Industry views - Page 8

Our columnist Christian Wolmar has been in Japan and China, where he experienced three airport services.

Our anonymous columnist looks at the wider implications of the open access order that staves off the threat of lay-offs at Hitachi.

The new operator, now granted track access, is seeking funding. Our Industry Insider on what happens next.

Our columnist Christian Wolmar is in Japan, experiencing the brilliancies and quirks of its varied rail networks.

Rajinder Pryor MBE, Head of Business Partnering (Southern), Route Services, Network Rail and Board Trustee, Women in Rail talks about what she has learned and how Women in Rail helped changer her life

With GBR still several years away from managing train operations, Philip Haigh explains why the government has to fully engage with today’s railway.

Will the DfT's third Transport Secretary so far this year hit the ground running, asks Christian Wolmar.

Seasonal rushes, engineering works, snowstorms, traffic jams and can you work out whether Chris Rea would have got home for Christmas quicker by train?

How is our new government faring on rail reform? In our Manifesto for Rail series, Howard Johnston turns in this issue to freight.

Current assessments of HS2 are too gloomy, as several frugal tweaks are available to improve its business case in the changed rail market, says Stuart Porter.