In February 2006 Jonathan Tyler was invited to contribute an article to The Guardian on the legal and political battle between franchise and open-access companies over paths in the timetable.
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This article appeared in Rail Professional in July 2008. It sets out the rationale and essential features of a Taktfahrplan for the East Coast Main Line.
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Jonathan Tyler will be presenting a paper at the European Transport Conference in The Netherlands on 5 October entitled Transport policy and railway timetabling : taking the connection seriously. The paper brings together his research on timetabling philosophies and practice and presents the case for a National Timetabling Authority. It also discusses the role of the railway in a resource-constrained future and questions the growing mania for high-speed lines.
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