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Million Hour Challenge

Bringing the rail industry together to support Samaritans - in association with RDG and ORR.
■ Beyond the call - HM Chief Inspector of Railways IAN PROSSER and IAN STEVENS from Network Rail introduce the Million Hour Challenge and delve into its origins
■ Confronting the issue - PAUL STEPHEN investigates how the rail industry is already stepping up its efforts to tackle mental health problems and improve wellbeing
■ Time to help save others - Samaritans Chief Executive RUTH SUTHERLAND outlines some of the volunteering opportunities on offer from the Million Hour Challenge.

Intelligent Rail

Sponsored by Amey with expertise from Amey, BCRRE, Siemens, SYSTRA and 3Squared.
■ Why AMEY supports greater integration
■ Transreport’s Internet of Things technology
■ Intelligent rail solutions from SIEMENS
■ 3SQUARED’s innovative answer to ‘leaves on the line’
■ Introducing the Arrakis smart communication suite
■ BCRRE’s thought leadership and technological prowess
■ How SMEs hold the key to unlocking the Rail Sector Deal
■ SYSTRA’s guide to enhancing the passenger experience

Seven Wonders of the Railway 2018

Seven Wonders of the Railway 2018
The winners are announced!
As voted for by Rail readers

UKRRIN Conference Special Report

Rail magazine exclusively reports from the inaugural UKRRIN Annual Conference (#UKRRINannual), on how the ground-breaking new partnership with universities is providing the rail industry with a step change in research, development and innovation.

Worldwide Projects

■ Network Rail’s global ambitions
■ SYSTRA’s French connection
■ XRAIL’s Middle Eastern breakthrough
■ Digital expertise from Omnicom Balfour Beatty
■ Making Europe’s busiest station even bigger

Collaboration and Skills

■ Award-winning teamwork on Crossrail West 
■ HS2’s skills strategy
■ Increased value for money from 3Squared 
■ East Midlands Trains’ life-saving partnership
■ Hitachi and Bombardier up the ante on HS2 
■ Kier’s campaign to close the skills gap

National Rail Awards special issue

National Rail Awards Special Report
■ Customer service excellence
■ Infrastructure achievement of the year
■ Freight and logistics achievement of the year
■ Innovation of the year
■ Major project of the year
■ Sustainable development award
■ Safety award
■ Train of the year
■ Outstanding teamwork award
■ Station of the year
■ Passenger operator of the year
■ Outstanding personal contribution
■ Judges’ special awards

High Speed (Issue 858)

High Speed Special Report (Issue 858)
■ Siemens' Velaro Novo
■ Private finance for HS2?
■ Cost-efficient solutions
■ Hitachi and Bombardier join forces
■ Securing HS2’s skills legacy

Innovation

Innovation Special Report
Sponsored by UKRRIN
■ UKRRIN’s ground-breaking new partnership
■ Europe’s largest railway research centre
■ How technology is creating a better railway
■ Digital expertise from Taylor Woodrow
■ Creating a safer railway

The New Transformers

The New Transformers
■ Creating the 21st century railway
■ 18 women with very different backgrounds talk about their careers
■ Attracting women to the industry
■ How the "New Transformers" are designing, building and operating the railway of tomorrow

Digital Railway

Digital Rail Special Report
As first phase schemes including Thameslink and Crossrail move closer to completion later this year, Network Rail’s Managing Director for Digital Railway David Waboso outlines his vision to Paul Stephen for where the DR programme rollout will go next.
See inside for:
■ David Waboso reveals next steps for DR
■ Behind the scenes at Thameslink
■ Expertise from SYSTRA and Siemens

High Speed 1 Anniversary Special

St Pancras at 150
In a special 16-page supplement, RAIL and HS1 Ltd kick off the birthday celebrations for the nation’s favourite station.
■ EXCLUSIVE: HS1 CEO interview
■ Hidden history uncovered

On cyber alert

RSA Special Report
Britain’s railways have a proud record as one of the safest and most intensively used networks in the world, but difficult challenges are ahead to maintain this performance as the adoption of new technologies creates new risks, warns RSA.

Learning from History

A Network Rail special
Learning from history: Lessons from past accidents 1981-2017

UK rail in a globalised world

■ EGIS Rail’s UK ambitions
■ Alstom’s hydrogen train
■ Bechtel heads down under
■ Digital expertise from Siemens
■ Colas Rail’s Moroccan legacy
■ SYSTRA’s French connection

​Celebrating 10 years of Hitachi in the UK

Ten years: olympic standard
■ How ‘395s’ transformed Kent
■ Karen Boswell exclusive
■ Training tomorrow’s rail staff

Collaboration

Collaboration Special Report
■ Outstanding teamwork on the East London Line
■ Parkeon’s transformative TVM technology
■ Award-winning projects from Taylor Woodrow
■ Carillion’s collaborative spirit
■ Siemens’ research partnership
■ Colas Rail’s key to alliancing

Network Rail: Britain’s biggest builder

Network Rail Special Report
■ Future proofing London Bridge
■ The Great North Rail Project
■ Crossrail: Europe’s largest construction project
■ Delivering value for money
■ NR’s new Supply Chain Strategy
■ Taking a safety-first approach
■ Getting a GRIP on costs
■ Investing in people
■ Electrification: the inside story
■ PLUS exclusive interviews and a look ahead to CP6

London (Issue 834)

London Special Report (Issue 834)
■ DLR at 30
■ Crossrail 2
■ Northern Line Extension
■ PLUS: Expertise from Bombardier, SNC-Lavalin, Siemens and Taylor Woodrow

Passengers

Passengers Special Report
■ Future-proofing the NRPS
■ User-friendly rolling stock
■ Artificial intelligence in action
■ PLUS design expertise from Alstom

High Speed (Issue 830)

High Speed Special Report (Issue 830)
■ High speed rail in the post-Brexit world
■ Putting passengers’ interests first
■ Maximising the economic benefits
■ PLUS insight from SYSTRA, Frieghtliner, AECOM and Siemens

Sustainability

Sustainability Special Report
■ NSAR’s skills agenda
■ Closing the gender gap
■ Colas Rail’s future leaders
■ Best practice from Carillion
■ Putting people first at SNC-Lavalin
■ Lifelong learning with Taylor Woodrow

Crossrail

Crossrail Special Report

■ Crossrail from the air
■ Crossrail’s uneasy birth
■ Prospects for Crossrail 2
■ Carillion’s Christmas works
■ New Aventra fleet introduced
■ Behind-the-scenes at Abbey Wood
■ Inside the integrated management team

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Special Report
■ Industrial Strategy
■ Full lifecycle solutions
■ Electrification expertise
■ Intelligent infrastructure

Light Rail

Light Rail Special Report
■ LRT expertise from Alstom
■ Midland Metro’s ‘Big Bang’
■ Tram-trains for Manchester?
■ Systra lowers LRT costs