Advisory Board
Alberto Mazzola
7 January 2021 | By
Executive Director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
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The Supply Chain
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HS2 publishes update on development progress in 2020
The update from HS2 includes figures regarding recruitment and apprenticeships, sustainability, construction and rail freight.
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Most read articles of 2020 – Global Railway Review’s Top 10
Take a look at Global Railway Review's most read articles of 2020, including Scotland’s ambition to deliver a decarbonised rail network, the feasibility of a high-speed rail service between Chicago and NYC, and the opportunities for using big data analytics on India’s national railway network.
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Global Railway Review’s top 10 news stories of 2020
Take a look at Global Railway Review's most read news stories of 2020, including an app to help social distancing on trains, the world’s first two hydrogen trains successfully completing trial passenger services, and American high-speed rail project developments.
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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.
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HS2: Continuing to innovate to drive the workforce skills agenda
Kate Myers, Head of Skills, Employment and Education (SEE) at HS2 Ltd, explains how embedding SEE as one of the company’s seven strategic objectives is fundamental to the overall project success to deliver the UK’s new high-speed rail network.
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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…
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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.
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Rail Supply Group provides update on UK COVID-19 recovery ‘Act Now’ priorities
Significant progress has been made in delivering the three 'Act Now' priorities since their original publication in July 2020.
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Deutsche Bahn secures new supply contracts for green electricity
The three contracts secure a capacity of approximately 780GW hours of green electricity from hydropower, wind power and solar energy, as DB moves towards a completely green railway.
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HS2 invites British businesses to bid for £12 billion supply contracts
The new contract opportunities will provide thousands of businesses and their employees with guaranteed incomes, and help the country’s economic recovery, stated HS2 Ltd's CEO, Mark Thurston.
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Bombardier Transportation wins contract for Chinese high-speed train cars
CHINA RAILWAY awarded the $248 million contract to Bombardier Transportation for the delivery of 112 CR300AF high-speed train cars.
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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.
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Green Cargo to test digital automatic coupling to improve efficiency
By introducing DAC on its wagons, Green Cargo will improve capacity, punctuality, the working environment, efficiency and profitability.
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How digitalisation can support the transportation of dangerous goods by rail
In an exclusive interview with Global Railway Review, Božica Radoš, CEO of Venit ExAnte Ltd, discusses 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 of hazardous…
