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4 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Hull Trains announce a £68 million pound investment towards new high-speed trains improving connectivity to the capital.
12 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A nine metre tunnel-boring machine has begun work to reconstruct the Farnworth Tunnel, part of a railway electrification project between Manchester and Preston.
2 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Danish rail company Banedanmark has awarded Siemens and construction company Per Aarsleff AS the contract to electrify nine rail routes totalling 1300 kilometres.
19 May 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Banedanmark, the Danish company responsible for rail maintenance and traffic control, is in final stage negotiations with joint venture Aarsleff-Siemens on the electrification of the Danish railway network.
14 May 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Northern Rail will introduce a further eight electric trains to the North West service on the 17th May 2015 increasing the total number operating to ten.
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…
3 December 2014 | By Jeremy Candfield, Director General, RIA
Since privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s, one of the strengths of the UK railway industry has been the active involvement of a wide range of private sector companies, bringing technologies and skills from other sectors as well as adding the commercial and competitive disciplines of the private sector,…
This issue features our InnoTrans 2014 preview, articles from Trafikverket, the North Botnia Line Group, ASTOC, SWERIG and Europakorridoren in our Swedish profile, High-Speed supplement, a look at the Danish Electrification Programme, plus signalling developments for the Liefkenshoek Rail Link...
18 September 2014 | By Søren Thorpstrup Laursen – Head of the Danish Electrification Programme at Banedanmark
The Danish Electrification Programme was established in November 2012 to carry out electrification works initially on four Danish rail sections. Through the ‘Togfonden DK’ initiative five further sections have since been added to the scope of the electrification works, along with funding for additional optional rail sections and associated services.…
12 February 2014 | By Richard Marcelis, Head of Power Engineering, Infrabel
Infrabel, the Belgian rail infrastructure manager, is currently engaged in the progressive modernisation of its overhead lines. Electrical power is a vital element of sustainable rail transport. For Global Railway Review, Richard Marcelis, Head of Infrabel’s Power Engineering Department, explains the major challenges and projects relating to overhead lines on…
8 June 2012 | By Uģis Magonis, President, Latvian Railways
Latvian Railways (LDz) has been a leading Baltic freight transport company for the last few years. Considering the increase in Latvian Railways’ main freight groups – coal and oil products – and to keep up with growing demand, Latvian Railways is now seeking opportunities to develop infrastructure in the fastest…
15 February 2011 | By James Abbott, Technical Editor
Cables have applications all across the railway industry. Increasing interest in electrification implies extra demand for cables. Electrified railways are the way forward for the future, as they are cleaner and cheaper to operate than diesel. Another key point is that they are able to draw their power from any…
4 April 2010 | By James Abbott, Technical Editor, Global Railway Review
Railway electrification captures the zeitgeist of the 2010s. It addresses two of the world’s central concerns at this time: oil availability and carbon emissions. So despite pressures on public finances as a result of the economic recession, railway electrification continues to prove popular in Europe. ‘Peak oil’, the point in…
