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Siemens Rail Automation commissions final stage of Walsall re-signalling programme
26 September 2013 | By Siemens Rail Automation
Follows a 96 hour blockade over the August bank holiday weekend...
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Signalling, Control & Communications
Advances to rail signalling and train control systems are set to make international rail transport more competitive and attractive. Read our content that follows the various strategies being implemented and what the benefits are of new digital signalling, control and communications solutions for the railway industry.
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ORR welcomes proposals for reform of level crossings law
25 September 2013 | By The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
The Law Commission has published a report which sets out plans to modernise, simplify and clarify the law governing level crossings...
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Nomad Digital wins Wi-Fi service contract for new Eurostar fleet
18 September 2013 | By Nomad Digital
Nomad will install Wi-Fi systems on 10 e320 trains ahead of delivery to Eurostar...
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Issue #4 2013 – Digital version
Rolling Stock maintenance; Level Crossing safety; Alpine profile; Infrastructure maintenance; Signalling; and much more...
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Level Crossing Safety supplement
In this Level Crossing Safety supplement: Improving on improvements; Reducing fatalities – a high priority for Lithuanian Railways; Reducing fatalities – a worldwide issue (Isabelle Fonverne, Safety and Interoperability Projects Officer, UIC)...
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Hitachi Rail selects ERTMS Solutions ERTMSCamCorder to improve onsite testing
5 August 2013 | By ERTMS
"We are very happy to support Hitachi for its ERTMS onsite testing activities..."
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The Swiss traffic transfer policy gains ground
1 August 2013 | By Peter Füglistaler, Director of the Federal Office of Transport (FOT), Switzerland
One of the principal aims of Swiss transport policy is to transfer transalpine freight traffic from road to rail. This is why Switzerland has built the new flat-bed rail tunnels through the Alps and introduced a road charge for heavy goods vehicles. In order to further support this development, the…
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Network Rail’s operating strategy
1 August 2013 | By Ian Chapman, Programme Manager (Change), Network Rail
Network Rail is embarking on a process that will revolutionise signalling in Britain and allow it to run more trains, more punctually and more efficiently than ever before. The company has mapped out where and how it will run the network of the future, and this has been driven by…
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Issue #3 2013 – Digital version
RTPI; Signalling; Danish railway; Wi-Fi; Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link; Estonian Railways; Rolling Stock; Passenger satisfaction; RailNetEurope; and much more...
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Signalling & Telecoms supplement
In this Signalling & Telecoms supplement: ETCS in operation on Spanish high-speed, commuter and three-rail lines (Ignacio Jorge Iglesias, Technical Coordination Director for High-Speed, Adif), Comparison of Control Centres and Railway Operating Centres (Chris Carson, Head of Service Delivery, East Coast Main Line Company Ltd)...
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Real-Time Passenger Information (RTPI) supplement
In this Real-Time Passenger Information (RTPI) supplement: Infrabel, providing accurate and innovative travel information (Ann Billiau, Director-General for Rail Access, Infrabel); Real-time Passenger Information – a fundamental requirement (Fiona Dolman, Director of Operational Services, Network Rail); Social media: help us to get home (Guy Dangerfield, Rail Passenger Manager, Passenger Focus)...
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‘Train Fund Denmark’ – a plan for the future Danish railway
23 May 2013 | By Henrik Dam Kristensen, Minister for Transport, Denmark
It is the Danish Government’s ambition that most of future traffic growth should take place in public transport. This will help to reduce congestion and to ensure environmentally sustainable transport. However, in order to turn this ambition into reality, railway services must be able to attract new customers and to…
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NSB gets connected with on-board Wi-Fi
23 May 2013 | By Peter Hausken, IT Department for Planning and Operations Manager, NSB Passenger Trains
With most trains expected to be equipped with wireless internet over the next few years, as passengers demand increasing levels of service, what are the implications and benefits to rail operators of implementing the technology? In an interview for Global Railway Review, Peter Hausken, IT Manager at the Traffic Department…
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Upgrading the Ringsted–Fehmarn Line: a huge construction job
23 May 2013 | By Jens Ole Kaslund, Ringsted–Fehmarn Project Director, Banedanmark
The upgrading of the Ringsted–Fehmarn Line is one of Banedanmark’s largest ever projects. Together with the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt and other major Danish infrastructure projects such as the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, this is a massive scheme for both rail freight and passenger traffic.
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Estonian Railways invests to meet modern requirements
23 May 2013 | By Ahti Asmann, Chairman of the Management Board – General Director, AS Eesti Raudtee
The railway in Estonia has been expected to keep up with many requirements over its 142-year history, during which time there have been many key events and rapid developments – through wars, shifts of governments and regimes, development of technology, privatisation and re-nationalisation – the railway has worked at its…
