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WEB1 day ago · Indian Railways needs to urgently address its safety failings. Former Indian Railways' board member for engineering, Subodh Jain, reflects on the spate of recent railway accidents across India. The latest news and analysis of the global railway industry from the world's leading international publication.
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WEB4 days ago · New China - Europe freight route. Containers now move by rail from Wuhan, China, to Hamburg, Germany, for onward maritime transhipment to Gothenburg, Sweden. September 27, 2024 | High-speed.
Shinkansen: half a century of speed - International Railway Journal
WEBMay 10, 2024 · THE October 1964 opening of the 552.6km Tokaido Shinkansen was a major news event not just in Japan but globally as the striking image of streamlined electric trains flashing past Mount Fuji captured the public's imagination. The term bullet train was quickly coined to describe this technological wonder.
Etihad Rail forges ahead with Phase 2 of UAE National Rail Network
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Etihad Rail is moving construction ahead at an accelerated pace with 75% of the 1200km Phase 2 of the UAE’s national railway network now complete. Deputy executive director of projects, Mohammed Alshehi, told Robert Preston about the challenges that the company has faced.
India’s metro journey continues with network expansion
WEBAug 12, 2024 · With India’s urban population increasing from 285 million in 2001 to 473 million in 2021, the country is focusing on rapidly expanding metro networks to ease congestion. But as Srinand Jha reports, this is not always running as smoothly as planned. Nearly a third of India’s population lives in cities, with the urban population growing from ...
Perth presses ahead with suburban rail expansion
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Four new lines and extensions will be built in Perth adding 72km to the existing suburban network. WITH the population of Perth forecast to grow from the current 2.35 million to 3 million by 2050, the state government of Western Australia (WA) has realised the need for an ambitious programme to improve the scale and reach of the suburban rail ...
Rail is on the way to autonomous trains
WEBDec 23, 2019 · Following 18 months of research, French National Railways (SNCF) completed its first test run in July with a remotely-controlled locomotive- hauled autonomous train, as part of a project to develop driverless passenger and freight train prototypes by 2022. Fully-automated metros have been around …
How China builds high-speed rail for less
WEBChina has built the world's largest high-speed rail network in less than a decade and construction costs for high-speed lines are now as much as a third lower than in other countries. Gerald Ollivier, Jitendra Sondhri and Nanyan Zhou from the World Bank's Beijing office explain how China continues to develop a …
Split-frame bogies overcome the break of gauge
WEBFeb 13, 2023 · SINCE December 11 2022 passengers have been able to travel along the scenic Golden Pass route between Interlaken and Montreux without changing trains at Zweisimmen, where the standard-gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway (BLS) hands over to the metre-gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB). Overcoming this break of gauge has relieved a ...
All Aboard Florida: a new approach for US passenger rail
WEBJun 20, 2024 · The first private-sector investment in inter-city passenger rail in the United States for well over half a century is underway, with the first trains scheduled to enter service in mid-2017. Mike Reininger, president of All Aboard Florida, talks exclusively to David Briginshaw about this ambitious venture.