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Global Railway Review Issue 1 2023

Packed full of exclusive content, including a Roundtable with topic experts of HOF and Safety Culture in Rail; Bogies & Wheelsets and Train Interiors In-Depth Focuses; Madrid train station developments; and much more!

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  • ROUNDTABLE: HOF & SAFETY CULTURE IN RAIL

Moderated by the UIC’s Virginie Papillault, Manager – Human and Organisational Factors & Safety Culture, and Frédéric Henon, Head of Operations and Safety

With participation from: Nora Balfe, Human Factors Specialist, Irish Rail; Noor Mousaid, Safety Manager, LINEAS; Serge Poncet, Rail Safety and Operations Deputy Director, LISEA; and David Smith, Commercial Director, OnTrac Ltd

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: BOGIES & WHEELSETS

Leading the wheelset industry: from tradition to innovation

Riccardo Pasinetti and Steven Cervello, ERWA

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: BOGIES & WHEELSETS

Bogie and wheelset development over the last 20 years: big bang or just incremental changes?

Kurt Strommer, Thomas Moshammer and Martin Rosenberger, Siemens Mobility Austria

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: BOGIES & WHEELSETS

Increasing the level of research to improve design and materials of bogies and wheelsets

Walter Rosenberger, Anish Poudel, Dustin Clasby, Kerry Jones and Ulrich Spangenberg, MxV Rail

  • STATIONS

One station, two terminals: development of Madrid’s Puerto de Atocha-Almuneda Grandes and Chamartín-Clara Campoamor

Montserrat Rallo del Olmo and Juan Pablo Villanueva Beltramini, Adif

  • LEVEL CROSSINGS

Thinking outside the box: how an innovative level crossing project encapsulates the future of rail

Atkins

  • CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS

TETRA deployment for rail: meeting the needs of today and the future

Alvin Lim, ETSI Technical Committee TCCE

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: TRAIN INTERIORS

Is the era of uncomfortable train seats coming to an end?

Ian Yeowart, Grand Union Trains

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: TRAIN INTERIORS

Little things making a big difference: improving train interiors for passenger comfort

Darren Kettle, Metrolink

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: TRAIN INTERIORS

Nightjet of the new generation: a new era in night-time travel

Dragan Filipovic and Elisabeth Pichler-Weinzierl, ÖBB-Personenverkehr