Are train guards surplus to requirements?
Strikes are still ongoing in the UK over the role and place of on-board train guards, who operators are increasingly...
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Too hot too cold: is managing carriage temperature more important than ever?
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On-sight with MTR Crossrail: travelling with a sight impairment on the Elizabeth line
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Door-to-door ticketing: the solution to the UK’s outdated rail fares system?
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Could an Alstom-Siemens merger kill off competition?
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Understanding the impact of railway drones with Thales
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Ingeteam has opened a new facility for the manufacture of electronic power and control equipment, which the company will use...
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Projects
75th Street Corridor Improvement Project, Chicago
The 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project is aimed at enhancing freight and passenger rail service along the rail corridor in the City of Chicago, US.
HyperloopTT Hyperloop System
Desiro ML Cityjet eco Passenger Train
Coradia iLint Regional Train
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High-Speed
India to seek Japanese experts to develop bullet train stations
Indian officials will seek expert Japanese consultation to develop areas surrounding 12 proposed bullet train stations on the 508km Rs1100bn ($14.91bn) Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed train route...
ScotRail to deploy Inter7City train between Aberdeen and Edinburgh
HS2 unveils design concepts for Birmingham and Solihull stations
Texas Central selects Salini Impregilo for high-speed train project
Bombardier wins $324m high-speed train supply contract in China
Passenger
Network Rail to start public consultation to eliminate Croydon bottleneck
Network Rail is set to initiate a public consultation requesting feedback on proposals to remove the Croydon bottleneck.
Taiwan’s Kaohsiung underground rail line opens to public
ScotRail to deploy Inter7City train between Aberdeen and Edinburgh
EBRD provides funds to upgrade Serbia’s state railways
Network Rail requests more caution from drivers passing level crossings
Rolling Stock
Deutsche Bahn orders additional ICE 4 trains
Deutsche Bahn has ordered an additional 18 seven-car ICE 4 trainsets and 50 more power cars in a bid to expand its fleet.
Iowa Interstate Railroad to buy locomotives from GE
Caltrans introduces new locomotives for Pacific Surfliner service
PKP Cargo, Pesa and IPS TABOR to develop autonomous train
Stadler unveils bi-mode train model for Greater Anglia in UK
Technology
Network Rail to trial technology to prevent flooding on tracks
British railway infrastructure manager Network Rail has started trials of a new Internet of Things (IoT) predictive technology designed to prevent flooding on railway tracks...
CARB awards clean technology pilot programme grant to BNSF
USQ, Austrak and Laing O’Rourke partner for railway sleeper research
Ardenna enables rail track flaw detection by UAV payload integration
UK rail industry to introduce new app for disabled passengers