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Global Railway Review Issue 1 2020

Posted: 14 February 2020 | | No comments yet

This issue includes articles from Poland’s Transport Minister about the country’s much-needed railway investment programme, In-Depth Focus sections on Additive Manufacturing, Winter Operations and the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), plus much more.

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Included in this issue:

  • MINISTER STATEMENT

Undertaking the biggest modernisation in the history of Polish railways by Andrzej Adamczyk, Minister of Infrastructure, Poland

  • EXPERT VIEW

An opportunity for rail: Moving towards a climate‑neutral Europe by Elisabeth Werner, Director for Land Transport, European Commission

  • THE PASSENGER

Train versus plane: Is rail the more appealing option? by Libor Lochman, Executive Director and Ulrich Fikar, Senior Policy Adviser – Passenger, CER

  • LOOKING AHEAD TO INNOTRANS 2020

A shared vision towards the future of rail by Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, Shift2Rail

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: FUTURE RAILWAY MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (FRMCS)

With articles from: Dan Mandoc and Jean‑Michel Evanghelou (UIC), Carlo de Grandis (European Commission), Monika Heiming (EIM) and Martin Taranetz (ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG)

  • CYBER-SECURITY

Is the railway sufficiently prepared for a cyber-attack? by Ian Maxwell, Head of Train Control Systems, ORR

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: WINTER OPERATIONS

With articles from: Mark Oakley (RSSB), Markku Nummelin (FTIA) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company

  • THE WORKFORCE

Closing the skills gap and improving diversity in rail by Jo Moffatt, Engineering Practice Director for Strategic Rail, Atkins

  • SUSTAINABILITY

Lorenzo Radice, Head of Sustainability and Valerio Birindelli, Sustainability Expert, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

With articles from: Daniele Rossi (Trenitalia), Felix Spiess, (ÖBB-Technische Services GmbH) and Andreas Stjernudde (SJ AB)

AND MUCH MORE……!

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