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Railways face continued growth in passenger ridership numbers and increased demand for rail freight operations. To cope, rail systems must adapt to their changing environment and provide networks that are both safe and secure.
11 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Mayor of London has welcomed the creation of the West Anglia Taskforce to support the case for vital rail improvements between the capital, Cambridge and Stansted.
10 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Stockholm’s commuter train operator Stockholmstag has developed a model known as ‘The commuter prognosis’ that can predict delays up to two hours in the future. The operator has developed a mathematical algorithm that uses big data to visualise the entire commuter train system two hours into the future. The new…
4 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Hull Trains announce a £68 million pound investment towards new high-speed trains improving connectivity to the capital.
3 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The first vehicle of a fleet of mobile maintenance trains (MMTs) has entered service to revolutionise Network Rail railway maintenance and repair work.
18 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) celebrates 175 years of the Railway Inspectorate (RI) and its work improving rail health and safety in Britain.
14 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Crossrail have announced the arrival of a 465 metre long concreting train to enable tracks to be laid in the next project phase.
12 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A nine metre tunnel-boring machine has begun work to reconstruct the Farnworth Tunnel, part of a railway electrification project between Manchester and Preston.
In this issue: Project updates from Austria, Switzerland and Italy, a look at LED station displays, the future for the South East Flexible Ticketing (SEFT) Programme, an update on the development of Birmingham New Street Station, and much more...
6 August 2015 | By Lukas Spengeler, Project Manager at SBB
Who isn’t familiar with the big blue display information boards in Switzerland’s main train stations? At the time of the display installation more than 25 years ago, these units were the leading technology. Printed panels showed the train information for departing trains. Updating of the information caused the panels to…
5 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has revealed plans to provide government funded step-free access at Leyland station, Lancashire.
4 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has awarded ADComms, the telecommunication solutions provider, the contract to install GSM-R coverage across Heathrow Airport’s rail tunnel infrastructure.
4 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Infrabel, the Belgian railway infrastructure operator, has awarded Siemens together with Cofely-Fabricom a contract to install ETCS Level 2 across 2,200 kilometres of track.
30 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) has established an Intelligent Mobility Data Index cataloguing over 200 sources of information and data to aid development across the UK transport network.
21 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Latest Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) figures reveal 2014/15 was the eighth consecutive year without passenger or workforce fatalities in a train accident on British railways.
20 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a report consulting on the possibility for greater on-rail competition between train operators in British rail services.
