THE FASTEST IN THE WEST - The winning entries in our timetable reading competitions
STATE OF THE ART - Special report on vehicle refurbishment - On the new privatised railway, train operators are more likely to want to spruce up their vehicle fleets with refurbishment, than go to the expense of acquiring or leasing new stock. In this special report, Industry and Technology Editor Roger Ford details what can be achieved with today's refurbishment techniques.
SERVICE PLEASE - Pre-privatisation fares shocker: Barry Doe details how prices will rise to cope with the new 25 area structure of the railways
NETHERLANDS' NEW 'RAILHOPPER' EMU - Rolling stock innovation
EUROPEVIEW - German industry wins another ICE order, new trains for Greece, Berne RER
MOVING WHEELS - Traffic and rolling stock news
TRACKWATCH - BR network changes
RAIL TOURER - Leisure column
ALAN WILLIAMS' COLUMN - Our man ventures north of the Border
RAILTALK - Modern Railways' editorial view
PRIVATISATION UPDATE - Railtrack's modus operandi outlined
NEWSFRONT - The month's major news stories
INFORMED SOURCES - Roger Ford's look behind the news
MODERN RAILFREIGHT - ACI Multifrets delivered, progress at Mossend
FORUM - Readers' letters
POST OFFICE PUSH-PULL - Driving van trailers for working into terminals
INSIDE THE CHUNNEL SLEEPER TRAINS - What overnight travel will be like between the UK and the Continent
JOIN THE CLUB - John Heaton rides Class 37s and 31 s on commuter runs in the North West

Front cover: one of the two pilot conversions of electric multiple-unit vehicles to driving trailers for Post Office trains. Report, page 598. Brian Morrison