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When it comes to environmentally-friendly travel, rail wins by far. Trains contribute to far fewer greenhouse gas emissions than other forms of transportation. But the rail industry is still under pressure to reduce its carbon footprint further to meet governmental mobility climate change targets.
How are rail organisations working to be more sustainable and what projects and developments are in the spotlight helping the industry meet targets?
Rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has launched a trial service moving 1,300 tonnes of steel coil by rail to Wolverhampton.
Issue 5 of Global Railway Review features articles on the Internet of Things in the railway industry, infrastructure investment in South America, the development of high-speed rail in California, and much more...
The first ever issue of Global Railway Review features exclusive articles on Digitalisation, Rolling Stock, High-Speed, Timetabling, Signalling & Telecommunications,Infrastructure, Bogies & Wheelsets, and much more…
Passengers in Wales, the midlands and the north of England will get 'faster and more comfortable journeys sooner' under new plans announced by the UK government.
Our regular contributor, Graham Ellis, discusses track degradation and some of the research that is currently being undertaken to understand the significance ballast when it comes to track wear.
23 June 2017 | By The Hyper Chariot
Introducing the Hyper Chariot, a 4,000mph super-shuttle that will whisk passengers between London and Edinburgh in just eight minutes that could be fully operational by 2040.
14 June 2017 | By Dr Diego Galar, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
In their article, to be published next month in Global Railway Review Issue 4 2017, Professors Diego Galar, Uday Kumar and Ramin Karim from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, elucidate the possibilities of big data in the railway industry and anticipate its positive effects on operations and maintenance (O&M) from…
14 June 2017 | By Adeline Ginn, Founder of Women in Rail and General Counsel at Angel Train
Adeline Ginn, Founder of Women in Rail and General Counsel at Angel Trains speaks to Global Railway Review about gender inequality in the work place and what the rail sector is and should be doing to combat this.
17 May 2017 | By David Long, Lighting Engineer at Schréder UK
David Long, Lighting Engineer at Schréder UK, discusses how IoT lighting technology can help modernise the UK rail experience.
Featuring exclusive articles on High-Speed, Sustainability, Digitalisation, Track Systems and Infrastructure, Level Crossing Strategy and the latest rail developments in Germany, Sweden and South Africa...
The South African Government – through its National Department of Transport – has initiated an ambitious programme to modernise the country’s aged passenger railway system. This journey of investment and modernisation is well underway and the fruits are now visible. This article for Global Railway Review explains the progress that…
10 May 2017 | By Graham Ellis
Graham Ellis discusses railway digitalisation, driverless trains, the utilisation of data and how to demonstrate advances in rail technology.
As the world’s population continues to rise at an unprecedented rate, so too does industry and the resultant need to move both people and goods. Progressive climate change as a consequence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a problem we are facing on a global scale – and it is…
21 April 2017 | By David Packer, CEO of the Permanent Way Institution
For Global Railway Review, David Packer, CEO of the Permanent Way Institution, writes that key rail routes are approaching capacity and has prompted the Digital Railway project, which will add capacity by modernising train and track systems.
23 March 2017 | By Rebeka Sellick, Head of Rail at TRL
Rebeka Sellick, Head of Rail at TRL, discuses innovations in rail and whether simply thinking ‘outside-the-box’ is enough to truly move forward with implementing new rail technologies.
