East Coast Focus:

Passion play - DOR is doing more than just holding the fort, says East Coast MD Karen Boswell
First Capital Connect goes back to basics - Roger Ford interviews David Statham, the new MD of suburban operator FCC
Fitting in freight - A review of today's freight services on the East Coast route
Network Rail's half billion East Coast modernisation - A series of discrete projects add up to a considerable improvement of the route
Standard intervals - the way forward - Bob Poynter suggests an improved timetable for the modernised East Coast
What future for open access? - Consultants from Arup draw conclusions from work done for ORR
Franchising musical chairs - An extract on the East Coast from Chris Green and Mike Vincent's new InterCity book

Regulars:

Railtalk - Patrick McLoughlin is on the right track with HS2
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 - Alan puts in his ha'porth on HS2
Crossrail update - Tunnelling progress

News:

News Front - McLoughlin spearheads HS2 fightback; S stock on the District and Circle; inter-city operators push for a realistic PPM
Rail Freight - GBRf orders more Class 66s and scoops Class 800 test contract; export whisky trial begins
Infrastructure News - Kemble redoubling makes progress; Borders line reshapes Edinburgh bypass
Informed Sources - Roger Ford reviews the pursuit of speed over the decades and considers the IEP interiors
Europe View - Keith Fender presents a round-up of news from across the Channel