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Webuild Group win €441-million contract in Romania
Webuild will continue its expansion in Romania with the new Lot 4 contract for the upgrading of the Caransebes-Timişoara-Arad railway.
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Regs & Legs
Railways are often controlled by governmental or independent safety and economic regulators, responsible for ensuring that railway operators and infrastructure managers comply with certain laws and standards. Regulatory aspects include funding requirements, access to railway networks and controlling the licenses of the operators of railway assets. Regulators also enforce consumer/passenger protection law in relation to the railway.
What are the emerging and evolving topics around railway regulation, legislation and standards?
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GCRE sign the Rail Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Charter
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence has become the latest organisation to sign the EDI Charter, which recently passed over 200 signatories.
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Tri-Rail closer to getting services into MiamiCentral
Following a Tri-Party Agreement, SFRTA engineers are to begin training and testing for the implementation of Tri-Rail trains at MiamiCentral Station.
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CER members remain committed to more diversity in the workforce
A year after signing the Women in Rail autonomous agreement with the ETF, CER members have remained committed to diversity and gender equality in the workforce.
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Union Pacific publish second comprehensive Climate Action Plan
Union Pacific have highlighted efforts to address climate change and outlined long-term strategies to reduce GHG emissions in their Climate Action Plan.
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Network Rail to use F1 connectivity technology for infrastructure monitoring
McLaren Applied will provide F1-derived technology to Network Rail that will help them to make informed engineering and maintenance decisions quicker.
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Research project finds way to enable more freight by rail
A research project by the Rail Safety and Standards Board has discovered a way for UK freight train operators to safely haul more goods wagons per train.
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Norway and Sweden look to improve Oslo–Gothenburg train services
The Swedish Transport Administration are working with the Norwegian Railway Directorate to find ways to improve services on the Gothenburg-Oslo route.
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DB commissions Siemens Mobility and Alstom to develop ICE concept
In the first half of 2023, Siemens Mobility and Alstom will work in close cooperation with Deutsche Bahn (DB) to develop concepts for future ICE trains.
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Railway Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Charter celebrates 200 signatories
The Great British Railways Transition Team has become the 200th signatory of the Rail Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Charter.
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High-definition departure boards installed at Euston station
New £1.5 million departure and arrival boards which have LIDAR cameras that can monitor passenger movements in real time are being installed at Euston station.
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Global Railway Review Weekly News Roundup
Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 07-11 November 2022.
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Technology investments by Canadian railways leading to net-zero future
A report by the Railway Association of Canada has highlighted the positive impact that technology investments by Canadian railways have made on carbon emissions.
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Q&A with RIA’s Darren Caplan and David Clarke: Priorities for UK rail
At InnoTrans 2022, Global Railway Review’s Editor, Craig Waters, met with the Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) Chief Executive, Darren Caplan, and Technical Director, David Clarke, to discuss the priorities for UK rail project delivery, the positives in digital transformation, the RailDecarb21 Campaign success, and moving forward with EDI in the…
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Design agreement signed for Rail Baltica mobility points
Rail Baltica’s mainline in Latvia will include 16 mobility points, bringing the railway together with different modes of transport.
