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New Virgin Azuma crosses the Scottish border for the first time
Virgin’s state-of-the-art Azuma train has visited Scotland for the first time as part of plans to transform Edinburgh-London rail journeys.
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High-Speed Rail
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.
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KTX: South Korea’s high-speed rail network goes from strength to strength
KTX – South Korea’s high-speed train service – has doubled its number of daily passengers since launching 13 years ago. Here, Juhyung Lee, Senior Advisor at the UIC and Secondee from Korail (the Korea Railroad Corporation), explores the different operational elements of the high-speed service and how its continued development…
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DB Regio orders further multiple-unit regional trains
DB Regio AG has ordered 57 three-car Mireo trainsets from Siemens.
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Midlands Connect predicts economic growth due to more trains and better HS2 connections
Midlands Connect has predicted that the development of a new Midlands Rail Hub would result in a £2 billion economic surge over the next 10 to 30 years.
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Infrastructure In-Depth Focus 2017
The complex infrastructure that allows passengers to get from a to b must perform efficiently and safely. Consequently, developing networks, allocating capacity, constructing new high-speed lines and moving towards predictive maintenance are all crucial pieces of the puzzle…
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Transport Secretary and the Mayor of London discuss Crossrail 2
The Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has had a productive meeting to discuss the way forward for Crossrail 2.
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Issue #4 2017 – Digital version
The first ever issue of Global Railway Review features exclusive articles on Digitalisation, Rolling Stock, High-Speed, Timetabling, Signalling & Telecommunications,Infrastructure, Bogies & Wheelsets, and much more…
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Kenya Railway’s Standard Gauge Railway
27 July 2017 | By
In light of recent reports that the first new railway line for over a century in Kenya, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), has had to justify its relatively high costs*, Global Railway Review discusses the project in a little more detail…
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High Speed 2: The transformative potential for Britain
Following years of debate and approval processes, 2017 is the year High Speed 2 (HS2) properly gets underway in the UK. Here, Iain Anderson, Director of High Speed Rail Industry Leaders, explains how this significant large-scale infrastructure project will not only bring increased capacity on the UK rail network, but…
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Transport Secretary confirms HS2 routes
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed Britain’s high-speed rail lines to the north-west, East Midlands and Yorkshire.
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Government reveals construct contract winners of HS2
The winners of the major construction contracts for Britain’s new railway have been announced, with the £6.6 billion contracts supporting 16,000 jobs across the country.
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Global Railway Projects
To celebrate the launch of Global Railway Review we pick some of the biggest railway projects happening around the world...
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The East Link Project – the first step towards a Swedish high-speed railway
28 June 2017 | By Johan Sundin, M.Sc, Commercial Director of the The East Link Project at the Swedish Transport Administration
Johan Sundin, M.Sc, Commercial Director of the The East Link Project at the Swedish Transport Administration speaks to Global Railway Review about Sweden’s new high-speed rail project, the challenges it faces and how the operating company plans to overcome them.
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Issue #3 2017 – Digital version
Featuring exclusive articles on High-Speed, Sustainability, Digitalisation, Track Systems and Infrastructure, Level Crossing Strategy and the latest rail developments in Germany, Sweden and South Africa...
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25 years of high-speed rail in Spain: a beacon of international reference
10 May 2017 | By Pedro Fortea, Director of Mafex – the Spanish Railway Association
High-speed rail in Spain is now 25 years old. With more than 3,100km in commercial operation, it is not only one of the largest but also one of the best equipped lines with the most advanced breakthroughs in innovation and design. The network’s length in kilometres ranks first in Europe…
