news
ORR report finds that Network Rail performed positively despite COVID-19
ORR has praised Network Rail for its performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, but has outlined that efforts need to improve in the North West.
List view / Grid view
Operational Performance
news
UK rail freight to play a significant role in delivering goods during Christmas period
Figures have shown that the UK rail freight network will play a vital role during Christmas 2020, with freight trains transporting more than 1.6 million tonnes of intermodal goods on almost 3,700 trains in November 2020 alone.
article
Moving ahead with Australia’s Inland Rail freight project
Australia is a vast country, and its freight challenges are unique. The long‑touted solution to long‑haul rail freight in Australia is the 1,700km Inland Rail project, which is now becoming a reality. Richard Wankmuller, Inland Rail’s CEO, provides a project update and outlines the key benefits and opportunities that Inland Rail will…
news
ERFA welcomes the European Commission’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy
ERFA has welcomed the strategy, which sets out a clear objective of increasing rail freight volumes by 50 per cent by 2030 and doubling rail freight volumes by 2050.
article
Global Railway Review Issue 6 2020
In this issue, we feature articles from industry experts on a vast range of topics including: Transforming Australia’s freight network; HS2: Continuing to innovate to drive the workforce skills agenda; Making switch machines intelligent plus our 'On-Board Connectivity' and 'Winter Preparedness' In-Depth Focuses.
news
Amtrak completes $71.2 million capacity project between Wilmington and Newark
The project involved the installation of 1.5 miles of a new, electrified main line third track, enabling Amtrak to eliminate a previous two track bottleneck.
news
Rail companies working to deliver UK government’s Christmas travel plan
With passengers facing a limited five day travel window for Christmas, UK rail companies are working to make travel as smooth and safe as possible.
news
UK government implements new measures to support travel over the Christmas period
To ensure safe travel for passengers during the UK Christmas travel window, the government has outlined a range of new measures for transport, including enhancing rail services, postponing and accelerating rail engineering works and cutting ticket charges.
news
Green Cargo to continue development of its long-term IT strategy
Green Cargo’s goal to drive a long-term IT strategy that supports increased safety, punctuality and profitability will now benefit from additional assistance from external expertise.
article
Further supporting the transportation of dangerous goods by rail through digitalisation
In her last exclusive interview with Global Railway Review , Božica Radoš, CEO of Venit ExAnte Ltd, discussed the significance of digitalisation in supporting the transportation of dangerous goods by rail, particularly in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, during which there has been a huge increase in the volume…
news
Siemens Mobility and partners to study automated rail operations
Siemens Mobility will contribute its experience and expertise to two innovative research projects studying the safety of automated rail operations.
news
Calls made for over £2.4 billion underinvestment in Welsh rail to be addressed
The Welsh Minister for Transport has called on the UK government to “put right” its neglect and underinvestment in Welsh railways.
news
UK’s West Coast main line and Euston Station to undergo major upgrades in 2021
The upgrade works will bring much-needed capacity to the West Coast main line and enable the new HS2 terminus to be built.
news
UK digital signalling project gains additional £1.2 million in government funding
The funding will accelerate feasibility work for digital signalling on vital sections of the West Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line and East Anglia route.
news
SNCF Réseau deploys real-time app to detect maintenance faults
With the new mobile app, SNCF Réseau’s maintenance teams are alerted and activated in real-time to incidents on the network, with the use of geolocation.
