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Slow trains: the EU’s high-speed rail network dilemma

By Ross Davies

While high-speed rail projects continue apace in Asia, Europe lags behind, offering “low-added...

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Ingeteam: Rail Solutions and Rolling Stock Engineering

Ingeteam's development of solutions and systems for the efficient exchange of energy, combined with our know-how on rolling stock engineering and rail operations, allow us to offer solutions that allow all parties actively involved in the railway sector to implement significant improvements.

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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 to improve connectivity.

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ScotRail to deploy Inter7City train between Aberdeen and Edinburgh

ScotRail is set to introduce the upgraded Inter7City high-speed train (HST) for commercial services in Scotland, UK.

Connected Mobility – Broadband Railway Communication Infrastructures

As systems become ever more sophisticated and passenger comfort and entertainment become key drivers in increasing the attractiveness of rail travel, the worlds of communication and railway need to be brought closer together.

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HS2 unveils design concepts for Birmingham and Solihull stations

UK high-speed train railway line developer HS2 has unveiled the designs of two stations in the West Midlands.

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September’s top news stories

Saudi Arabia opened its $7.87bn high-speed Haramain Railway, LIRR started its $2.6bn expansion programme to modernise congested Main Line, and Crossrail delayed opening the Elizabeth line until late-2019. Railway-technology.com wraps up key news stories from September 2018.

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rural viaduct rendering of a high-speed train

Texas Central selects Salini Impregilo for high-speed train project

Texas Central has selected Italian engineering firm Salini Impregilo to lead the civil construction consortium to build the North Texas-Houston high-speed rail project's passenger line.

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Bombardier wins $324m high-speed train supply contract in China

Bombardier’s Chinese joint venture (JV) Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST) has secured a $324m high-speed train car supply contract from China Railway (CRC).

ARTC V/TI Monitor Trial Results and Analysis

A growing method for evaluation of track conditions is to use autonomous measurement systems. This allows for "train path free" measurement, meaning that a standard revenue vehicle is used to obtain the measurement. This is greatly preferred to using a non-revenue vehicle which consumes track time.

CBTC Connectivity Solutions

The overall performance of a rail rapid transit system depends largely on the performance of the automatic train control (ATC) system employed. A communication-based train control (CBTC) system is devised by adding modern communication technologies to the ATC concept.

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Ingeteam: Rail Solutions and Rolling Stock Engineering

India to seek Japanese experts to develop bullet train stations

ScotRail to deploy Inter7City train between Aberdeen and Edinburgh

Connected Mobility – Broadband Railway Communication Infrastructures

HS2 unveils design concepts for Birmingham and Solihull stations

September’s top news stories

Texas Central selects Salini Impregilo for high-speed train project

Bombardier wins $324m high-speed train supply contract in China

ARTC V/TI Monitor Trial Results and Analysis

CBTC Connectivity Solutions

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India to seek Japanese experts to develop bullet train stations

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

Saudi Arabia opens $7.87bn Haramain Railway high-speed line

Brightline buys XpressWest high-speed passenger rail project

HS2 project in UK to support 15,000 jobs by 2020

Hitachi and Bombardier open HS2 bid centre in Birmingham, UK

Malaysia and Singapore agree to halt high-speed rail project

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