Features:
Sheffield wins in new timetable - A minute over two hours to St Pancras, plus other news from the December timetable
No trains at Nottingham - There was an engineering blockade at Nottingham in August: how did travellers fare?
Let's do it again at Market Harborough - An impassioned plea not to waste an opportunity to straighten out the curves
How green are the Valleys? - They will be a lot greener with electric traction, but what is the best rolling stock?
Do mind about the weather - Climate change has important implications for railways
You can't get the staff - Our industry faces a looming skills shortage

Regulars:
Welcome - Amish Patel suggests a way in which we might raise more funds for the railway
Railtalk - Modern Railways' editorial view
Blood and Custard - A sideways look at railway life
Forum - Readers comment on topical issues around the railway today
Trackwatch - Our monthly look at changes on the national network
Moving Wheels - Rolling stock news
People - Recent appointments
In Business and small ads - Latest happenings in industry
Alan Williams - What shall we do with the drunken traveller?
Crossrail update - TBMs to be buried in the earth

News:
News Front - London to Amsterdam in 2016; temporary franchise for First Great Western; Chiltern reaches Chinnor
Rail Freight - First trains from London Gateway; new Colas coal flow; beet possibilities in Norwich
Infrastructure News - Stirling work sees semaphores go; Great Western resignalling contracts; SWT platform lengthening
Informed Sources - Roger Ford reviews level crossing safety and considers the shadow boxing between ORR and NR
Europe View - Keith Fender presents a round-up of news from across the Channel