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Jeremy Long, Chief Executive Officer – European Business of MTR Corporation, provides a project overview of the 26km-long Hong Kong Section of the impressive Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), including tunnel construction methods, details of the new Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and the overall benefits that will be…
It is important that the rail sector performs in an efficient, safe and cost-effective manner, and having a user-friendly suite of standardised requirements in place is a really good way of providing consistent service to the customer. Simon Fletcher, Member of the UIC Board of Directors responsible for Standardisation and…
The rail industry is constantly striving to improve network performance and capacity by deploying numerous activities, from investing in maintenance, upgrading existing lines, constructing new tracks, and understanding how the data collected from components can be used to an advantage. Read on to find out how some experts are solving…
Innovative and intelligent solutions are greatly impacting the rail sector. The digital era has the potential to not only revolutionise rail transportation for passengers and freight, but also provide operators and infrastructure owners with a more connected and streamlined approach to how they run their services.
In this issue: maximising condition monitoring systems for bogies & wheelsets, transforming the performance of track switches, and bridging the high-speed gap between Hong Kong & Mainland China
A world in which trains are never late and rail travel is cheaper, safer and more efficient may be only just beyond the horizon thanks to radical innovation and technology that has marked the next stage of the ‘digital revolution’.
CAF MiiRA, the only wheelset supplier that designs and produces its own gearboxes, has developed and installed new state-of-the-art assembly lines including a new concept of working. The new facility has been designed for assembling the most technically demanding gearbox types for all railway sectors, including high-speed, locomotives, commuters, metros…
Ahead of Global Railway Review’s webinar in association with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), which will detail their investments into innovative railway technology products and services that can meet strict WTMS requirements, we posed some questions to Stefan Koller, Head of Wayside Train Monitoring System at SBB.
Marcel Ujfaluši, Head of Business Development and Marketing at GHH-BONATRANS, discusses how their products can help the rail industry reduce noise emissions.
With the railway industry starting to look forward to InnoTrans 2018, Global Railway Review spoke to Jan-Olof Björklund, Board Member of the Swedish Rail Industry Group (SWERIG) about their involvement and what he expects from this year’s event.
Petr Ledvina, Economist at the Railroad Tie Association (RTA) writes that an increase in U.S. railroad freight traffic is likely should the country’s annual GDP growth break the three per cent mark.
On 18 September 2018, the Messe Berlin will open its doors once again to host the world's largest rail-focused trade fair. With the event getting closer, Global Railway Review takes a look at some recent InnoTrans headlines to explore what visitors to the twelfth exhibition can expect to see.
With the railway industry starting to look forward to InnoTrans 2018, Global Railway Review spoke to David Tennent, Executive Director of the Railway Engineering Maintenance-Suppliers Association (REMSA) about their involvement and what he expects from this year's event.
Mike Lambrou, VP, Head of Sales, UK for CellPoint Mobile, discusses how a seamless journey must begin with passengers booking and paying for rail tickets directly from their mobile devices.
Ken Munro, Partner at Pen Test Partners, details the numerous aspects in train operators’ software systems that should be checked and secured to prevent hackers and malicious attacks, and protect passengers’ data…
