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Major railway engineering works in Britain to take place over Easter

4 April 2023 | By Global Railway Review

Network Rail will be carrying out major improvements across Britain’s rail network over Easter to ensure the railway is safe and reliable for passengers and freight in the future.

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Monitoring rail profile wear with meaningful performance indicators

28 October 2022 | By Ahmed Lasisi, Jonathan D. Regehr, Reza Kashi

Reza Kashi, Ahmed Lasisi and Jonathan D. Regehr explain rail profile performance indicators in relation to rail profile maintenance, and delve into why a meaningful set of performance indicators could be crucial for rail asset managers.

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DB Netz extends preventive rail maintenance contract

15 September 2022 | By Global Railway Review

DB Netz have ordered innovative high-speed grinding activity to be carried out across 12,000km of its rail tracks during 2023.

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Extending the life of rail with advanced milling technology

6 June 2022 | By Plasser & Theurer, Richard Stock, Robel Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH

In this interview for Global Railway Review, Richard Stock, Global Head of Rail Solutions from Plasser American, discusses how advanced rail milling technology can help to significantly extend the rail life.

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PAC acquires the worldwide first hybrid rail milling machine from Robel

12 November 2021 | By Robel Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH

In summer 2022, Robel Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH and their partners will deliver a rail treatment system to Plasser American Corporation (PAC), to meet the maintenance requirements of transit systems.

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Harsco Rail signs its first ever rail grinder contract with Hungarian Railways

27 July 2020 | By Global Railway Review

The $10.3 million order is Harsco Rail's first grinder contract for MÁV FKG Kft-t, which manages all maintenance and renovation of Hungary's national railway network.

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Rail milling as the next level of rail maintenance technology in Australia

26 November 2019 | By Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Richard Stock

Australia’s complex railway network can suffer from several track condition challenges. LINMAG colleagues, Reinhard Schwarzenberger and Richard Stock, explain how the latest rail milling maintenance technology is helping to efficiently and effectively maintain the Australian rail network.

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Product Showcase: Rail milling as part of an integrated rail maintenance strategy

15 October 2019 | By Global Railway Review

Rail re-profiling has become a more widely accepted and necessary requirement to significantly extend the lifecycle of the rail. The Austrian company, LINMAG, is a worldwide provider of high-quality rail maintenance services, utilising Linsinger’s well-proven rail milling technology which was successfully introduced to the industry to overcome the limitations and…

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Product Showcase: State-of-the-art rail milling technology – Linsinger

12 March 2019 | By Linsinger Maschinenbau GmbH

With rising pressure in rail traffic, Linsinger’s modern, flexible and reliable rail milling technology can be deployed to prolong rail life and reduce service-disrupting interventions.

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Colas Rail awarded rail grinding contract by Network Rail

30 January 2019 | By Global Railway Review

Operating and maintaining six rail grinding machines, Colas Rail will deliver almost 1,400 operational shifts a year, in a 24/7 operation.

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Product Showcase: Rail milling as a sustainable strategy for modern rail asset management – LINMAG GmbH

20 December 2018 | By LINMAG

The target profile is defined by the shape of the milling tool and is fixed for each set of tools. To change to a different rail profile, a different milling wheel with the new target profile needs to be installed on the train, which is a very fast process.

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Interview Spotlight: Maurice Verheijen, Head of Sales and Operations at Schweerbau GmbH

19 December 2018 | By Global Railway Review

Maurice Verheijen, Head of Sales and Operations at Schweerbau GmbH, discusses the recent introduction of the first ever high-speed rail milling train to operate on Network Rail’s infrastructure.

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Testing of cutting-edge maintenance trains for Elizabeth line gets underway

28 June 2018 | By Global Railway Review

Testing is underway in Europe on new state-of-the-art maintenance trains that will be used on the Elizabeth line to help keep it running for hundreds of thousands of Londoners and visitors. London will take delivery of the machines later this year.

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Network Rail makes £36 million investment in new grinding trains

4 December 2017 | By Global Railway Review

Network Rail’s new grinding trains are faster, more efficient and cheaper to run, and will help keep passenger and freight trains operating smoothly and safely…

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Milling Down Under: Proven Austrian technology vs. tough Australian rail conditions

3 October 2017 | By Reini Schwarzenberger - Chief Operating Officer of Linmag Australia Pty Ltd

Reini Schwarzenberger, Chief Operating Officer of Linmag Australia Pty Ltd, explains the unusual requirements for rail milling in Australia and how Linmag’s machines are helping to achieve results.

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