
5/68
1/86
7/82
4/70
Portugal:
O Porriño derailment / Call for leased fleet to be returned to Spain after fatal
11/82
Pendolinos / Spanish high speed EMUs to supplement
3/85
R
Rail Accident Investigation Branch:
Chief inspector / Simon French appointed
Croydon tram derailment / Seven dead in
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
Electrification: A little austerity might help (Railtalk)
Lamington / Early reopening for
Level crossings: Network Rail in a lose-lose position
3/91
12/16
6/6, 7/47
12/6
3/12
7/98
Rail Delivery Group:
Darwin live info leads
8/90
Director of Policy / Elizabeth de Jong appointed
1/95
Electrification: A little austerity might help (Railtalk)
12/6
lobbying / RDG warned on
2/34
* passengers / Rail Minister Claire Perry prioritises
7/50
Possession planning
3/66
Private sector investment: Lessons from rail freight
12/18
Smart ticketing: DfT bows out
3/32
* Smart ticketing in transition
2/24, 4/40
ticket barriers – is this a cunning plan / Sound barrier: A look at the economics of
2/40
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
Rail Forum East Midlands:
chairman / Paul Francis appointed
11/87
‘Rail Freight’:
1/16, 2/16, 3/20, 4/18, 5/20, 6/18, 7/20, 8/22, 9/22, 10/18, 11/20, 12/18
Rail Freight Group:
Brexit impact freight? / How will
CP5 freight fund cut
FOC clouds – TOC silver lining
HS2 freight concerns
independent regulation? / Where next for
infrastructure / A time to build
lorry challenge / The automated
Network Rail / Managing freight in a devolved North Trans-Pennine route / Modernising the
Private sector investment: Lessons from rail freight
Shaw Report gets serious
Shaw Report: What might Shaw mean for freight?
8/22
3/21
9/23
4/18
2/16
9/22
10/18
6/18
4/18
12/18
3/20
1/16
steel by rail be rescued? / After coal, can
strategy into action / Translating
system operations? / A wet start for NR on
5/20
11/20
2/17
Rail North Ltd:
Franchises: New trains for the north
1/8
* network and local authorities / Rail North: map of the
Supp.5/24
* North for the North / By the
Supp.5/10
* North further / Taking the
Supp.5/20, 6/40
timetable / North west delays may affect 2017 Northern & TPE
11/17, 12/42
Rail Operations Group:
Angel Trains deal / ROG signs
Class 47s / ROG acquires
Works moves: Lost in translation – How to move a train
9/87
8/87
3/36
Rail Safety & Standards Board:
chief executive officer / Mark Phillips appointed
12/87
* Crossrail infrastructure performance
Supp.4/28
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
6/6, 7/47
DOO ‘template’, says RMT / DfT wants to set
8/19
Electrical clearances: the plot thickens
12/26, 12/44
* HackTrain report on innovation and research: Tear down the wall
7/38, 8/46, 9/47
Interim managing director, Mark Phillips heads RSSB
7/90
regulation?: Last train from Brussels / Is Brexit the opportunity to ditch unnecessary
4/38, 9/47?
Research revival
1/34, 2/46
Seats: Pershore – a first class journey
3/40
Sustainability of Benefit Street
7/42
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
Rail Supply Group:
co-chair / Gordon Wakeford named RSG
6/88
exports / RSG aims to double rail sector
3/17
Fast Track to the Future: The combined wisdom of the rail supply industry
4/36
naïveté endorsed / Rail Supply Group
10/26
Rail Unions:
Driver-only operation: A right to-doo (Welcome)
7/3
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
6/6, 7/47
DOO dispute rumbles on / GTR
11/18, 12/43, 12/45
DOO ‘template’, says RMT / DfT wants to set
8/19
Govia Thameslink Railway breaches revised performance targets 7/14
* Metroland of my fathers
5/44, 6/40, 7/45, 8/48
Night Tube services / August start for
7/19
Night Tube services begin
10/13
ScotRail and RMT reach agreement
11/18
Southern improvement / Chris Gibb to head project board for 10/13
timetable on Southern / Emergency
8/19
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
Railfreight:
aggregate wagons / VTG orders
1/17
Arcow stone quarry – Pendelton revived: Pennine splendour
10/18
cement wagons for Hope / New
4/18
Coal fall hits stats
1/16
Coal slide continues, intermodal booms
11/20
Containers lead as coal collapses
7/20
Electric Spine projects deferred
3/9
Ely delay
1/17
Fawley / Last oil to
9/23
Felixstowe branch / Loop planned for
12/19
Four Ashes Strategic Rail Freight Interchange consultation
8/22
freight network study seeks to boost struggling sector / Draft
9/20
* freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
freight strategy addresses challenges / Scottish
5/21
13
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HS2 freight concerns
4/18
Hydroponic food by rail
2/17
Intermodal assumes coal’s crown
4/19
Intermodal diversion following West Coast closure
3/21
Knowsley terminal / Freight back at
8/23
land / The future of freight
7/20
Liverpool2 development
1/42
Longannet power station / Fly ash to
6/18
Network Rail / Managing freight in a devolved 6/18
North / Nicola Shaw proposes a route for the
5/30
North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
Northamptonshire SRFI planned
3/20
Ravenstruther coal loading site demolished
4/19
Seabank power-from-waste plant rail connection
1/17
Settle – Carlisle pictorial
7/72
Severnside energy recovery centre progress
6/19
Severnside waste terminal opens
9/22
steel by rail be rescued? / After coal, can
5/20
tarmac flows in Scotland / JPAs enter service on
11/21
Transport for the North promotes capacity
10/19
Transport strategy for the North
Supp.5/6, 6/40
‘Virtual Route’ unit will cover freight and Crosscountry / Network Rail’s
7/17
West Midlands SRFI proposed
6/19
‘Railtalk’:
1/6, 2/6, 3/6, 4/6, 5/6, 6/6, 7/6, 8/6, 9/6, 10/6, 11/6, 12/6
‘Railtalk’ replies:
1/40, 3/44, 5/41, 11/44, 12/42
Railway Children:
appeal £1.2 million success / Railway Children’s
sim experience / RCTS offers driver
9/91
12/90
Railway Heritage:
Autocar rides again / NER
3/38
* Branding: Where the trains have no name
4/32
Bristol Open Day
6/86
Class 66 / Heritage name Evening Star for last
6/84
* Conwy Valley Line gets a breath of fresh air
10/74, 11/47
Dover sea wall closure may last a year
3/12
Flying Scotsman scandal engulfs NR
6/12
* freight no more / Rail
9/52, 10/49, 11/47
National Railway Heritage Awards 2015
1/80
National Railway Heritage Awards 2016: Fine restoration
12/88
* North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
Repaint of carriage No 5524
1/42
Settle – Carlisle pictorial
7/72
Severn Valley Railway’s share sale
11/91
Tornado to haul Mk 3s
11/85
West Coast Railways SPAD at Wootton Bassett
4/16, 5/11, 8/16
Railway Industry Association:
chief executive / Darren Caplan appointed
Director general Jeremy Candfield steps down
Technical Director / RIA appoints David Clarke as
11/87
9/88
3/91
Railway Study Association:
Brexit for breakfast (Welcome)
* Stations of the future
8/3
10/70
‘Railway Study Association events’:
1/14, 2/14, 3/14, 4/14, 5/14, 6/14, 7/14, 8/14, 9/16, 10/14, 11/14, 12/14
Rolling Stock Companies (ROSCOs):
Agility Trains West: All bi-mode Class 800 IEP fleet for Great Western
7/10, 10/49
Angel Trains deal / ROG signs
9/87
Angel Trains’ Class 442s / Voith wheelsets for
11/90
Beacon Rail Leasing: Class 68s to haul new-build carriages
7/12
14
Brexit: Franchising feels immediate impact
8/36
Class 456 refurb complete / SWT
1/89
Control Period 6 / DfT responds on
10/32
* East Anglia / Ambitious for
3/46
East Anglia fleets: Siemens edged out by Stadler and Bombardier / Replacement
9/14
Eversholt Rail appoints Andrea Wesson as chief financial officer 8/88
Eversholt Rail: AT300 bi-mode TPE train / CAF to build new
7/12
Eversholt Rail awards Vossloh Kiepe contract for Class 321 ‘re-tractioning’
1/89
Eversholt Rail Class 465 deal / ESG wins
10/90
Eversholt Rail finances new Arriva Northern fleet from CAF
3/19
market faces uncertain times / Rolling stock
6/28
Porterbrook Class 387 orders
9/17
Porterbrook Class 387s take over on GatEx
9/87
Porterbrook / GWR confirms order for more Class 387s from 7/11, 8/49
RDG warned on lobbying
2/34
Re-engineering: On the grid - Can a 1970s design beat 3/36
* refurbishment challenge / Fleet engineers face the
1/56
Risk assessment: The game of risk
10/40
rolling stock bonanza / Control Period 5
4/22
rolling stock market uncertainty / DfT underlines
7/34
Section 54 blocks market forces
11/34
services / Integrated ‘franchise’ for ICWC and HS2
12/30
Siemens floats the UK rail business: All this time
8/44
Sustainability of Benefit Street
7/42
ticket barriers – is this a cunning plan / Sound barrier: A look at the economics of
2/40
traction and rolling stock round-up / Captain Deltic’s
9/34, 10/49
VTG orders aggregate wagons
1/17
Royal Mail:
Class 325: Royal Mail red
2/87
Russia:
Aeroexpress KISS contract amended
10/84
Bovanenkovo to extend further north / Most northerly railway to 2/84
Moscow suburban ring line opens
12/83
S
Scotland Freight Joint Board:
freight strategy addresses challenges / Scottish
5/21
ScotRail Alliance:
Borders Railway journeys pass half million mark
Lamington / Early reopening for
3/13
3/12
Serbia:
electric locos / Chinese
upgrades / Chinese and Russian funding for Serbia/Hungary
6/81
2/80
Shift2Rail:
* HackTrain report on innovation and research: Tear down the wall
7/38, 8/46, 9/47
Signalling & Telecommunications:
Ansaldo consortium for Glasgow subway trains / Stadler and
4/15
ARS+ contender struggling
11/30
ARS+ for today and the future / Hitachi’s TREsa:
12/33
Banbury / All change at
9/70
Basingstoke signal failure: Signalling saga
7/46
BEAM video-on-demand service: Beam me up, Pendo
7/17
Bromsgrove remodelling completed
12/20
* Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal commissioning / Cardiff prepares for
12/62
Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal enters home straight
5/27
Christmas work / 99% success rate on
2/18
Class 345 unveiled: First look at Bombardier’s Aventra EMU
9/8
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*
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Class 700 ETCS milestone
9/24
Class 700s start daytime testing Govia Thameslink Railway
3/87
Compass bid progress
5/26
Conwy Valley Line gets a breath of fresh air
10/74, 11/47
critical asset sales / Network Rail explores
4/28, 5/40
Crossrail infrastructure performance
Supp.4/28
Crossrail / Signalling
Supp.4/30
Crossrail: Stand by for operation
Supp.4/20
Crossrail: Surface programme partnership
Supp.4/10
Crossrail: Training the drivers
Supp.4/24
Cumbrian Coast / Information revolution on
4/76
Digital Railway bubble / Managing Director Group
Digital Railway: David Waboso pricks
9/26
Digital Railway business case promise
7/16
Digital Railway / David Waboso to head
5/34
Digital Railway integration / Pilot scheme for
4/30, 5/40
Digital Railway / WCML moving block haunts
3/24, 5/41
Dublin resignalling
8/83
East Coast main line ETCS slides back
5/36
East Kent resignalling
5/19
Easter works success
5/26
‘Employee Service Information App’ / Commontime
4/76
European Rail Traffic Management System challenge / The
3/67
European Train Control System? / Euro teamwork on definitive 3/25
ETCS implementation delayed in Netherlands
3/84
ETCS testing on Thameslink
2/20
Fast Track to the Future: The combined wisdom of the rail supply 4/36
GOBLIN / Wiring the
9/64
Gotthard base tunnel opens for trial operation
7/84
Great Eastern main line / Digital signalling for
5/15
Great Western main line resignalling for Alstom
6/20
Humberside resignalling
3/22
Kent’s railways on a roll
7/74, 8/48
London Bridge landmark
10/8
London Underground SSL signalling equipment tested
1/15
London Underground: Transforming the Tube
6/52, 7/47
New Tube for London Programme Tube upgrade funding approval
sought: Picc first, then Bakerloo in
4/10
North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
Norton Bridge flyover completed
5/22
Nottingham to Newark: Semaphore farewell
11/15
online / Tracking services
3/69
Overground: Turning south London orange
6/60, 7/74, 8/49, 9/49
Oxford Parkway / Perking up at (Welcome)
1/3
Park Signalling: Token of affection
8/34
Periodic Review of NR’s access charges: Here we go again! 7/32
progress? / 40 years of
1/74, 2/46
regulation / Freelance (Welcome)
11/3, 12/42
Rochester third platform
11/22
Rochester work progress
6/20
Rolling stock market faces uncertain times
6/28
Siemens wins signalling contracts
9/24
social media story / The
7/79
South Yorkshire and south London May Day recontrol
6/20
Telecoms training
2/76
Text alerts at Euston
5/74
Thales: The passenger journey – everywhere it matters, Thales delivers
Supp.10/1
Traffic Management costs escalate
7/16
Traffic Management System: Romford delay highlights heroic
9/28
TMS veterans miss the cut on Norwich – Great Yarmouth – Lowestoft
8/30
Traffic management: Why are we waiting?
6/22
Transport for London management criticised over failed
4/11
Valley Lines concession
4/56
wi-fi on London Midland long distance routes promised / Free 1/10
York ROC route setting improved
7/23
Singapore:
Railpool / Singapore invests in
Slovakia:
Vienna-Bratislava upgrade / Work begins on
South East of Scotland Transport Partnership:
Forth road bridge closure / ScotRail responds to
5/64
12/79
1/11
Spain:
O Porriño derailment / Call for leased fleet to be returned to Spain after fatal
11/82
Perpignan – Figueres cross-border PPL / Government takeover for11/79
Sweden:
Blå tåget banned briefly
Green Cargo / Positive year for
Hallandsås tunnel opens
Stockholm concession / MTR wins
Stockholm regional services / KISS EMUs for
Stockholm’s city line? / Test trains on
Switzerland:
Base Tunnel too? / A metre-gauge
Gotthard Base Tunnel on track
Gotthard base tunnel opens for trial operation
Milan to Frankfurt services / SBB plans Rhätische Bahn loco-operated trains in service / New
Rhatische Bahn orders more EMUs
TGV Lyria abandons Lille
Vectrons for the Co-op
9/85
4/70
2/84
1/86
4/70
3/85
7/82
1/86
7/84
7/85
7/83
10/84
1/82
12/82
T
Technical Strategy Leadership Group:
Research revival
1/34, 2/46
‘Trackwatch’:
1/90, 2/88, 3/88, 4/74, 5/73, 6/90, 7/94, 8/92, 9/92, 10/92, 11/92, 12/93
Traction & Rolling Stock:
* AT300: Yellow front ends
Supp.5/26, 7/45
* bi-modes / Bring on the
11/70
Caledonian Sleeper Mk 5 mock-up unveiled
8/10
CD40s: Crossrail express
Supp.4/31
* Class 43 IC125 at 40: Still tomorrow’s train
10/52, 11/47
Class 230 D-Train trial / Coventry to Nuneaton line for
9/12
Class 320: Day return to Paris
8/40
Class 345 Aventra design unveiled
1/95
* Class 345 counting on it
Supp.4/14
Class 345 unveiled: First look at Bombardier’s Aventra EMU
9/8
Class 385 mock-up unveiled / ScotRail
3/86
* Class 700 – Siemens’ people eater
8/26, 9/49
Class 700 Thameslink train unveiled / New
7/8
Class 707: People movers for the Windsor line
9/10
* Class 800 IEP first impressions
1/28
Class 800 Inter-city Express / GWR launches
8/8
* Digital gauging: The future railway
1/49
* East Anglia / Ambitious for
3/46
East Anglia fleets: Siemens edged out by Stadler and Bombardier / Replacement
9/14
‘Electrification’ without wires planned in Schlesswig-Holstein 10/83
Fast Track to the Future: The combined wisdom of the
rail supply industry
4/36
* GWR on the cusp of change
8/51, 9/46, 9/49
Heathrow Express fleet grounded
4/72
Hybrid battery trains in Germany
10/83
* Merseyrail: New MD makes his mark
2/60
Mireo to replace Desiro on continent / Articulated
10/80
15
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Re-engineering: On the grid – Can a 1970s design beat its replacement
3/36
refurbishment challenge / Fleet engineers face the
1/56
Risk assessment: The game of risk
10/40
rolling stock bonanza / Control Period 5
4/22
Rolling stock development
1/45
Rolling stock innovations
1/68
rolling stock market uncertainty / DfT underlines
7/34
Seats: Pershore – a first class journey
3/40
Stadler and Ansaldo consortium for Glasgow subway trains
4/15
TET rolling stock / New daytime
4/67
timetable change / c2c’s torrid
4/44
traction and rolling stock round-up / Captain Deltic’s
9/34, 10/49
trains spearhead rail transformation / New
Supp.5/26
transmissions and more / Voith –
10/44
Works moves: Lost in translation – How to move a train
3/36
Train Engineering Service Companies (TESCOS):
* Depot development
Train-life support
1/45
1/53
Train Operating Companies (TOCs) / Association of Train Operating
Companies (ATOC):
All Line Rover ticket: Roving the rails (Welcome)
10/3
Anglia: Capacity boost prior to full fleet renewal / More EMUs for10/12
Anglian ambition / Abellio’s
10/22
Arriva UK Trains ties up with Icomera for extension of on-board internet connectivity
7/93
* bi-modes / Bring on the
11/70
Birmingham New Street / Interchange at
7/46, 8/49
branding / New
3/18
* Branding: Where the trains have no name
4/32
Brexit for breakfast (Welcome)
8/3
Brexit: Franchising feels immediate impact
8/36
Bristol Open Day
6/86
British Rail: Ownership is a distraction / Bring back (Railtalk)
10/6
Bromsgrove station opens / New
8/21
* Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal commissioning / Cardiff prepares for
12/62
* Class 43 IC125 at 40: Still tomorrow’s train
10/52, 11/47
Class 180s / Alstom to maintain GC
9/86
Class 321 ‘re-tractioning’ / Vossloh Kiepe
1/89
Class 387s / Operators vying for
4/73
Class 442s to Southampton / Alliance plans
12/14
Competition: Red in tooth and claw (Railtalk)
4/6, 4/41, 5/41
* Contactless payments: Wave and pay – TfL leads the way 3/70, 4/40
* Conwy Valley Line gets a breath of fresh air
10/74, 11/47
Darlington? / Dive under for
12/13
* Depot development
1/45
Devolution of inner London suburban rail services to TfL 3/10
Devon visitors
7/87
Digital Railway bubble / Managing Director Group Digital Railway: David Waboso pricks
9/26
Driver-only operation: A right to-doo (Welcome)
7/3
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
6/6, 7/47
East Coast main line additional paths
7/96
* East Coast performance challenge
7/54, 8/47, 9/47
Electrification RIP
12/22
ERTMS challenge / The
3/67
finances 2014-15 / Railway
9/68
First class is a mess
4/78, 5/41
franchising / Public Accounts Committee concerns over
3/16
Go-Ahead highlights GTR troubles
10/13
* Golden Whistles 2016: Excellence in railway operating
3/60
* Great Western electrification: Chasing cost and time 7/60, 8/48, 9/47
* growth / Coping with
4/51
* HackTrain report on innovation and research: Tear down the wall
7/38, 8/46, 9/47
* Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
16
Hendy Review / TfGM hits out at
6/17
HS2 may miss 2026 opening
8/14
HS2 – starting to impact the working railway
2/32
Lamington / Early reopening for
3/12
* London to Scotland: Rail battles air for market share
10/64, 11/44
Managing Directors: Who runs the railway 2016?
9/31
Manchester Airport / ATW extends to
6/14
Moor Street / More trains to
8/20
network / Expanding the
2/70
* North for the North / By the
Supp.5/10
North / Nicola Shaw proposes a route for the
5/30
* North / Rail transformation in the
Supp.5/1, 6/40
* Northern coastal
5/48
* Northern / The new
Supp.5/16, 6/40
* Norton Bridge flyover completed
5/22
online / Tracking services
3/69
open access threat / Virgin highlights
3/19
Passenger numbers continue to soar
7/17
* passenger railway? / What next for the
7/24, 8/49
passenger voice / The
6/44
Passengers at the heart of the modern railway
Supp.5/3
* passengers / Rail Minister Claire Perry prioritises
7/50
* Passengers: Why is rail ridership rising?
2/66
performance decline / Steady
6/13
Politicians and the railways (Railtalk)
9/6
* progress? / 40 years of
1/74, 2/46
Rail devolution
2/46, 4/40, 6/40
Rail North takes up the reins
4/9
Rail passenger business
10/97
Rail-bus integration
4/60
Railway management ladder / The
4/58
rains but it pours / It never (Railtalk)
2/6
* refurbishment challenge / Fleet engineers face the
1/56
regulation essential / Strong (Railtalk)
3/6
regulation / Freelance (Welcome)
11/3, 12/42
Risk assessment: The game of risk
10/40
rolling stock bonanza / Control Period 5
4/22
Rolling stock innovations
1/68
Rolling stock market faces uncertain times
6/28
rolling stock market uncertainty / DfT underlines
7/34
rolling stock reshuffle / Northern
8/86
* St Pancras: Serving the customer
2/54, 3/44
Section 54 blocks market forces
11/34
Settle – Carlisle: The potential for long distance traffic 7/70, 8/47, 9/49
Shrewsbury – Birmingham frequency doubled
10/10
Shrewsbury proposed / Electrification to
3/14, 4/41, 5/41
Siemens floats the UK rail business: All this time
8/44
silver lining / FOC clouds – TOC
9/23
Smart ticketing: DfT bows out
3/32
Smart ticketing – DfT goes Maoist
6/32
social media express / The
3/69
social media story / The
7/79
South Western shortlist / Only two on
3/16
* speed / The quest for
2/63, 3/45, 4/40, 6/40
Sprinters
1/42
Stagecoach pulls out of Anglia bid
1/12
Stagecoach switch
2/91
Station dwell times: A peril to performance?
3/68
stations / £20 million for new
10/17
* Stations of the future
10/70
Storms hit West Coast main line
1/11
Sustainability of Benefit Street
7/42
ticket barriers – is this a cunning plan / Sound barrier: A look at the economics of
2/40
ticket? / The death of the tangerine
3/74, 6/40
* timetable change / c2c’s torrid
4/44
timetable news / Winter
1/13
* Timetable: Quiet change / December
11/50
timetable service changes / May
5/19
traction and rolling stock round-up / Captain Deltic’s
9/34, 10/49
Exeter services / CrossCountry plans extra
12/14
Traffic management: Why are we waiting?
6/22
production director / Ben Rule moved to position of
11/86
Train-life support
1/53
East Midland Trains:
* Trains are getting busier
5/60
Arcow stone quarry – Pendelton revived: Pennine splendour
10/18
* trains spearhead rail transformation / New
Supp.5/26
* bi-modes / Bring on the
11/70
* Transport strategy for the North
Supp.5/6, 6/40
Class 158s / USB sockets on EMT
12/85
trends 2014 – 2015 / Rail industry annual
2/42
Midland main line wiring dates / No commitment on
12/9
‘Virtual Route’ unit will cover freight and Crosscountry / social media story / The
7/79
Network Rail’s
7/17
Eurostar (see Channel Tunnel):
Weather disruption: West Coast main line shut till March
2/8, 3/44
Gatwick Express (see also GTR):
Welsh wrangling continues
5/17
Class 387s on track / ‘S’ Stock complete and
2/86
West Midlands / Capacity boost for
10/10
Class 387s / Operators vying for
4/73
West Midlands franchise shortlist / Three on
5/9
Class 387s take over on GatEx
9/87
* West Midlands Railway: A brand for Birmingham
12/48
Class 387/2 GatEx trains to enter service / New
3/87
* West Wales wandering
9/40, 10/47, 11/45, 11/47, 12/45
Gatwick launched / Pay as you go to
2/10
wheelchair issue seriously / Take the (Railtalk)
11/6, 12/42
premium service / No longer a
12/43
Widnes / Alstom coy on proposed new factory in
2/30
Govia Thameslink Railway (see also Gatwick Express, Windsor Line services on the way / More
8/17
Southern and Thameslink):
Woodwalton four-tracking
11/22
chief operating officer / Nick Brown to be GTR
11/86
Alliance Rail Holdings:
Class 365s / SSL to fit ETCS to
1/92
Class 442s to Southampton / Alliance plans
12/14
Class 700 ETCS milestone
9/24
Arriva Trains Wales:
keyGo system / GTR expanding
8/18
* Cardiff Central meets the rugby challenge
5/54
London Bridge landmark
10/8
Class 142s / Voith wheelsets for
11/90
performance targets / GTR breaches revised
7/14
Class 158 / New transmission on
5/71
Rail Minister, Claire Perry, tangles with Class 175s / Corrosion halts
5/70
‘weeds of railway management’
2/10, 3/45
* Conwy Valley Line gets a breath of fresh air
10/74, 11/47
Southern improvement / Chris Gibb to head project board for 10/13
delivery complaints in Wales / Network Rail
3/15
Troubles deepen
8/97
Heart of Wales Line mooted / Depot on
5/17
Uckfield line / 10-car trains on
9/86
Manchester Airport / ATW extends to
6/14
Grand Central:
* North Wales coast: Wiring on the wishlist
3/54
Class 180s / Alstom to maintain GC
9/86
Valley Lines electrification / Brexit threatens
8/13, 9/46, 9/47
East Coast service approved / First Group’s low-cost
6/8
Valley Lines / No more diesel-only trains for
12/86
Great Northern:
Welsh franchise / Four bidders for
11/11
Class 387s enter service on Great Northern
11/84
* West Wales wandering
9/40, 10/47, 11/45, 11/47, 12/45
Great Northern suburban fleet / Siemens for
2/11
c2c:
keyGo system / GTR expanding
8/18
carriages / c2c to draft in extra
2/11
Great Western Railway:
Class 360s / c2c to lease Heathrow
3/11
Bath / Sydney Gardens gets a makeover
6/38
Class 387 progress / C2C
8/87
Bristol Open Day
6/86
Class 387s for c2c? / New
5/71
* Cardiff Central meets the rugby challenge
5/54
Class 387s in service on c2c
12/84
* change / GWR on the cusp of
8/51, 9/46, 9/49
compensation scheme on c2c / Automatic
4/13
Class 43 HST deal for Houghton / GWR
5/74
revenue growth at c2c / Strong
4/76
Class 43 mini-HSTs for Cornwall?
7/11, 8/49
season tickets / c2c first to launch flexible
7/14
Class 387 EMU introduction / GWR gears up for
9/17
* timetable change / c2c’s torrid
4/44
Class 387 EMUs / GWR launches Hayes
10/14
Traffic Management System: Romford delay highlights heroic
9/28
Class 387 EMUs on GWR / Loco-hauled
12/11
Caledonian Sleeper:
Class 387s / GWR confirms order for more
7/11, 8/49
Class 73s performing well / Sleeper
10/87
Class 387s / GWR to order more
6/10
director for sleeper trains and new trains programme
10/88
Class 387s / Operators vying for
4/73
Loco changes for Caledonian Sleeper
8/11
Class 800 AT300 bi-modes / GWR orders more Hitachi
9/16
Mk 5 mock-up unveiled / Caledonian Sleeper
8/10
* Class 800 IEP first impressions
1/28
Paralympic special
11/7
Class 800 IEP testing on Great Western route / First electric
9/16
Reliability mods for sleeper fleet
1/88
Class 801 IEP fleet for Great Western / All bi-mode
7/10, 10/49
Chiltern Railways:
* Crossrail: Surface programme partnership
Supp.4/10
Banbury / All change at
9/70
DB Systemtechnik running IEP test support
6/93
East West Rail project / Alliance for
1/18
Delay repayments delayed
11/47
* London Underground: Transforming the Tube
6/52, 7/47
Great Western Electrification Programme target dates and costs 4/26
mobile network at Chiltern / Better connections on
4/77
Hayes shuttle to start
5/18
Moor Street / More trains to
8/20
* HOPS fulfil its promise? / Can the
8/64
Oxbridge corridor / Lord Adonis to study
5/12
HST at 40
11/19
* Oxford / Chiltern reaches
11/56
Inter-city Express / GWR launches
8/8
Oxford link / December opening for Chiltern’s
3/9
Oxford Station / Vision for
4/13
Oxford Parkway / Perking up at (Welcome)
1/3
rolling stock cascade hit by wiring delays / GW
12/10
Tree collision hits Chiltern
3/11
Seats: Pershore – a first class journey
3/40
CrossCountry:
Severn Tunnel conductor rail installed
12/21
Bromsgrove remodelling completed
12/20
* Severn Tunnel electrification
8/70, 9/49, 10/48
Class 43 power car detaches from train at Bristol * south west: Scenic vistas from the West Country / Summer in the 8/60
Temple Meads / CrossCountry
12/85
Thames Valley wires retrofit planned
4/12
Class 220 Voyager for CrossCountry in direct award / Extra
11/11
wiring delays confirmed / Great Western project
3/8
17
Greater Anglia:
Anglia / Abellio relaunches 11/10
Anglia: Capacity boost prior to full fleet renewal / More EMUs for10/12
Anglia / The new face of rail in
11/12
* Anglian ambition / Abellio’s 10/22
Class 68s start on Wherry lines
8/87
Class 317/5 refresh
5/71
* East Anglia / Ambitious for
3/46
East Anglia deal / Abellio wins new
9/13
East Anglia fleets: Siemens edged out by Stadler and Bombardier 9/14
executive team / Abellio’s new Anglia
11/86
Lea Bridge lives again
6/12
Lea Bridge opening
5/19
Mk 3 refurb / AGA completes
11/85
* Norwich in 90: Great Eastern speed up demanded
3/50
Procurement process: Train wars
10/36
Wheel flats hit AGA DMU fleet
1/89
Heathrow Express:
Class 360s / c2c to lease Heathrow
3/11
fleet grounded / Heathrow Express
4/72
Hull Trains:
AT300 order / Hull Trains confirms
12/11
Beverley at weekends / Through to
1/12
track access rights / 10 more years for Hull Trains
5/11
London Midland:
CCTV deal for ESG / London Midland
12/90
Class 230 D-Train trial / Coventry to Nuneaton line for
9/12
Coventry Arena / Loco-hauled specials to the
4/72
Coventry Arena / Longer trains at
3/15, 4/72
Coventry Arena specials make a loss
5/9
Loco-hauled rolling stock for LM following Watford Junction
12/85
Marston Vale options / LM mulls
12/84
Marston Vale / Single cars on
11/85
Trent Valley services in London Midland direct award / More
1/10
West Midlands / New stations
2/15
* West Midlands Railway: A brand for Birmingham
12/48
London Overground [LOROL] (see London)
London Underground (see London)
Merseyrail (see PTAs, PTEs and ITAs)
Northern:
Arcow stone quarry – Pendelton revived: Pennine splendour
10/18
Arriva faces Northern franchise probe
7/13
Blackpool North: Poor service at the seaside
4/41
Carillion serving the north
5/74
Class 142s / Voith wheelsets for
11/90
Class 180 hire / Northern plans
7/86
Class 180 operation / Northern to extend
12/86
Class 319s in service / All Northern
2/87
Class 323s / Electronics upgrade on
10/87
Cleethorpes through service restored
5/19
Competition & Markets Authority’s Northern concerns
10/17
Cumbrian Coast / Information revolution on
4/76
Doncaster / Extra platform at
3/22
Farnworth tunnel reopens
2/21
fleet / CAF for new Arriva Northern
3/19
franchises herald new era for the north / New
5/8
Franchises: New trains for the north
1/8
Harrogate ticket facility
5/75
improvements in north west / ‘Phased’
12/12
MD Alex Hynes confirmed / New franchise
2/91
* network improvements / Rail
Supp.5/32, 6/40
North / A good job in the (Welcome)
5/3, 6/41
* Northern / The new
Supp.5/16, 6/40
Railway management ladder / The
4/58
Refurbishment: Northern’s new look
12/85
Regional Directors at Northern
7/90
Repaint of carriage No 5524
1/42
Rochdale / New bay at
1/18
18
rolling stock reshuffle / Northern
8/86
Seats: Northern sits to conquer
11/38
senior management for Northern / Arriva’s
5/80
Settle & Carlisle / March reopening for
8/16
Settle – Carlisle pictorial
7/72
Settle – Carlisle: The potential for long distance traffic 7/70, 8/47, 9/49
timetable / North West delays may affect 2017 Northern & TPE
11/17, 12/42
* trains spearhead rail transformation / New
Supp.5/26
Warrington West work / Balfour Beatty for
9/24
weather woes: Tyne Valley opens but Settle and Carlisle shuts
3/13
Riviera Trains:
Coventry Arena specials make a loss
5/9
ScotRail:
agreement / ScotRail and RMT reach
11/18
boost from 2018 / Scottish
5/17
Borders Railway breaks million mark in first year
10/17
Borders Railway journeys pass half million mark
3/13
Class 156 to ScotRail / Brodie to lease repaired
12/86
Class 318 kicks off Scottish refurb
2/14
Class 320s on ScotRail
5/70
Class 320s refurbished / ScotRail’s ex-LM
10/86
Class 385 mock-up unveiled / ScotRail
3/86
Class 385 reaches UK / ScotRail
10/86
* EGIP rolls on
10/58
EGIP wires delayed
8/12
Flying Scotsman scandal engulfs NR
6/12
Forth road bridge closure / ScotRail responds to
1/11
Glasgow Queen Street blockade completed
9/18, 10/48
passengers / Keeping count of Scottish
6/92
Smartcards in five years’ time: Scots get smart
4/64
South West Trains:
Class 456 refurb complete / SWT
1/89
Class 458/5s all in service / South West Trains
8/86
Class 707: Going wild in Wildenrath (Welcome)
9/3
Class 707: People movers for the Windsor line
9/10
Class 707s ahead of schedule
5/71
* Electrification centenary: 100 not out – SWT keeps on growing
2/48, 4/41, 6/40
head of drivers / Tara Deller-Hoy moves to SWT as
5/80
* Heathrow Southern Railway: A new opportunity
12/69
Shepperton blockade in July
7/23
Signalling saga
7/46
Stagecoach switch
2/91
ticket vending machines for SWT / Video
9/90
Waterloo / Bridge work at 1/18
* Waterloo works / SWT prepares for
11/62
Wessex Alliance / Reshaping of the
4/62
Weymouth / West of England to
5/19
wi-fi / SWT expands
5/75
Windsor Line services on the way / More
8/17
Yeovil Junction and Yeovil Pen Mill passenger services
1/42
Southeastern:
Bexhill? / Bi-modes to
5/11
Dover reopening after rebuilding project
10/14
Dover: The new Dawlish
2/9
East Kent resignalling
5/19
EMU haulage / Loco mods for
1/89
‘Employee Service Information App’ / Commontime for Southeastern
4/76
* Kent’s railways on a roll
7/74, 8/48
* London Bridge moves on
9/60
London Bridge passengers / Reparations for
1/10
Rochester / Royal opening at
4/20
* Southeastern at 180
6/46, 8/49
Southern (see also GTR):
Class 170 DMU deal / Perpetuum wins
6/93
Driver-only operation: A right to-doo (Welcome)
7/3
DOO debate / Cool heads needed in (Railtalk)
6/6, 7/47
DOO dispute rumbles on / GTR
11/18, 12/43, 12/45
DOO ‘template’, says RMT / DfT wants to set
8/19
* London Bridge moves on
9/60
London Bridge passengers / Reparations for
1/10
performance targets / GTR breaches revised
7/14
project board for Southern improvement / Chris Gibb to head 10/13
Redhill reliability / Row over
2/10, 3/45
service below standard, says Wilkinson: DfT’s boss vows to ‘break the power’ of £60K drivers
4/13
timetable on Southern / Emergency
8/19
Thameslink (see also GTR):
Class 387s / Operators vying for
4/73
Class 700 issues nearing resolution
5/70
Class 700 on test / First
1/89
* Class 700 – Siemens’ people eater
8/26, 9/49
Class 700 Thameslink train unveiled / New
7/8
Class 700s in service
8/87
Class 700s reach Sutton / GTR 12/86
Class 700s start daytime testing
3/87
Hornsey depot upgrades
7/86
keyGo system / GTR expanding
8/18
London Bridge landmark
10/8
Medway in revised timetable / Thameslink to 8/18
service below standard, says Wilkinson: DfT’s boss vows to ‘break the power’ of £60K drivers
4/13
TransPennine Express:
branding for TransPennine / New
3/18
Class 68s to haul new-build carriages from 2018
7/12
Class 185 engine issues
2/87
Class 185 in Manchester Pride Bank Holiday ‘Big Weekend’ livery 10/17
Cleethorpes through service restored
5/19
franchises herald new era for the north / New
5/8
Franchises: New trains for the north
1/8
Hull station upgrade plan
6/20
Loco-hauled carriages / CAF to build new
7/12
MD Leo Goodwin appointed / New franchise
2/91
Mk 5A carriages in build / New TPE
12/86
* network improvements / Rail
Supp.5/32, 6/40
* North further / Taking the
Supp.5/20, 6/40
timetable / North West delays may affect 2017
Northern & TPE
11/17, 12/42
* trains spearhead rail transformation / New
Supp.5/26
Virgin Trains East Coast:
Class 43 HST / Refurbished East Coast
2/87
Class 90 hire for VTEC
10/87
Class 800 Azuma at Darlington
5/72
Class 800 ‘Azuma’ for ECML / Virgin unveils
5/10
Class 800 Azuma: Welcome to North Pole / Prime Minister David Cameron sees
6/85
* Class 800 IEP first impressions
1/28
Competition: Red in tooth and claw (Railtalk)
4/6, 4/41, 5/41
DB Systemtechnik running IEP test support
6/93
* East Coast performance challenge
7/54, 8/47, 9/47
East Coast service approved / First Group’s low-cost
6/8
East Coast’s ‘jam tomorrow’ trouble
9/19
Mk 4 carriage refurb for Yellow Rail
6/92
open access threat / Virgin highlights
3/19
refurbishment begins / VTEC fleet
1/89
Zonegreen’s Scottish job
5/74
Virgin Trains (West Coast):
Class 221 Super Voyager refurb / Virgin
2/87
Class 390 Pendolino BEAM video-on-demand service
7/17
Class 390 Pendolino overhaul complete
6/85
Euston / Text alerts at
5/74
growth / Don’t bank on constant (Railtalk)
5/6
Passenger growth
2/95
Pendo-pology
2/43
Shrewsbury anniversary / Virgin’s
2/15
station of the future / Virgin’s
12/10
Trent Valley calls / Virgin’s extra
5/18
Weather disruption: West Coast main line shut till March
2/8, 3/44
West Coast: Diverted traffic
3/80
Wi-Fi / Nomad Partners
7/92
West Midland Railway:
branding for West Midlands services / Separate branding for
1/10
* West Midlands Railway: A brand for Birmingham
12/48
Transport Focus:
* HackTrain report on innovation and research: Tear down the wall
7/38, 8/46, 9/47
passenger voice / The
6/44
Transport for the North:
capacity / TfN promotes 10/19
Connectivity is the key
Supp.5/4, 6/40
formal status / TfN seeks
12/13
freight capacity / TfN promotes
10/19
* High Speed 2 boost for the North
Supp.5/40
HS3 development: Chancellor backs improved Leeds – Manchester link
/ Funding for
4/8
* North further / Taking the
Supp.5/20, 6/40
Rail North takes up the reins
4/9
Smart season tickets in the North by 2020
4/9
timetable / North West delays may affect 2017 Northern & TPE
11/17, 12/42
* Transport strategy for the North
Supp.5/6, 6/40
Transport Scotland:
boost from 2018 / Scottish
5/17
Borders Railway breaks million mark in first year
10/17
Borders Railway journeys pass half million mark
3/13
electrification affordability / Another blow for
11/26, 12/44
freight strategy addresses challenges / Scottish
5/21
Glasgow subway trains / Stadler and Ansaldo consortium for
4/15
Network Rail capacity / Transport Scotland to review
8/12
U
UK Cards Association:
* Smart ticketing in transition
Urban Transport Group:
TfL joins renamed PTEG
2/24, 4/40
2/12
W
‘Welcome’:
1/3, 2/3, 3/3, 4/3, 5/3, 6/3, 7/3, 8/3, 9/3, 10/3, 11/3, 12/3
‘Welcome’ replies:12/42
Women in Rail:
mentoring network for people throughout the industry /
Group creates
Women in Rail
9/88
12/77
Y
Young Rail Professionals:
Railway management ladder / The
4/58
Young Rail Professionals Rail Week reaches out to young people 8/91
19