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January 2006

Train reliability – electrics excel but diesels disappoint

Super DMUs hit by engine problems

French option sinks Asfordby test facility

 

February 2006

Railway costs – struggling with the unknowns

Railways in hock

Franchising: buy now pay later

Golden Spanners won the hard way

 

March 2006

Engineers challenge HST2 traction

Fun and games with accessibility legislation

ROSCO rental cut impasse - latest

Formulaic TL/GN franchise profile

Captain Deltic's new trains miscellany

April 2006

EWS promotes the Big Freight Railway

IC125 life extension fuels Brush renaissance

HST2 – DfT behind the programme

Grand Central exposes open access angst

May 2006

Pressures mount on GNER

Signalling – let the good times roll

ITSO increases risk in SW franchise

Disability lobby grounds the Junipers

June 2006

Virgin bids for higher speed

GNER – sailing in turbulent seas

Risk inflates Thameslink 2000.

458 furore puts DfT on back foot

Sandbach-Wilmslow resignalling drags on

Coal powered traction

HST2 – mixed power options

July 2006

New trains getting heavier

Stand by for BRTMS

First puts the clock back

TPWS – better than advertised

Boston–Skegness – ORR and Network Rail vacillating

August 2006

DfT nukes the ROSCOs

FCC – Elaine stands by her ban

DfT outlines the HLOS

Signalling more preferred but no firm orders

EC4T – beware the MLUI

September 2006

GNER loses open access challenge

West Coast – Virgin still thinking long term

EDS – Network Rail lost in space

Brush – 25 shop fills up

October 2006

Ten decisions where industry struggles

DfT goes OTT over RVAR

ROSCOs dig in for a war of attrition

Capt Deltic's rolling stock round up

November 2006

Railway funding becoming even more opaque

Maglev crash poses ageless questions

Channel Tunnel freight crisis continues

Energy efficiency – rail plays catch-up

Captain Deltic's traction and rolling stock round-up

December 2006

Replacement franchises – there may be trouble ahead.

Franchise charivari

ORR – now its sustainable development

French invasion

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