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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?
14 October 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Allerton Depot has been transformed thanks to a £23 million upgrade to service Northern Rail’s new fleet of electric trains.
In this issue: High-Speed & Future Growth in Sweden, Level Crossing Safety, Rolling Stock Developments, Portuguese Rail Strategy, plus lots more...
1 October 2015 | By Anna Johansson, Minister for Infrastructure, Sweden
One of my top priorities as Minister for Infrastructure in the Swedish Government is to make our railways work better for commuters and goods. Being successful here is an integral part of our government’s agenda to create more jobs and increase our exports, at the same time as we cut…
25 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Northern Rail has achieved the newly established IS0 14001:2015 environmental management certification for its effort to integrate environmental work into core business processes.
16 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Rail will play a decisive role in the strategy for tackling climate change, according to UNIFE and Transdev Group ahead of the United Nations COP21 climate change conference.
15 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Hull Trains, operated by First, is trialling an industry-first on board USB charger for mobile devices without the need for customers to carry bulky three-pin plugs.
14 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide a £1 billion investment for the London transport network in the form of a 35 year loan.
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…
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...
In this free-to-view online-only supplement, Chief Procurement Officers from DB, SNCF and NS discuss the Railsponsible initiative, the MERLIN project gets assessed, and the Eress leaders take a look at what’s next for Erex...
3 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Eress, the organisation committed to implementing a standard energy management and billing system on trains, has welcomed its seventh partner Dutch energy procurement cooperative Vivens.
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.
Eress is an open partnership for infrastructure managers, jointly owned by its partners, committed to the development, implementation and supply of Erex – an efficient, reliable, accurate and flexible energy settlement system which allows infrastructure managers to fulfil requirements for a neutral and non-discriminatory operation, and allows train operators to…
In March 2015, Alstom, Bombardier, Deutsche Bahn, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and SNCF came together in Utrecht to officially launch Railsponsible, a collaborative initiative aimed at improving sustainability practices throughout the railway industry supply chain. To understand how Railsponsible will help railway industry companies tackle the sustainable procurement challenges they…
