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Faster, longer, greener trains for passengers in Scotland
Faster, longer, greener trains for passengers in Scotland

Faster, longer, greener trains for passengers in Scotland

31 January 2017 | By Phil Verster, Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance & Karen Boswell OBE, Managing Director of Hitachi Rail Europe

With passenger numbers continuing to grow rapidly across Scotland, a fleet of new trains is needed to meet demand. For Global Railway Review, Phil Verster (Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance) and Karen Boswell OBE (Managing Director of Hitachi Rail Europe) provide further details of a joint vision to transform…

Deal insight: overcoming competition hurdles in rail franchise awards
Deal insight: overcoming competition hurdles in rail franchise awards

Deal insight: overcoming competition hurdles in rail franchise awards

31 January 2017 | By Jeremy Robinson (Partner) and Vineet Budhiraja (Associate) at international law firm Watson Farley & Williams

The UK’s Railways Act contains an obscure passage with deal-critical implications. If you enter a rail franchise agreement, you may need to first overcome competition law hurdles, the most immediate being: do you need clearance under merger control rules before you can proceed? This question stems from section 66(3) of…

Investigation of baseplate pad life on the London Underground Jubilee Line Extension
Investigation of baseplate pad life on the London Underground Jubilee Line Extension

Investigation of baseplate pad life on the London Underground Jubilee Line Extension

31 January 2017 | By Jonathan Bray, Senior TrackEngineer at Amey and Stefan Vonbun, Product Manager & Lukas Mayer, Area Sales, Getzner Werkstoffe Manager

Following the inauguration of the Jubilee line in the later part of the 20th century, its subsequent extension by means of the Jubilee Line Extension in 1999 warranted stringent measures against structural vibration. London Underground enlisted the assistance of Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH for a suitable solution for its baseplate pads.…

Current methods and innovations – a UK focus
Current methods and innovations – a UK focus

Rail track maintenance machinery – Innovations in the UK

31 January 2017 | By Brian Counter, Technical Director of the Permanent Way Institution (PWI)

In this article for Global Railway Review, Brian Counter, Technical Director of the Permanent Way Institution (PWI), reviews current methods and innovations in the UK rail industry’s track maintenance machinery sector.

ÖBB Railjet high-speed trains – technology that moves

30 January 2017 | By

Railjet is the most modern high-speed train in ÖBB’s fleet and connects the whole of Austria with Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic (and from 2018 with Italy as well) at up to 230km/h on a regular schedule. Here ÖBB’s Head of High-Speed and Long-Distance Services, Kurt Bauer, explains…

Maintaining momentum for high-speed rail in 2017

29 January 2017 | By

With 2017 up and running, high-speed rail projects are promising progress on a number of fronts. Torkel Patterson – Vice-Chairman of the International High Speed Rail Association (IHRA) – provides an overview of what we’re likely to see this year and beyond.

Transforming over a billion railway journeys

29 January 2017 | By

Rail services have seen an incredible amount of growth over the last two decades. According to Campaign for Better Transport, as of 2014/2015 there were 686 UK stations on the network, compared to 215 in 1997/1998 and in 2014/2015 an estimated 2.75 billion entries and exits were recorded across the…

Customer insight steers SJ’s digital development

28 January 2017 | By

The buying habits of SJ’s customers are the organisation’s guiding principle for its digital development. Services, solutions, and even the organisation itself are tailored to customer needs, while the digital customer experience with SJ will make customer journeys easier before, during, and after their trip. Here Jenny Gejke, Head of…

digitalisation
digitalisation

Digitalisation for the rail passenger

23 January 2017 | By

Today digitalisation is everywhere. In varied areas of life, solutions such as Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, driverless cars and robotics are already being implemented. The fourth industrial revolution ‘Industry 4.0’ will enable machines to communicate directly with each other and to downscale today’s mass production to individual…

The World’s 12 Most Amazing Rail Journeys

12 January 2017 | By Global Railway Review / Pettitts

Take a look at the below infographic highlighting the 12 most amazing rail journeys around the world and let us know your favourite…

Technology comes to rail passengers
Technology comes to rail passengers

Technology comes to rail passengers

11 January 2017 | By Graham Ellis

Regular Global Railway Review blogger Graham Ellis discusses the impact of the industry embracing new technologies and the resulting benefits for rail passengers…