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Dalgety Bay leads Fife rail drive LWAYS Edinburgh CrossRail /P FI for KAI Elland-Brighouse link in jeopardy Euxton opens Robin Hood Line Stage III “Robin Hood reaches goa Robin Hood / Strang gives to Shrewsbury-Chester study Yorkshire stations planned Czech Republic: Class 680 roll-out in summer index: Volume 55 electric traction tests Skoda running Wagon order for CKD Makeup of Volume 55 January-December 1998 Denmark: Copenhagen Airport line Month Pages Month Pages Copenhagen airport link Infrastructure survey January 1 - 64 July 42-5 48 8 “invest for the future / Danist February 65 - 136 August 48-9 56 0 Kastrup airport link open March 137 - 208 September 56-1 64 2 Open access planned punctuality /P oor April 209 - 260 October 64-1 70 4 *S-trains Novel design for new May 281 - 352 November 70-5 78 4 June 353 - 424 December 78-5 86 4 Electrification: * denotes a major feature Germany Great Britain Greece Netherlands Switzerland Accidents: Belgium: Aachen / Accident at Brussels Airport station opens ‘Europeview': Bexlzy derailment / Railtrack rapped over Brussels: new airport line Cadoxton, South Wales, derailment Class 13 debut Connex South Eastern: Spate of accidents Class 111 driving trailer in service Crashworthiness: an ethical issue? double-deckers /B ombardier picked for ‘Forum’: Eschede 466, 510 freight link /N ew Eschede derailment analysis locos arrive /N ew “Eschede: the aftermath Thalys /B uoyant Finland: Milanese smash *Thalys: Entering a new era Jyvaskyla derailment Pendolino accident Thalys improvements / More Pendolino order confirmed Safety on trial (Railtalk) “Westrail International: Entering a new era Railcar order cancelled safety / Railway Sandy: the HSE ‘Book Review’: France: Southall accident 22, budget 1999 /S NCF Southall collision: A doubtful precedent (Railtalk) Bosnia: Citroén contract Southall inquiry Traffic with Serbia resumes EU proposals: French agree to p ay Kinnoc Southall /T elevising Eurostar’: a truck or a train? Thalys accident British Rail: Eurostar booms *TPWS: will it save many lives? “On track for the millennium freignt locos / Als tom picked for 12 Watford report published Profit: BR in the black Gaye du Nord / Problems at the Geneva TGV Airlines & airports: Korean TGV on test air traffic to switch to rail / Internal German Channel Tunnel: LGVs / Freight on the Arlanda Airport trains arrive Class 92 for Crewe-Scotland freight Long train trials Brussels Airport station opens contracts signed / First three CTRL Lyon /G EC Alstom Brussels: new airport line Customer focus (Railtrack) Lyon-Turin line /N o Copenhagen Airport line nears completion Euro link /G overnment underwrites two-stage Massif modernisatior Copenhagen airport link /S eptember opening for Eurostar’: a truck or a train? Meéditerranee advar Docklands Light Railway plans air link Eurostar booms Paris ‘Meteor i Freight at airports 34, 233, Eurostar-Thalys connection failure Paris Metro order up for Gardermoen Airport link opens Eurostar to the Alps reform / Railway Gatwick Express: Captain Deltic's traction turntable Immigration controls in Brussels Building one Europe TGV Duple “Heathrow: a new kind of railway link in trouble /C hunnel TGV Est: a step closer Heathrow Express: Captain Deltic's traction turntable locos /N ew Chunnel TGV Est go-aheac Heathrow Express trailers arrive Rail Link umbrella solution TGV Est out > Heathrow FastTrain *railfreight to the Continent be doubled? / Can TGV flops /C herbourg-l Heathrow FastTrain launched Railtrack supports Channel! Tunnel Rail Link to Southfleet2 TGV progress ting Heathrow FastTrain still going slow Regional Eurostars for London-Manchester 19 *TGVs: a fleet in transitior Heathrow freight terminal planned TGVs / Diesel-hauled *Heathrow's rail strategy Civil Engineering: TGVs: Simpler and che Kastrup airport link opens axle load limits? / Railtrack to relax timetable generates tr | Malpensa Airport link *Berlin-Hannover line completed Wagon-Lits' ‘no subsidy’ pla Manchester Airport /C lass 322s for Euston to *Bicester-Princes Risborough redoubled X TER deliveries runnir Manchester Airport drop “DLR: ten years on/ The Southampton Airport Parkway station “Heathrow: a new kind of railway Stansted update Humber sea defences raised Germany: Stuttgart Airport progress Infrarail 98 Aachen / Accident at Infrastructure maintenance: a new type of air traffic to switch to ‘Alan Williams’ Column’: 62, 134, 206, 278, 350, company emerges Berlin S-Bahn exten 422, 486, 558, 638, 702, 781, 862 “infrastructure maintenance / Mechanised Berlin Stadtbahn reopening f Infrastructure maintenance out to tender Berlin-Frankfurt an der Oder ‘Alan Williams' Column’ replies: 22, 23, 86, 233, 307, “infrastructure /M aking better use of our rail 246 *Berlin-Hannover line comp’ 376, 513, 583, 726, 727 806 *Jubilee Line Extension trainset to work / Getting the Berlin-Vienna leeper re-routina Leeds upgrade launched Bombardier buys DWA Austria: “Midland Metro set for opening Class 101 and 152 locos Berlin-Vienna sleeper re-routing *North West rail network / Upgrading the Class 132 loco rebuild Brenner RoLa ramped up *Owen Williams railways: Consultancy for tomorrow's Class 424 roll-out cab ride /U nexpected rail network May supp ss 474 problems Class 1012 for Brenner work “Paddington reshaped 454, 5 S$6 11 hits bogie problem Class 1012 on test Pennine upgrade work / Engineers busy on trans Ss 611 locos / Substitutes for Cross-border re-opening “possessions / Planning for Class 612 option taken up EMUs sidelined “stations /U pgrading Class 644 Talent roll-out ICE /D omestic Strategic Development Group: Thinking laterally coach rakes / Fixed P&O ties up with OBB about top and line DB re-organises Semmering advance Track double-deckers /N ew Semmering base tunnel delay “Works trains for the new millennium Eschede Semmering Base Tunnel review Eschede derailment analysis Vienna-Prague speed-up Councils / Local Authorities: Eschede smash claims 102 lives Bishops Stortford / Lifts for *Eschede: the aftermath Repair work bo¢ DLRp rogress /L ewisham RFS kept bus “DLR: ten years on / The Railtest DLR / Who's w e go southwards? / Can the t London Line reopens Jubilee Line Extension JLE stations *JLE trainset to work *JLE Update JLE / US Cavalry res JLE will open with fixed block JLE /W orld-class architecture way Tunnel Creating a complex interchange Aug s rt shake-ur - Line trains informed Sources information Rail Link u Railtrack: Empire building (Railtalk) ‘Informed Sources' replies: Rover Guide 1998 Infrastructure News International: rd Luxembourg: tram is ‘Moving Wheels': Moving wheels’ replies: National: Greece: Debt writte [ Government r Labour - London AIsport she Health & Safety Executive: yndon Underground Crashworthiness: an € ica yrries: Is the Government nal Express / Profile *On track for the miilennium rformance summit / Pres« industry: AAddttrraanrz 7; ays affordable Robin Hood / Strang gives tegic Rail Authority c Rail Authority / Ar Strategic Rail Authority /W hite paper sets stage for oort White Paper: People of vision wanted ort White Paper: Prescott eyes the precipice rt White Paper: The sands of time (Railtalk) Netherlands: < chosen M96s hard at work Amsterdam Bijlmer station: Grimshaw goes Dutch Amsterdam-Berlin grow Amsterdam-Frankfurt ICE3 services Antwerpen Central restoration Betuwe bridge Betuwe go-ahead 5kV 5-Milan Betuwe line / No doublestacks on Pendolino < freight amalgamated /G erman and Dutch freight underway / Open access L vers Rail expands Lovers Rail growth / Green light for NDX wound up Open access’ expands Porterbrook job / NS unit wins Rotterdam traffic booms Thalys accident Thalys pantographs 3 GWH travel /C heaper UK Newsfront': ‘Legal Lines': Norway: Narcroft ¢ London: Class Di6 diesel locos: Siemens on notice Mott MacD Engineering Bakerloo charter train 5 Class Di6 replacements 's Tender for ) Aug supp Freight tracking way SSs upplies / Partner Circle : low Pages on 198 Gardermoen Airport link opens Ww lliams railways: Consultan commuting booms / London 287 Talent DMUs / NSB buys tilting rail network May supp Yroydon LRV starts trials 710 passenger stock orders / New t Croydon LRV to star at Birmingham exhibition 709 Piggyback moves on Croydon tram track deal 216 Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF): Railcare challenges on Mk 1 conversion Docklands Light Railway airport extension planned 495, 710 Chiltern calls down OPRAF's wrath *RR ailway Indusutsrtyr y IInrn novatit on A Award 111999988 169, 294 DLR: DoLoRes boring machine emerges 44 competition: Has Prospero released Ariel or “Refurb changes its image DLR / History of the 48 Caliban? / On-rail RAILWAYS “Computers guard the taxpayer's interest nnex ret by OPRAF gamble E ast Coast growth / looks at East Coast / Long term strate Fr anchise agreements: Railtrack in a spin chises for the people - time to redraw jic Rail Authority ast deal goes Making ommuting bor Railway Study Association: OPRAF OKs “affordable / Making railways ring / Franchise Nestern Trains next for OPRAF's ire Rail Unions: ing: Redundant PIXCs_ (Railtalk) Driver training de OPRAF slams TOCs on OOKINg gias: Rail Users' Consultative Committee: ATOC, CRUCC clast ‘Railfreight’: Virgir Railfreight: ail Authorit Air huttle il Auth Rail Auth¢ Passenger Transport Authorities / Executives: nk /G o-ahead for Hadfie Dual-v Exploitir nding agreed 1d Metr 1 Metr st rail network / Upgrading the 2st Trains next for OPRAF's ire Post Office: Moving the Aug supp Railtalk’: t on track / Ke g the Dec supp oyal Mail expansi 612 ‘RailTourer': The Rail Freight Group: Capacity Quotas / Th ~AS€ ‘RailTourer' renties European Commiss European rail freight sector Railtrack: estment / Why rail freight access Campaigr ential 76, 23¢ Access Lor Is the Government about to cave in on 44 tonnes34 Alsto PUG2 / Why freic should welcome 220 Axle Railtrack / Keeping tabs on Axle loads: Son to pa Railtrack - linking r and reward / Regulating Bexley derailment / Rail track ra chains / Adjusting 2ster-Princes Rist orough r ipply chains - where's the v Rail-based ingham New Street / Makeo ort White Paper “4 le of vision wanted Birmingham New Street /R enew Birmingham / Tackling conc Rail Regulator: Bishops Stortford / Lifts for Access contracts: Legal equivalent to Rubik's « Board successors named competitio Has Pro 0 released Ariel or Bristol contract /A mey out of Caliban? / On-rail Bristol Te 2 Meads benefits competition rules / Swift moderates Burkhardt raps Railtrack East Coast / Risk and reward on the Capacity Quotas / The case for “franchises for the people / Exploiting “Cars by rail Franchising - time to redraw the map 80¢ Channel Tunnel Rail Link supportec Government railway policy: Problems and objectives569, 652 Charing Cross / New roof at ‘infrastructure /M aking better use of our rail 246, 446 r trains - not Railtrack's fault tt “Timetable change *On track for the millennium 160 Late timings for timetable / More impr Performance: Shrieking pips (Railtalk) 564 “contractors /C onfidence building with timetable upgrade / Com Privatisation: Who wants to run a railway? (Railtalk) 708 Cornish resignalling on hold Tottenham and Edmonton rai Public duties of private operators 501 Cromer job /V aughan Harmon picks up TPWS - HSE and Railtrack at PUG2 - has the Regulator tamed the gorilla? 300 Crossing the railway *TPWS: will it save many lives? RAILWAYS “franchises for the people / Exploiting 382, 512, 582 Government railway policy: Problems and objectives569, 652 Switzerland: “infrastructure / Getting the most out of rail 694 Alpine per-power ‘infrastructure /M aking better use of our rail 246, 446 AlpTr t thar urney information system / New lawyers / Railway Livery news London commuting booms management: privatisation - what privatisation Mk 1 coach safety - too much too late? National Express up: progress in rail travel *On track for the millennium 2d / Last franchise ywding: Redundant PIXCs_ (Railtalk) senger st yrders /N ew t Performance and liability: Gene é Indifferent f mance /O PRAF slams TOCs on Performance: Shrieking pips (Railtalk rmance summit / Prescott calls Railway y Study Association news 1 the looking glass Rolling Stock Companies (ROSCOs) Refurb round-up Regional Eurostars for London-Manche Report on the ROS 30 years ago’: 30 years ago’ replies Trackwatch Serbia Trackwatch' replies: Traction & rolling stock: Service Please epta Trard — Service Piease' replies Signalling & telecommunications k flak Train Engineering Service Companies (TESCOs): Slovenia iltern Railway C F J ster-Princes Risb ass 168 Turbosta Spain Train Operating Companies (TOCs): G ; 168 Turbostar ente Britist Acce ntracts: Legal equivalent to Rut it 22 la16s8 Tsurbo star hice AT fare 791 > 168 Turbost F > 168 Turbostar ss 168 Turbostar takes shape 3 168s all at Aylesb Innovation Award: Chilter arries off ‘railway Osc OPRAF's wrath / Chiltern calls down tomer is (Railtra Procudrogmea mcomeesn artou nd State of the Art 25, 114, 1€ 4, 341 8 458, 531 Jiesel trair n Derby O progress EMU e privatised railway Connex South Central Sweden: Gineer perato A time | capacity figures stand up? /D o Connex A t Class 205: Electrification in, Thumpers out! Cl ass 421 'CiGs' /D owngraded 2 cUr lass 421/7 '3-COP' ¢ é mple 468 Fares 205 Class 422 4-BiGs return Ha lar a tune prot ms ] First Groupa major force in railv s Classic’ news Yre locos Franchise agreements: Railtracikn a spin contracts /C onnex Pollutior Franchise monitoring expands Private firms "Franchisees hit their stri fleets /s witch round 269 signals contract arded / Light rai Franchises: ATOC tries for a Square Deal franchise / Adtranz would gain from 15-year CSC 371 Stockholm relief “franchises / Delivering successful Franchise: Connex seeks 15 years for South Central 370 Vi RAILWAYS “franchise's potential /R ealising a 163, 304, 375 Bus links 5 Class 31s for Marston Vale OPRAF gamble / Connex rebuffed by 573 Charters: Great Western undefeated 5é Class 121 ‘Bubble Portions Class 165/1 Turbos for Oxford-Bristol service 2¢ Class 508s Southern services 8¢ coach replacements / Southall 27 “franchises / Deli aches on hold é GOBLIN and Mar Connex South Eastern “First Group a major force in railways accidents / Spate of fleet news / Great Western Class 205 DEMUs reformed as two-car units ¢ Glastonbury festival / Extra trains fo Class 423 livery 2 Motorail /G WT prepares for Class 465 Networker problems 2¢ problems Class 508 debut 2 Southall accident vehicle returns Class 508s at Sheerness Z Southall HST back in service / Part of Class 508s for South London? yle /G WT turns on the Class 508s on Medway Valley run Vir scores maintenance contract with contracts /C onnex Ele stars /C onnex orders more fleets /s witch round ard Trust nabs Connex deal worker nadir 71 FastTrain lat orker problems / More 2 FastTrain stil vices Direct Rail Services Durigeness / Driver training at ) “Paddington reshaped Class 20 Chopper renewa traction turntable / Captain Deitic's Class 20 mania als at Terminal 4 Class 20s EWS bows out Island Line Isle of Wight stations spruced ur English, Wel § Scottish Railway Ryde / Improved ride from * traffic in the pipeline “Carsby rail 520 LTS Ra charter trains - not Railtrack's fault this time Class 3( on) farewell Late timings for 58 Class 302 ye saved Class 33 'Cromptons' run down 57 “Class 357 takes to the rails Class 59s on open-cast coal trials East Ham Depot rebuild for new train CC lass 66 on displf ay 403 “modernisation takes shapf e lass 66 sails / First 323 OPRAF OKs LTS plan Class 66 takes shape 3 3s arrive /M ore ‘ Verseyrail Electric and / More 83¢ Conway Park opened Valencia prepares for s for EWS ss 92 launches EWS power drive busines avellers 92s to Mossend? Q§ =tches Park takes on Leve Cornwall /B ad experiences in “franchises / Delivering succes Jepots aid Scottish charters 2W “growing the market depots / cl ) Premier / Midl Diesel shunters 'resurrectec Premier < Direct Rail Services Doncaster service c xe freight / ‘Slow start’ to tripling Northern Spirit freight grants announced / New 9¢ Class 158 / Refurbished freight muscle strengthens / Cas triangle /H Ex clones for ng branch reopens f date nfrastructure trains: Blue Tigers out of frame jional Railways North East renamec loco fleet /E WS sorts its Locos for scrap? maintenance depots / Train 97 North Western Tr marketing lead /E WS takes 32 Class 101 Military vehicles: Plumstead tanks 498 Class s fc ston-Manchester Airr Oil problems y financia Piggyback advance 436 “First Gre 4 major force in railwa Railtrack /B urkhardt raps 713 re? /N WT next for OPRAF's RfD finally goteo sEW S ) Performance: North Western back fron RFS / More »s to 5£ Rochdale service e & Carlisle / Freight b on 9¢ Rochdale-Lond Tinsley diesel depot closes Toton opens its doors 26 Regional Railways Nor yn Wagon Repair Depot kept bus Traction and rolling stock update : Railfreight Distribution traction disposals 06 ~lass 92 operations expand traction round up 805 English, Welsh & Scottish Railway / RfD finally West Coast closure 6 Swiss paper contract /R fD wins “Works trains for the new millennium Res htliner Allerton's ne Class 57i n service 7 mail /M oving the Crewe fuelling facility 65 ‘post on track /K eeping the traction round up reorganises West Coast closure 510 Royal Mail expansion Gatwick Express RFS “franchises / Delivering successful 9 busy /R FS kept NEG pays for Gatwick order delay 145 *people mover Oct supp. vi ScotRail Railways 365 headach traction turntable /C aptain Deltic's 84 Caledonian sleepers in traction crisis 2 diagramming on F Class 318 / ScotRail's new-look é EMuUs refurbishe Great Eastern Railway Class 318 EMU work / Hunslet wins 27 livery /N ew WAC Class 312 / Facelifted 142 Dalgety Bay leads Fife rail drive 285 SPAD at 100mph *First Group a major force in railways July supp depots aid Scottish charters /N ew 5é stock shortage *resignalling complete 96 Edinburgh CrossRail? Tottenham and Edm Edinburgh CrossRail / PFI for 4¢ trains Great North Eastern Railway. EMUs / GEC Alstom chosen for Welwyn Class 67 HST/ plans e “franchises / Delivering successful 90 Welwyn c nt Class 91 revival y “franchises for the people / Exploiting East Coast / Long term strategy needed for the 502 “ScotRail in the new Scotland Oct supp. x Turkey: franchise extension? / Will GNER win Springburn / Bonuses for 612 Bosphorus tunnel plans GECA/FF victory /G NER waits for Traction and rolling stock update 155 journeys / A tale of two Turbostar order / ups ‘Blue Riband 360 Political interference continues West Coast closure 610 United States of America: sleeper woes / GNER in West Highlands /T he magnificent 262 “Train control management centres “Vehicle tracking RGreAatI WLesWterAn YTrSain s: Silverlink Train Services £25 es, es, |