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Transport for London in five-year Elizabeth line deal with OnTrac Ltd
OnTrac Ltd will provide TfL their rail safety products to enable greater efficiency in planning and delivering work on the Elizabeth line.
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Operator of London Overground appoints Concession Transformation Director
Arriva Rail London has appointed an individual with nearly 30 years of experience in strategic and commercial management.
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‘Pioneering’ partnership reshapes industrial relations mould
MTR Crossrail and ASLEF have created a culture that cultivates a business partner relationship between the two organisations, and their ongoing commitment to this process is being driven from the top. MTR Crossrail HR Director, Alison Bell, and ASLEF District Organiser, Nigel Gibson, explain this cutting-edge partnership, how the past…
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Rail industry removes jargon to ensure customers pay the right fare
Customers have said that buying the right ticket can be confusing, so the rail industry will use clearer language to improve the system.
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United Wagon Company is officially a supplier to Deutsche Bahn
Status as a Q2 supplier to Deutsche Bahn and the EN 15085 welding certificate create new opportunities for UWC in the European market.
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Spanish Government agrees to open first European hyperloop development facility
With a collaboration with Virgin Hyperloop One, the new development facility will accelerate the progress and testing of hyperloop technology.
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Network Rail Scotland launches one of their biggest recruitment drives ever
Scotland’s railway is undergoing a period of great enhancement and to ensure its success, the company is recruiting for over 200 jobs.
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Rail industry’s customs proposal tackle post-Brexit congestion concerns
The rail industry plans to work with the government to prevent disruption to the over 2,000 intermodal trains transporting 1.22 million tonnes of freight per year after the UK leaves the European Union.
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Evolution of the market and impact on international transport law
Liberalisation, digitalisation, multimodality, new business models – the railway landscape is changing; but international rail transport law currently lags behind these developments and the ever-greater gap between law and business reality is creating disruptive legal uncertainty. Cesare Brand, Secretary General of the International Rail Transport Committee (CIT), explains more.
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The European Commission’s Horizon 2020 statistics rank UITP in first place
UITP sees the top rank achieved in the official statistics as a sign of the internationally recognised role the association plays in the field of transport research and innovation.
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Network Rail submits final proposals for East West Rail phase 2
For the first time in over 50 years, passengers could soon travel directly between Oxford and Bedford, and Milton Keynes and Aylesbury, as the East West Rail project moves a step forward.
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Civitta Estonia and Railistics will assess the feasibility of Pärnu terminal
A joint tenderer was selected out of four applicants by RB Rail to complete the feasibility study of a freight terminal in the Rail Baltica project.
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CN Board appoints Jean-Jacques Ruest as President and CEO
Jean-Jacques Ruest joined CN in 1996 as Vice-President, Petroleum and Chemicals and since then has progressed throughout the company.
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Why do we need standards in the railway sector?
It is important that the rail sector performs in an efficient, safe and cost-effective manner, and having a user-friendly suite of standardised requirements in place is a really good way of providing consistent service to the customer. Simon Fletcher, Member of the UIC Board of Directors responsible for Standardisation and…
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Issue 4 2018 – Digital version
In this issue: maximising condition monitoring systems for bogies & wheelsets, transforming the performance of track switches, and bridging the high-speed gap between Hong Kong & Mainland China
