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Issue #2 2017 – Digital version
Featuring exclusive articles on High-Speed, Sustainability, Signalling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock Developments and the latest rail developments in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands...
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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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Bringing high-speed rail to America
Amidst America’s transportation problems, high-speed rail is finally under construction in Califor nia with other projects around the country advancing through study and planning stages. President and CEO of the US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR), Andy Kunz , explains to Global Railway Review that this progress could signal a…
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Should we go ahead with HS2?
16 March 2017 | By Graham Ellis
Regular Global Railway Review blogger, Graham Ellis, delves into the subject of high-speed train lines, specifically HS2.
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Issue #1 2017 – Digital version
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High-Speed Rail In-Depth Focus 2017
In this supplement: maintaining momentum for high-speed rail; the state of play and vision for European development; Poland's modern Express Intercity Premium Trains; and a roundtable with industry experts...
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Poland’s modern Express InterCity Premium trains
PKP InterCity has invested in purchasing 20 modern high-speed Pendolino trains to improve passenger services. For Global Railway Review, Marek Chraniuk, President of the Board at PKP InterCity, gives a technical overview of the new fleet as well as their on-board features specifically designed to provide passengers with a premium…
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ÖBB Railjet – technology that moves
31 January 2017 | By Kurt Bauer, ÖBB’s Head of High-Speed and Long-Distance Services
Railjet is the most modern high-speed train in ÖBB’s fleet and connects the whole of Austria with Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic (and from 2018 with Italy as well) at up to 230km/h on a regular schedule. Here ÖBB’s Head of High-Speed and Long-Distance Services, Kurt Bauer, explains…
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Poland’s modern Express InterCity Premium trains
31 January 2017 | By Marek Chraniuk, President of the Board at PKP InterCity
PKP InterCity has invested in purchasing 20 modern high-speed Pendolino trains to improve passenger services. For Global Railway Review, Marek Chraniuk, President of the Board at PKP InterCity, gives a technical overview of the new fleet as well as their on-board features specifically designed to provide passengers with a premium…
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High-speed rail: State of play and vision for European development
As European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc shares with European Railway Review that one of her first objectives is to help build a Single European transport area that can strengthen the European Internal Market and facilitate the transition towards low-emission mobility. Here Violeta writes that high-speed rail has enormous potential…
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ÖBB Railjet high-speed trains – technology that moves
Railjet is the most modern high-speed train in ÖBB’s fleet and connects the whole of Austria with Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic (and from 2018 with Italy as well) at up to 230km/h on a regular schedule. Here ÖBB’s Head of High-Speed and Long-Distance Services, Kurt Bauer, explains…
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Maintaining momentum for high-speed rail in 2017
With 2017 up and running, high-speed rail projects are promising progress on a number of fronts. Torkel Patterson – Vice-Chairman of the International High Speed Rail Association (IHRA) – provides an overview of what we’re likely to see this year and beyond.
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Issue #6 2016 – Digital version
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A high-speed future – what do passengers want?
23 November 2016 | By Ian Wright, Head of Insight, Transport Focus
The UK’s High Speed 2 project has the potential to transform travel between major cities – but what do passengers really want from the new railway service? In this article Ian Wright, Head of Insight from Transport Focus, explains that understanding the needs of passengers is a crucial element if…
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Making rapid and good progress on the three phases of HS2
15 September 2016 | By
In his annual update of HS2 developments for European Railway Review, Chief Engineer and Technical Director Professor Andrew McNaughton this time covers progress made to the project’s three phases including details about amendments to the Bill such as a revised plan for the London terminus at Euston and recommendations for…
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High-speed rail developments: Addressing the skills challenge
There is broad agreement in the UK that more must be done to position the rail industry as an attractive sector to work; offering a variety of roles suited to different skill types with scope to begin and build a long- term career. There is also recognition across the sector…
