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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?
7 August 2014 | By voestalpine Schienen
Under the theme ‘good is good, but better carries it’, voestalpine Schienen GmbH will showcase the latest fruits of its target-oriented track solution approach at this year’s InnoTrans trade show.
7 August 2014 | By Mayser
Mayser’s new Non-Touch Detection system serves as a predictive jostling protection implemented directly on the main closing edge of the Mayser finger protection profiles.
7 August 2014 | By Hytera
Hytera has recently been awarded with a TETRA communications project by Shenzhen Metro.
This issue features a foreword by Austria's Minister of Transport Doris Bures, an Alpine profile, a Rolling Stock Developments supplement, a look at developments in Italy's high-speed rail, and an exclusive Level Crossing Safety supplement...
This issue features a forward from Ketil Solvik-Olsen, Norway's Minister of Transport and Communications, a Northern Europe Profile featuring articles from Trafikstyrelsen, Jernbaneverket, The Scandinavian 8 Million City Project and AS Eesti Radutee, exclusive Track Systems and Signalling & Telecommunications supplements, plus an update from INEA...
4 June 2014 | By Jörgen Nyström, Business Sector Manager for Elmia Nordic Rail
On 6-8 October 2015, Nordic Rail will once again invite the railway industry to Jönköping in Sweden for an opportunity for companies, organisations and industry peers to discuss what the future holds for rail in Scandinavia. In an exclusive interview for Global Railway Review, Jörgen Nyström, Business Sector Manager for…
This issue features articles from the German Railway Industry Association, NETINERA, and the recently inaugurated Leipzig City Tunnel; A look at Bombardier’s FLEXX Eco Bogie, UNIFE’s EURAXLES project, and CETEST’s instrumented wheelsets work; Manfred Pisek and Stefan Gaider, ÖBB Infrastructure discuss signalling in Austria; Constructing the Copenhagen–Ringsted line and InterCity…
11 April 2014 | By Libor Lochman, Executive Director, CER and Global Railway Review Editorial Board Member / Edward Hunter Christie, Chief Economist, CER / Ethem Pekin, Environment Economist, CER
Transport poses two major sustainability challenges: greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and dependence on imported oil. Railway transportation has very favourable characteristics on both counts, making modal shift in favour of rail a naturally attractive policy goal.
11 April 2014 | By Global Railway Review
Around 150 exhibitors are preparing for the UK’s biggest rail event this year, Infrarail 2014, which takes place at Earls Court in London from 20 to 22 May. This will be the tenth of these shows focusing specifically on products and services covering every aspect of railway infrastructure, with participating…
In this exclusive online only Sustainability supplement, Alex Veitch from the Rail Delivery Group writes about the progress and challenges of rail sustainability in the UK; Libor Lochman from the CER assesses how rail transport matters to sustainability goals; Sharon Vye-Parminter highlights the important South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance; and…
Time is one fundamental characteristic within sustainability. The notion that long-term projects cannot survive if they are not sustainable is an intuitive notion. It is only reasonable to believe that integrating the concept of sustainability into the management culture of an organisation takes its own time. Experienced managers are well…
South West Trains and Network Rail have been working as an Alliance for nearly 12 months. With clear operational benefits it’s easy to see the strong environmental opportunities available to both companies. Sharon Vye-Parminter, Director for Safety and Assurance for the South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance, joined the company in…
3 March 2014 | By
The railway is a positive force for good and essential to economic, social, and environmental development. In the UK, the rail sector has delivered unprecedented growth in recent years, responding successfully to changing economic geography and new consumer demands. Rail has linked people to jobs, connected families and friends, and…
Read profiles of the Benelux and South-East Europe regions, special supplements focussing on Signalling & Telecommunications and Safety & Security, details of the Koralmbahn and Sochi Winter Olympics infrastructure projects, plus a new international focus on Asia...
12 February 2014 | By François Bausch, Minister for Sustainable Development & Infrastructure, Luxembourg
Since its last elections which took place in October 2013, Luxembourg has a new government and I am very happy to be in charge of Infrastructure, Sustainable Development and Mobility. As a matter of fact, sustainable development is a significant factor of the Luxembourgish governmental programme and we will take…
