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Your gateway to the rail market in France

20 February 2013 | By

Plans are now well underway for SIFER 2013, which takes place at the Lille Grand Palais exhibition centre in France from 26 to 28 March. This year’s show will be the eighth in a highly successful series of events that have established SIFER as the essential showcase in France for…

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Infrabel invests progressively in the port of Zeebrugge

20 February 2013 | By Ann Billiau, Director-General of the Rail Access, Directorate, Infrabel

Infrabel continuously works on increasing rail capacity to, from and in the port of Zeebrugge. At the end of 2012, the Belgian rail infrastructure manager made available a new rail infrastructure to its customers. Sea-rail strategy between natural allies In accordance with its strategy, Infrabel is working on a step-by-step…

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Adjusted rail profile makes Dutch rail virtually free from Head Checks

6 February 2012 | By Dr Rolf Dollevoet, System Expert Track, ProRail

Since 2006, infra-manager ProRail has been keeping the Dutch rail free from Head Checks by grinding the rails in an Anti Head Check profile. Head Checks (HC) are rail defects that are created by wheel-rail contact. These can be serious safety threats. I obtained my doctorate in 2010 with the…

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Where technology meets the market

18 February 2013 | By

New developments in the European railway industry follow each other in rapid succession. The high-speed network is growing in many countries. For example, the existing connection on the conventional railway link between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels has been pgraded to a new high-speed link and has considerably reduced the…

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Product Showcase: Rail milling as part of an integrated rail maintenance strategy

15 October 2019 | By

Rail re-profiling has become a more widely accepted and necessary requirement to significantly extend the lifecycle of the rail. The Austrian company, LINMAG, is a worldwide provider of high-quality rail maintenance services, utilising Linsinger’s well-proven rail milling technology which was successfully introduced to the industry to overcome the limitations and…

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Combating the cold weather

4 December 2013 | By Edd Stewart and Clive Roberts, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham

With a national rail network extending from Penzance in the south to Thurso in the north, the vast majority of the UK’s railway infrastructure rests in a moderately agreeable band between 50.12° and 58.59°. Even in this comparably comfortable region, however, we are still at the mercy of the seasons.…

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Introducing our new-look Editorial Board!

20 February 2013 | By

Global Railway Review is committed to keeping our readers informed of current and future rail transport developments throughout Europe. We achieve this via our mix of project and investment coverage, regional and country profiles, technical features and industry news. To help with the continuing success of Global Railway Review, we…

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Developing key standards for rail security at ProRail

20 February 2013 | By Peter Prak, Programme Manager for Security, ProRail

ProRail, the Dutch Rail Infrastructure Manager has recently developed standards for rail security: risk based, all hazard and fit for an open system. What were the considerations to develop a dedicated set of standards, which methodology is used and what will be the way forward? The government policy for rail…