All Service performance & disruption management articles – Page 19
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ArticleThe approach to asset management at the East West Rail Company
Joao Rocha, Head of Asset Management and Maintenance at the East West Rail Company, explains that by scoping and testing asset management requirements at a much earlier stage in the delivery of an infrastructure project, the most appropriate assets can be selected and designed to ultimately deliver the best value ...
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ArticleChallenging the norm: DB Cargo UK’s Solutions Design team
Economic and political challenges combined with a fixed asset base and a changing customer demand, creates an environment for planning and operational complexities. In 2022, the DB Cargo UK board invested in a new team, Solutions Design. The core focus for the team is to implement resource optimisation and deliver ...
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ArticleUpgrading systems to provide greater levels of capacity and resilience
Billy Gilpin, Director, Railway Undertaking at Irish Rail, details the work Ireland’s operator is doing to develop and implement strategies that deliver higher performance, including operational delivery, service planning, fleet maintenance and support, and how best to deal with complex operational issues.
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ArticleOvercoming Olympic-sized Requirements for the French Rail System
In the summer of 2024, more than 9.7 million spectators and 10,000 athletes will be commuting throughout France for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. With this in mind, every aspect of the nation’s rail infrastructure has to run optimally in order to provide fast and reliable station-to-station service for the ...
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ArticleTrains will be the backbone of tomorrow’s mobility
Exclusively for Global Railway Review, Georges Gilkinet, Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility, explains that although Belgium may be a small country, it has great ambitions; especially when it comes to the transformation of the country’s rail sector.
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VideoDriving better outcomes across the rail lifecycle with digital twins
Discover how digital twins can help optimise decisions and drive better outcomes across the entire rail and transit asset lifecycle.
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ArticleIn-Depth Focus: Managing Operational Complexities
Now more than ever, rail needs to win back the trust of passengers and improve rail freight reliability. The pressure is on for train operators and infrastructure managers to manage their vehicles/crew, network services and timetable data in more efficient ways than ever before. Getting it right means safer and ...
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ArticleIn-Depth Focus: Rail Asset Management
With the advent of digitalisation, rail asset management is being transformed; intelligent and innovative solutions that collect and analyse rail data have the potential to help optimise asset performance, improve business activity and deliver passenger benefits. In this In-Depth Focus, contributors explore how the use of innovations such as digital ...
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NewsNorthern to run ‘Eurovision express’ despite train strikes
Despite UK train strikes on 12 May 2023, Northern will run an hourly service to help international visitors arriving at Manchester Airport get to the Eurovision event in Liverpool.
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NewsNew rail cargo connection to Ukraine established
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Railways, connecting Ukraine to its intermodal network with the new connection TransFER Vienna–Kyiv.
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NewsKeolis wins operation and maintenance contract in the Netherlands
Running between Amersfoort and Ede-Wageningen, the 13-year contract will start in December 2023, generating €150 million in revenue over its duration.
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NewsGATX and Nevomo to jointly develop new MagRail capabilities for rail freight
MagRail Booster technology will be installed on GATX Rail Europe supplied freight wagons and tested on rail infrastructure equipped with the system's trackside devices.
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NewsNorthern's depot upgrades will boost capacity and reliability for passengers
Train depot upgrades will enable longer Northern trains to operate between Cumbria and Manchester, improving capacity for passengers.
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ArticleOUIGO España: high quality, high-speed services at low costs
Sergio Barcena, Director of Operations Planning and Maintenance at OUIGO España, shares his insight into delivering sustainable high-speed rail services that don’t require passengers to choose between affordability and quality.
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NewsFaster trains approved for Amtrak's Chicago-St. Louis route
Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation have issued a safety warning after receiving approval for maximum train speeds up to 110mph for most of the Chicago-St. Louis corridor.
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NewsFinal design of Mireo Plus trains revealed by Siemens Mobility and Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn
The Mireo Plus H and Plus B trainsets will operate with hydrogen or battery hybrid drives, marking a new era for rail networks in Berlin and Brandenburg.
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VideoNetwork Rail uses digital twins for the TransPennine Route Upgrade
Discover how Bentley’s iTwin technology helped generate a route-wide digital twin, saving an estimated GBP 1 Million in the first six months.
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VideoQ&A with Abdou Ait-Ali, VTI: Improving railway capacity allocation
In this video interview, Abdou Ait-Ali, Researcher at VTI, spoke to Global Railway Review about the importance of capacity allocation and how technological advancements, such as AI and data analytics, can help make improvements.
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NewsAlstom to supply 60 additional RER NG trains in the Île-de-France region
Alstom are to supply SNCF Voyageurs with 60 additional RER NG trains for lines D and E of the Île-de-France network as part of a new order worth almost €1 billion.