Mass Transit Schemes

New York City Transit: Re-design of South Ferry Terminal station 2003

London Crossrail 2: 2002: Technical and Systems study: timetable design to optimise route capacity/congestion relief to surface rail network.

LUL East London Line:
Pre Franchise award work 2005
Evaluation of timetable options 2002
Feasibility report on extension options 1994

London Thameslink 2000 Project:
Timetable performance study 2004
Critical audit of performance integrity 1997

Glasgow Crossrail 1996 and 1997
Audits of proposed investment to maximise earning potential/match expenditure to the business prospects

London Crossrail Project 1996
Development of outer suburban timetable incorporating the Heathrow line, to maximise earning capacity of the central London tunnel; recommendation of measures to attract private finance

UK Heavy Rail Operations

SRA Study of Passenger Rolling Stock Cascade Options: 2003

Chingford - Stratford:2002: Feasibility study of service re-instatement; signalling/pway redesign.

UK Rail Wear Study:2002: Operating advisor for major UK-wide study of rail wear factors: work-load analysis and study of contributory causes.

Cardiff Valley Railways 1997 to 2000
Series of timetabling and infrastructure studies to permit enhanced passenger and freight services to maximise revenue

High Cube Freight Routing Study 1999
A study of alternative route options to the WCML for ‘Piggyback’ and other high cube freight traffic

Newport (S Wales) Layout Rationalisation 1999
Assessment of the traffic specification for a simplified track and signalling layout for the Newport area

Watford (Croxley Link) 1998
Feasibility study and timetabling exercise of the proposed Metropolitan line extension to Watford Jn; track and signalling re-design

Scotrail Sleeper Services 1998
Production of development plan covering marketing, operations and re-equipment to up-grade services and maximise revenue potential

Axminster–Lyme Regis Branch 1996
A feasibility report into the practicality and costs of rail service reinstatement

Joint LRT and Heavy Rail Operation

South Hants Phase II:Nottingham 1996
Feasibility studies of combined Heavy and Light rail opportunities in these areas

Freight/Passenger Terminals Schemes Miscellaneous Feasibility Studies

Stowmarket: Multimodal Distribution Park 2006:
Recommendation of rail connection options

NE Chelmsford New Station: pre-feasibility study 2005

Multimodal Study of M25 Zone (ORBIT) 2002: responsible for the rail passenger and freight input into this major government-sponsored study.

NE England Power Station 2000
Investigation of options for coal servicing to optimise costs

Feasibility Studies 1998/9
New freight terminals at Stratford (East London), Rainham, Pitsea, Chorley and Guildford (passenger)

Rail Maintenance Regime 1998
Study of existing maintenance regime for intensively used track infrastructures to identify cost saving options, Waterloo–Clapham Jn and Birmingham areas

Overseas Work

Kazakhstan Oil Project 2006: study of routing options for export oil output

Iran 2004 – 06: Rail Strategy Plan
Compilation of short and long term action plans

Afghanistan 2005: capacity increase and re-equipment study of freight lines

Albania 2004: compilation of National Rail Strategy Plan

Romania 2002-3: modernisation studies of management structure and passenger/freight operations

Kazakhstan 2002: development of rail privatisation plans.

Macedonia 2001: study of transport investment options.

Hungary 2001: modernisation of strategic rail corridors

Russia 2000
Rail modernisation studies in Nizhni Novgorod and on Corridors II (Berlin - Moscow) and IX (Black Sea - Baltic) routes

Poland and Estonia 2000
Team leader for rail modernisation studies in Poznan, Wroclaw, Katowice and Tallinn

Ethiopia 1999
A feasibility study into modernisation and re-equipment of the Djibouti - Addis Adeba railway

Publications

May 1998 “A Study of Automatic Gauge Changing Systems” produced for TACIS Services DG1A, European Commission, Brussels

Oct 1998 AiC Conference; London, Subject “Integrating Europe's Rail Network”; co-presented final paper on “Cost Benefit Analysis of Integration”