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Welcome<br />
ISSUE 180 MARCH 2012<br />
Putting your best foot forward<br />
23<br />
Ahead of the Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show,<br />
Yvette Ashby looks at what makes a suitable safety<br />
boot for trackside workers<br />
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Time and tide<br />
24-25<br />
Andrew Mourant finds out how Network <strong>Rail</strong>’s route<br />
managing director for Wales is tackling the problem of<br />
co<strong>as</strong>tal erosion<br />
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On the fly<br />
26-27<br />
The government seems to be exploring two different<br />
avenues with regard to airport connectivity. On one<br />
hand, HS2 is to get a link to Heathrow Airport, on the<br />
other, the DfT is considering a possible new airport,<br />
which could see Heathrow close. Paul Clifton reports<br />
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<strong>Rail</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> comment and news<br />
4-10<br />
Network <strong>Rail</strong> directors turn down their bonuses; Boris<br />
makes bid to run London’s railways; SWT to form ‘deep<br />
alliance’ with Network <strong>Rail</strong>; Campaigners press for new<br />
stations between Gl<strong>as</strong>gow and Edinburgh; DfT hands<br />
back £500,000 to Tre<strong>as</strong>ury<br />
Business news<br />
11<br />
Network <strong>Rail</strong> signs £1.5bn framework agreements;<br />
More bids predicted to come from Asian-b<strong>as</strong>ed<br />
operators in future franchise competitions<br />
Train of thought<br />
12-13<br />
Readers’ letters: have your say about the rail industry<br />
and <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>Professional</strong><br />
News analysis<br />
14-15<br />
Wright track<br />
16-17<br />
After months of consultation and controversy, the high<br />
speed rail line between London and the West Midlands<br />
got the go-ahead in January. Peter Plisner looks at the<br />
detail behind the announcement<br />
Robert Wright looks at the rationale behind the decision<br />
to go ahead with High Speed Two and wonders<br />
whether the government h<strong>as</strong> been using the right<br />
arguments to justify it<br />
<strong>Rail</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> interview<br />
18-22<br />
26<br />
Katie Silvester catches up with Cath Bellamy, née<br />
Proctor, a year into her tenure <strong>as</strong> managing director of<br />
First Hull Trains, and finds out what brought her to the<br />
open access operator after her departure from Chiltern<br />
Tunnel vision<br />
28-30<br />
John Smith, managing director of GB <strong>Rail</strong>freight,<br />
talks to Katie Silvester about how the company h<strong>as</strong><br />
developed since its sale to Eurotunnel<br />
Stopping thieves in their tracks<br />
31<br />
James Perry looks at the proposed Metal Theft<br />
(Prevention) Bill to see what impact it could have on the<br />
rail industry<br />
People<br />
Ruud Haket; Andrew Goodrum; Adam Golton;<br />
34-35 Thijs Jan Noomen; John Ratcliffe; Nanouke van ’t Riet;<br />
Andrew Camp; Simone Bailey; Dave Welham;<br />
Mark Steward; Kelly Barlow; Ian Smith; Tim Gledhill;<br />
Clare McCartney; Keith Greenfield; Richard Robinson;<br />
Ian Bridges; Richard Parry; Phil Edwards; Lee Pitts;<br />
Jörg Wiedenlübbert; Kate Clement; Angela Birchall;<br />
Trevor Capps; Peter Garnett<br />
Recruitment<br />
36-39<br />
Find your next job here and online<br />
at www.railpro.co.uk/recruitment<br />
2011 RBA Review<br />
Inside this issue: The winners and<br />
runners-up of the<br />
2011 <strong>Rail</strong> Business Awards<br />
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