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January 2007

Train reliability – new EMUs start to deliver

Networkers to get chrysanthemum power

ROSCO profits – DfT hoist by its own petard

 

February 2007

West Coast – Virgin back with a vengeance

GNER – managing to the end

Dazed and confused in Westminster

IEP procurement moves on

U-turns at track level

March 2007

Competition referral wrecks Pendolino lengthening plan.

Electrification in limbo

Boiling frogs cross the road

Smart card wars hot up

April 2007

Lambrigg will test RAIB

IEP procurement starts

Technical specification emerges

ORR to curb Network Rail's income

May 2007

IEP – great expectations

IEP highlights diesel limitations

Weight dominates IEP design

Challenging standards to save weight and energy

Coming to a railway near you

Pendolino lengthening no early resolution

June 2007

Back to the future for IEP procurement

Hayabusa – hardware demonstrates hybrid credibility

Train leasing – ORR bottles out

Electrification – DfT poses nuclear threat

An insatiable demand for cash.

July 2007

Electrification – driving back the forces of reaction

Pendolino Vortex takes another turn.

Captain Deltic's diesel diversions

Refurbishment – weight creep and changing dynamics

ORR stirs on Portsmouth fiasco

August 2007

New train Tsunami looms

IEP – reality starts to bite.

Electrification – they never give up

Franchises bidders take the Micawber position

All change in West Midlands new trains

September 2007

HLOS – modest enhancements despite soaring income

Perpetual growth funds the HLOS

ERTMS – no magic bullet

RVAR 2020 – problems underground

October 2007

Electrification – procrastination rules

Redwood solves adhesion problem

Double-deck trains – the definitive study?

ICEC – bravery is relative

November 2007

Network Rail – governance by rubber stamp

DfT Rail's new golden age

Angel up for sale

ERTMS – a long time coming

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