Global Railway Review Issue 1 2022

• REGIONAL PROFILE: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

Five actions to keep the U.S. rail revolution on track

Jim Mathews, President & CEO, Rail Passengers Association

• REGIONAL PROFILE: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

2022: A promising year for Brazilian rail freight

Fernando Paes, Executive Director, National Association of Railway Transport (ANTF)

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: TRAIN INTERIORS

Optimising Brightline’s on-board experience

Tom Rutkowski VP & Chief Mechanical Officer, Brightline

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: TRAIN INTERIORS

Interior concepts that meet the needs of tomorrow’s passengers

Julian Fordon, Senior Manager for Marketing Strategy & Communication, DB Regio

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: TRAIN INTERIORS

Designing train interiors for a post-COVID world

Mark Anderson, Customer & Commercial Director, Go-Ahead Group

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: TRAIN INTERIORS

Placing creativity at the heart of rail interior innovation

Aisling Norton, 22000 Intercity Railcar – Interior Refurbishment Project Manager, Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail

• TRACK SYSTEMS

Switzerland and 400 UHC^® HSH^®: Customer benefits by improving material design

Julian Wiedorn, Product Manager and Oliver Fuchs, Vice President of Sales, voestalpine Rail Technology

• FREIGHT

DAC: Ensuring rail freight can play the role it deserves in Europe

Heiko Fischer, President, International Union of Wagon Keepers (UIP)

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: ELECTRIFICATION & POWER SUPPLY

SBB says goodbye to fossil energy for the second time

Matthias Tuchschmid, Head of ‘Energy Saving & Climate Neutrality’ Programme, SBB

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: ELECTRIFICATION & POWER SUPPLY

Large-scale electrification of Rail Baltica railway corridor takes shape

Jean-Marc Bedmar, Head of Systems & Operations Department, RB Rail AS

• INTEROPERABILITY

Interoperability: The key to increasing competitiveness of railways

Pio Guido, Head of Railway Systems Department, European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)