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19 May 2016 | By Peter van der Mark
‘Ah yes, level crossings! Those locations where ill-disciplined road users interact in fascinating ways with railways…’ Regular blogger Peter Van de Mark looks at the hazards of level crossings.
In 2014 RSSB’s (Rail Safety and Standards Board) innovation programme launched a competition titled ‘Tomorrow’s Train Design Today’ to identify passenger rolling stock designs that will provide ‘a glimpse of the future’ and showcase the capability of the rolling stock supply chain to deliver key elements of design to the…
For tram networks that operate via overhead lines, difficult building conditions and harming the cityscape can lead to unwanted high construction costs and lack of acceptance from citizens and town planners. To avoid these, the use of a tram with energy storage that enables catenary free operation (CFO) could be…
In a recent report, travel search engine Omio (formerly GoEuro) talks about Europe’s rail renaissance and finds out why passengers are choosing train over plane.
Rising passenger numbers, major capital investment projects and technological innovation are among many factors driving rolling stock growth.
Today’s rail transport in Europe is not attractive enough to customers, especially for the new ‘connected’ generation. In particular, rail lacks multi-modal and door-to-door travel offers and there is limited interoperability between booking systems. A central objective of Shift2Rail (a Joint Undertaking – a form of Public-Private Partnership within Horizon…
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is Britain’s biggest rail franchise: 326 million passenger journeys are made across its network with Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern every year. In November 2015, CEO Charles Horton explained how the story of GTR is a story of delivery: new train fleets, new services,…
As the UK Transport Minister Claire Perry announced the demise of the ‘tango ticket’ by 2018, Principal Policy Adviser Briony Krikorian from The UK Cards Association considers how their Contactless Transit Project could help the UK rail industry achieve this vision.
5 May 2016 | By First Hull Trains
First Hull Trains explains how it has remained one of the UK’s top operators for reliability and passenger service resulting in a ten-year track access contract until 2029…
In his latest blog for Global Railway Review, Peter van der Mark looks at a number of recent rail incidents and questions how responsible can individual staff be made for the occurrence of an accident when Automatic Train Protection has been disabled by the operator?
21 April 2016 | By Dr. Joachim Winter
In Global Railway Review Issue 3 2016 published in May, Dr. Joachim Winter – Senior Scientist/Project Manager of ‘Next Generation Train (NGT)’ at the German Aerospace Center – will present the high-speed passenger train project Aeroliner3000, winner of the DfT/RSSB’s competition ‘Tomorrow’s Train Design Today’. Here, Dr. Winter gives a…
14 April 2016 | By Graham Ellis
In a blog for Global Railway Review, Graham Ellis looks at the varying growth of high speed rail services in Spain and Portugal.
7 April 2016 | By Nedim Begovic, SEETO
Ahead of his article in Global Railway Review Issue 3 2016, Nedim Begovic – Transport Planning Manager at the South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO) provides a quick overview here of the latest developments of the Core Regional Transport Network MoU...
31 March 2016 | By Daniel Davis, Train Driver, Gloucester Depot
In his latest blog for Global Railway Review, Daniel Davis looks at why distraction was the cause of two rail incidents 95 years apart and discovers why human impact should be taken into account whilst highlighting measures that can be put in place rather than relying solely on new technology…
24 March 2016 | By Chris Burchell, Managing Director UK Trains, Arriva
On 1 April 2016, Arriva Rail North Ltd. began operating the Northern rail franchise. Ahead of the nine-year contract, Chris Burchell, Arriva’s Managing Director UK Trains, discusses rolling stock improvements, enhanced passenger experience and anticipates an exciting future…
