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12 December 2009 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, Director General, French Railway Industry Association (FIF)
The environment of the French Railway Industry Association (FIF) members today has become much more complex than it was in the 80s and 90s, because France, like every European country, is currently in a long-term transition phase of its railway system. The end of the 90s marked the transition towards…
21 July 2009 | By Mr. Mauro Moretti, CEO of Italian Railways (Ferrovie dello Stato), Chairman of CER (the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies) and Vice-President of UIC (the International Union of Railways)
In an interview for Global Railway Review, Mr. Moretti gives his outlook on the European railways situation and also provides details of the important Florence to Bologna high-speed line, due to open in December 2009.
21 July 2009 | By Charles Wyss, Senior Program Manager of Gotthard Access and ZEB Program Portfolio and Markus Halder, Head of Energy Saving Initiative of the Rail Environmental Centre, Swiss Federal Railways SBB
Charles Wyss of Gotthard Access and ZEB Program Portfolio and Markus Halder of Swiss Federal Railways SBB discuss the long-term demand and future mobility requirements of its customers in both the passenger and freight sectors.
15 May 2009 | By Martin Munk Hansen, Manager of Rail Projects, Trafikstyrelsen (Public Transport Authority)
A summary of Denmark's Public Transport Authority's goals, tasks, and railway projects, including expanding capacity between Copenhagen and Ringsted, modernisation of Nørreport Station and improvements to the Northwest Line between Roskilde and Holbæk.
26 March 2009 | By Gerald Hörster, President of the Federal Railway Authority (EBA)
Gerald Hörster, President of the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) examines its place within Germany's railway system.
23 January 2009 | By Erik Ø. Johnsen, Director General, Norwegian Railway Inspectorate
Erik Ø. Johnsen, Director General of the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate looks at their work and projects in the context of today's safety environment.
3 December 2008 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, Director-General, The French Railway Industry Association (FIF)
The French Railway Industry Association (FIF) is deeply rooted in the economic and social history of railways in France. Its parent organisation, the Association of Railway Equipment Manufacturers, created in 1899 on the eve of the universal exhibition in Paris where for the first time it exhibited as such, was…
26 September 2007 | By Paul McMahon, Deputy Director, Competition and Regulatory Economics, Office of Rail Regulation
A multi-annual contract (MAC) for rail infrastructure operation, maintenance and renewal is an agreement between the government, as a key funder of the infrastructure, and the infrastructure manager. It sets out the funding the government will provide over a number of years and what services and outputs the infrastructure manager…
29 December 2006 | By Jeremy Candfield, President of the European Federation of Railway Trackwork Contractors
The Federation’s membership consists of national associations or, where they do not exist, national coordinators, representing the majority of specialist trackwork contractors in countries that are members of the European Union (EU) or the European Free Trade Area (EFTA). National federations and coordinators from other countries may be admitted as…
28 July 2006 | By Romeu Costa Reis, Member of the Board, REFER
In the wake of Directive 440/91 CEE, Portugal decided to set up a new model for the railway sector.
