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Global Railway Review Issue 2 2020

Posted: 14 April 2020 | | No comments yet

This issue includes articles about keeping railways operational during the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of aerial visual and thermal imaging techniques to monitor Britain’s rail infrastructure, improving India’s rail network with state-of-the-art technology, an In-Depth Focus on Level Crossing Safety, plus much more.

Global Railway Review Issue 2 2020

Included in this issue:

  • EXPERT VIEW:

Railway operations during COVID-19, by Libor Lochman, Executive Director, CER

  • INFRASTRUCTURE:

Infrastructure surveys from the sky, by Sean Leahy, National Aerial Survey Specialist, Network Rail

  • LOOKING AHEAD TO INNOTRANS 2020:

RIA: Fully engaged with InnoTrans 2020, by Neil Walker, Exports Director, RIA

  • DIGITALISATION:

Leveraging state-of-the-art technology to improve the efficiency of India’s rail network, by Manoj Krishna Akhouri and Amit Kumar Jain, India’s Ministry of Railways’ Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)

  • MULTIMODALITY:

Building on rail’s popularity with a multimodal approach, by Darren Shirley, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport

  • ROLLING STOCK:

The key role of fleet in rapid passenger demand, by Steve Lammin, Engineering Director, GTR

  • ROLLING STOCK:

The WESTbahn way of carrying out maintenance, by Erich Forster, CEO, WESTbahn

  • TRACK SYSTEMS:

Increasing the lifespan of rail fastening systems in sandy environments with nano-coating, by Milad Alizadeh Galdiani, Navid Sabet and Mohamad Ali Mohit, Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI)

  • IN-DEPTH FOCUS – LEVEL CROSSING SAFETY:

With articles from: Bram De Saedeleer, Head of Safety and Punctuality Communications and Campaigns, Infrabel; Alain Autruffe, Level Crossing Programme Director, SNCF Réseau; Anne Zwiers, Director of Level Crossings, ProRail; and Isabelle Fonverne, Senior Advisor for Safety, UIC.

AND MUCH MORE…!

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