FEATURES:
Perry prioritises passengers - The Rail Minister discusses Network Rail, franchising and smart ticketing
East Coast performance challenge - Can this key main line cope with more services?
Great Western electrification - chasing cost and time - Roger Ford discovers how Network Rail is applying value engineering
Ebbw Vale second track awaits final mile - Progress with double-tracking the South Wales branch line
Settle - Carlisle - the potential for long distance traffic - Theo Steel suggests that journey times on the route could be improved
Kent's railways on a roll - More trains and infrastructure improvements are in the pipeline
The social media story - How useful are social media to the rail industry?

REGULARS:
Railtalk - Modern Railways' editorial view
Pan Up - The truth about innovation; how to really promote sustainability
Forum - Readers comment on topical issues around the railway today
Blood and custard - Our diary column
Moving Wheels - Rolling stock news
People - Recent appointments
In Business and small ads - Latest happenings in industry
Trackwatch - Our monthly look at changes on the national network
Crossrail update - A briefing on Crossrail's tunnelling academy
Between the Lines - East Coast open access in focus
Alan Williams - Time for a change in level crossing policy

NEWS:
News Front - GTR launches Class 700; all bi-mode IEP fleet for Great
Western; CAF to build new TPE trains; GTR franchise in default over missed performance targets
Rail Freight - The collapse of coal; hopper wagons recycled
Infrastructure News - Queen Street works progress; GOBLIN blockades begin
Informed Sources - What future for franchising?; changes ahead in Periodic review; rolling stock challenges loom
Europe View - Keith Fender presents a round-up of news from across the Channel