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High-speed railways provide an efficient mode of transport, but they are highly complex systems and must combine various elements if they are to operate successfully.
Our high-speed rail content explores projects currently under construction, projects at planning stages and how their vision is taking shape, the funding and financial issues around building new high-speed lines, the importance of understanding what passengers want from high-speed rail services, and how established high-speed lines can help boost economies.
The new signalling system, which replaces outdated components with digital equipment, will offer Great Northern passengers more reliable journeys to the City of London.
Siemens Mobility will supply the innovative and energy-efficient hybrid battery powered locomotives to the Midtjyske Jernbaner in Denmark.
With the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating various challenges for public transit systems, Vinay Kumar Singh, Managing Director of National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), discusses how the development of India’s first semi-high-speed regional rail network, the RRTS, will be transformative for passengers and economy.
CHSRA board have unanimously approved the project section following the certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report.
Amtrak, alongside the CTDOT and MassDOT, are restoring the Amtrak Hartford Line Service to meet increasing passenger demand.
Renfe are installing a total of 668 defibrillators to save lives in situations where a passenger needs early care in the event of a cardiorespiratory arrest.
Alstom have celebrated 30 years of high-speed rail in Spain, with the first high-speed train travelling on Spanish railway lines back in April 1992.
The CHSRA have launched the new carbon footprint calculator to show the environmental benefits of travelling by electrified high-speed rail.
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana DOTD Sec. Shawn D. Wilson have inspected the rail line of the proposed passenger train route between Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
After a near collision between a passenger train and two cars at Coltishall Lane user worked level crossing, the RAIB have released several recommendations.
On 12 December 2018, the first overhead contact line (OHL) pole was mounted on the Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed rail line construction project in Germany. On 31 January 2022 the OHL was energised; the high-speed line is now due to open for commercial operations in December 2022. Christian Lammerskitten, Head of Power…
Network Rail and GWR are investing £6.55 million in the construction of three new sidings in Penzance that will help longer trains to run.
KLM and Thalys have agreed to continue developing their AirRail product which aims to increase KLM passengers travelling by train.
ÖBB have ordered 41 new KISS-type double-decker multiple units from Stadler as part of the framework agreement signed in 2022.
Polling commissioned by HS1 Ltd has revealed that people are likely to travel to Europe by train over plane for business, showing that demand for environmentally-friendly travel is on the rise.
