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2 days ago · While the mood music at Ausrail 2024 was positive, reflecting an Australian market buoyed up by public-sector investment, suppliers told Mark Simmons that they are keeping a …
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Jan 17, 2025 · LILLE’s metropolitan government (MEL) has selected Alstom to supply 15 additional 52m-long rubber-tyred automatic metro trains under a contract worth €210m.
60 years of high-speed rail - International Railway Journal
Dec 18, 2024 · THE defining event in the birth of contemporary rail transport occurred 60 years ago this month. The launch of regular passenger service on the 515km Tokyo - Osaka New …
Split-frame bogies overcome the break of gauge
Nov 18, 2024 · A particularly challenging aspect of this project was obtaining authorisation to place the new Golden Pass Express fleet into service and approval for the new infrastructure. …
Traction choices: overhead ac vs third rail dc
Sep 25, 2024 · With third rail dc and overhead ac traction offering numerous advantages and disadvantages, prospective rapid transit operators should carefully consider the type of …
Full speed ahead for Chinese high-speed rail
Oct 18, 2024 · DESPITE slower than expected economic growth, with the rise in GDP forecast to dip below 5% this year, and the long-lasting effects of Covid-19, China’s programme to …
Network Rail’s vision for the post-pandemic railway
Dec 18, 2024 · NEWS that passenger ridership on Britain’s railway network had recovered to 70% of pre Covid pandemic levels in the second week of October was welcomed by attendees of …
DB uses transport fair to display low-floor train of the future
Nov 17, 2024 · AT this year’s InnoTrans transport fair in Berlin, German Rail (DB) showcased a coach for its new ICE L low-floor long-distance trains currently being built by Talgo of Spain.
Etihad Rail forges ahead with Phase 2 of UAE National Rail Network
Dec 20, 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.
A fresh start for Transnet - International Railway Journal
Oct 15, 2024 · THERE is no doubt that the international community is closely observing South Africa’s freight transport crisis, and especially national operator Transnet, and wondering what …