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End of the line for Borders rail installation

12 February 2015 | By Borders Railway

The installation of almost 30 miles of rail on the new Borders Railway was officially completed when Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, joined the project team to clip the final length of rail into place...

SBB’s fleet gets data roaming services installed

12 February 2015 | By BICS/Swisscom/SBB

BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services and Swisscom, the largest mobile operator in Switzerland, have implemented data roaming services on SBB’s fleet of train...

Improved lighting at Rainhill station increases satisfaction

10 February 2015 | By Euan Hilton, Northern Rail

A new and innovative lighting system at one of the UK’s most well-known railway heritage sites is pushing Northern Rail’s pioneering approach to sustainability into the limelight. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Euan Hilton, Utilities Contracts and Data Manager at Northern Rail, provides more information on how the…

Increasing share of women working in the rail sector

9 February 2015 | By Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)

CER and ETF published their second annual report on the development of women employment in the rail sector in Europe. The results show that the average share of women working in the rail is increasing and currently stands at around 20%...

Maintaining safety of overhead catenary on the Shinkansen

6 February 2015 | By Takamasa Hayasaka and Masatoshi Shimizu (RTRI)

There are many kinds of overhead catenary systems and they all interact with pantographs. In Japan, efficiently maintaining the stress of catenary systems is considered as the most important factor for railway safety. Takamasa Hayasaka and Masatoshi Shimizu from the Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) believe the European rail sector…