Paul Comfort recently returned from a 10 day tour of public transport in Australia where he was a guest speaker at AusRail, the Australasian Railway Association’s annual conference and met with numerous national rail leaders. From that trip he brings this report.

This In-Depth Focus looks at the crucial impact of modern research and understanding on solving the struggle of reducing rail noise and vibration.
From the impact of vibrations on infrastructure to the health and safety aspect of rail noise, could this research be key to reducing these negative side-effects and help improve rail’s reputation?

TransPennine Express have become the latest publicly owned train operator to achieve White Ribbon accreditation by developing a three-year action plan to tackle abuse, harassment and VAWG.

Alstom is partnering with Key Model World to deliver the Model Railway Village, as part of The Greatest Gathering railway extravaganza taking place in Derby next month.

The Rail Forum (RF) and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) have written a joint letter to Rail Minister Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE, responding to the Government’s decision announced last week to ‘pause’ the Midland Main Line electrification upgrade.

In a major development for both the Victorian and national rail supply chains, Australia’s largest rail freight company and the state’s newest and largest intermodal terminal have signed an agreement for the utilisation of the facility for the handling of containerised freight for up to nine years.

The Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China has recently issued the “Reply of the Ministry of Commerce on Agreeing to Hold the 2025 China International Metro Transit Exhibition”, approving the China Association of Metros to host the 2025 China International Metro Transit Exhibition (MetroTrans) in Qingdao Shandong Province from September 18 to 20, 2025.

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