FOCUS ON SCOTLAND AIRDRIE-BATHGATE READY TO OPEN A new link across Scotland's central belt EDINBURGH - GLASGOW WIRING COMMENCES A major electrification programme is getting underway in Scotland PAISLEY CORRIDOR PROJECT PROGRESSES Extra capacity is coming despite the cancellation of the airport link EDINBURGH TRAM STALLS Bitterness and recriminations in the Scottish capital WORK BEGINS ON BORDERS ROUTE A relaid railway line will link Tweedbank with Edinburgh DELIVERING A UK RAIL NETWORK FIT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Advertising supplement focusing on Thales THE 21ST CENTURY RAILWAY Professor Andrew McNaughton, the new RSA president, raises some provocative thoughts FIRST YEAR OF THE SOUTHERN FRANCHISE James Burt addresses the Institution of Railway Operators HOW NOT TO WRITE A TIMETABLE Jonathan Tyler uses the exemplar of the East Coast to expose flaws in the process FRANCE ADOPTS INTEGRATED TIMETABLING Praise be, even those traditional refuseniks, the French, are coming round to the idea A2B LEADS TIMETABLE CHANGES Changes in the December timetable, kicking off with Scottish innovations INNOTRANS AND THE GREEN EURO Ian Walmsley reports back from the showgrounds in Berlin