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GB Railfreight announce new Southampton-East Midlands intermodal route
The new route highlights GB Railfreight's efforts to expand its intermodal offering, representing its 20th intermodal service to date.
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South Wales Metro project moves forward with railway transformational works
Transport for Wales (TfW) will soon begin essential transformational works on railway lines throughout South Wales, paving way for a world-class transport network that will transform people’s lives in Wales and the borders.
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Reimagining the future of Mumbai’s mobility post-COVID-19
With Mumbai’s suburban rail network expecting to see a sharp fall in ridership post-COVID-19, will locals choose to commute around the city by walking and cycling instead? Srishti Gupta from the Mumbai Division of Indian Railways’ Central Railway, and Vignesh Prasanna, Co-Founder of The Bridge Project, explore further.
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GB Railfreight unveils new intermodal sidings at Peterborough
By introducing the new sidings, GB Railfreight gains much needed track capacity to help facilitate its growing intermodal services.
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UIC, UNIFE and UITP issue joint statement highlighting importance of rail for climate change
The rail and public transport bodies have issued the statement to advocate for the continued support of rail transport as a solution to the climate crisis.
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Maersk launches its first rail service from China to Turkey
Maersk's new rail service from China to Turkey will provide customers with reduced transit time of up to 16 days with multiple drop off locations.
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First HS2 station to gain planning approval has been announced
Set to be one of the most environmentally-friendly railway stations in the world, HS2’s new Curzon Street 'world class' station in Birmingham has been given planning permission by Birmingham City Council.
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California High-Speed Rail signs MoU with LA Metro for Link US project
The California High-Speed Rail Memorandum of Understanding includes an approved preliminary funding plan with LA Metro to advance the Link Union Station project.
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Building on rail’s popularity with a multimodal approach
Darren Shirley, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, writes that the UK’s transport system is currently failing to deliver a fully integrated network and that rail’s integration with other modes of transport is crucial for unlocking the potential of the country’s passenger and rail freight network.
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Sustainable mobility: Myth or reality?
Exclusively for Global Railway Review’s ‘Improving Rail’s Environmental Impact’ series, Infrabel’s General Manager for Strategy, Corporate & Public Affairs, Benoît Gilson, writes about the challenges and projects inside Infrabel regarding CSR and sustainability.
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“2020 must be the year of rail”: Philippe Citroën, UNIFE Director General
Philippe Citroën, Director General of UNIFE (the Association of the European Rail Industry), writes that there are several factors the rail industry must focus on during 2020 to prove the value of rail transport and its potential to support a sustainable, interoperable, digital and integrated mobility system.
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Greater Anglia introduces Rail and Sail ticket to Europe
In a bid to encourage sustainable travel and offer an alternative to flying, Greater Anglia has announced the introduction of its Rail Sail ticket.
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UIC signs intermodal MoU with the International Air Transport Association
The Memorandum of Understanding between IATA and UIC outlines that both parties will work to support intermodal travel and interoperability.
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What lessons can train operating companies can learn from Uber?
Uber, not content with up-ending the taxi industry, has its sights firmly set on disrupting the entire travel and transport sector too. But as the ride-hailing app begins to venture into multimodal provision and end-to-end journey planning, this article explores the ways train operating companies and other public transport service…
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Driving forward rail innovation with data and communication
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Global Railway Review spoke to Richard Thomas, UKRRIN Industrial Fellow in Data Integration and Cybersecurity at the University of Birmingham about how the sector can drive innovation forward by communicating with each other and keeping the railways relevant by using data to deliver good passenger experience.
