Britain’s rail freight in 2016 supplied over £1.7 billion in economic benefits
A new report from KPMG and the Rail Delivery Group has highlighted the great economical impact rail freight has on Britain…
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Transport companies demonstrate their expertise and new solutions
InnoTrans 2018 offers representation from Dubai’s RTA, debut of the ‘Ideenzug’ innovation train and a programme detailing the latest trends, to name just a few aspects of the event…
Thales contracted to modernise 785km of Poland’s rail network
The deployment of Thales’s signalling systems, which are fully compatible with European standards for rail transport, marks an important milestone for the country as it achieves greater integration with its European Union partners…
Norway’s national on-board train control system to be supplied by Alstom
Norway’s railway network will soon offer improved reliability, efficiency and safety levels after Alstom has installed their ERTMS on-board solution…
Major environmental announcements for Network Rail’s managed stations
Network Rail is attempting to tackle three significant environmental issues in the country’s biggest and busiest rail stations, demonstrating their commitment to caring for the environment…
Amtrak continues to improve services with upgraded National Network fleet
The new or rebuilt locomotives that will be used for the National Network diesel fleet will provide more reliability, a smoother ride and improved safety features…
NSW Government invests $133 million into accessibility upgrades
The announcement confirms the New South Wales Government will allocate funds to allow planning for accessibility upgrades at North Strathfield, Kingswood, Hazelbrook, Wyee, Blayney, Mittagong, Clarendon, Hawkesbury River, Wahroonga, Taree and Roseville…
California’s high-speed rail project creates 2,000 construction jobs
Not only has the project created jobs, but each design-builder is implementing the project’s Targeted Worker Program. Thirty per cent of all project work hours are performed by National Targeted Workers…
Rail services in Wales will be transformed with investment of £5 billion
Rail passengers across Wales and its borders can look forward to the transformation of the rail services due to an investment that will fund significant improvements to the frequency and quality of services…
To provide value to customers, Thales has acquired Cubris
With this acquisition, Thales is strengthening its offering and positioning within the rail traffic management segment…
International Rail Development speaker interview: Bassam Mansour
Global Railway Review speaks to Bassam Mansour, International Rail Industry Advisor, to find out his views on competition within the rail sector, new digitalisation initiatives and what he believes are some of the biggest challenges facing the rail sector…
The top five things we learned at the International Rail Development conference
The International Rail Development conference took place on 22-23 May in Brussels and brought together attendees from all corners of the rail sector to discuss some of the biggest developments currently impacting the industry.
Amtrak passengers can now select their seat ahead of time
A new initiative from Amtrak provides a seamless onboarding process, enabling customers to select their preferred seat before boarding…
International Rail Development speaker interview: Johan Sundin
Global Railway Review speaks to Johan Sundin, Head of Strategic Production Support for The East Link Project at Trafikverket, to find out his views on competition within the rail sector, new digitalisation initiatives and what he believes are some of the biggest challenges facing the rail sector...
Bids are invited for an electrification study of Rail Baltica
Through the contracting scheme agreement, reached by the Rail Baltica project direct stakeholders, it has been decided to purchase an energy subsystem through a consolidated procurement model…
