Issue #5 2013 – Digital version
High-speed rail; Spain & Portugal profile; Swedish profile; Research & Development; Freight; Rolling Stock Design; and much more...
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High-Speed supplement
In this High-Speed supplement: The potential of high-speed rail: CER’s perspective; Thalys: a model of highspeed mobility; HS2: building a connected Britain; Putting into service the Albacete to Alicante high-speed section...
From crisis to continued growth
26 September 2013 | By Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, Minister of Infrastructure, Sweden
Increased influence for customers and public transport actors creates better conditions for the railway to enhance its competitiveness. Swedish railway reforms of the past 25 years have been based on this premise, together with state responsibility for management of the rail network run by an independent infrastructure manager. The result…
Strong commitment from the Spanish rail industry
26 September 2013 | By Pedro Fortea, Director, MAFEX
As the result of a strong commitment to research and development, the Spanish rail industry has made available to the international market a modern fleet of rolling stock vehicles for all kinds of transportation for both passengers and goods, plus the offering of skilled train maintenance services as well as…
Power quality (and monitoring) in railway systems
26 September 2013 | By Marco Filipe Santos, Head of the Catenary and Electric Traction Department, REFER Engineering S.A
Electrical compatibility between fixed installations and rolling stock, at power supply level, is paramount when dealing with power quality, system availability and reliability. This article addresses power quality and power quality monitoring on alternate current 25 kV electrification systems, focused on overvoltages generated by near resonance frequency harmonics. Theoretical background…
The hub in the Swedish railway system
26 September 2013 | By Maria Jaderholm, Project Manager Railway Operations, Transportstyrelsen
Transportstyrelsen – the Swedish Transport Agency – represents Sweden in the EU and also listens to the demands from the Swedish railway market. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Maria Jäderholm, Project Manager for Railway Operations at the Swedish Transport Agency, reveals that by listening, explaining and creating dialogue…
Putting into action large-scale rail projects
26 September 2013 | By Jan Schönbeck, Director of Purchasing & Logistics, Trafikverket and Camilla Ahston, Procurement Strategist, Purchasing and Logistics, Trafikverket
The first railway in Sweden was built in 1856. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden had a combination of both private and public railways...
Rewarding passengers to gain a competitive edge
26 September 2013 | By Thomas Silbersky, Director of Sales and Marketing Division, SJ
Competition on the Swedish railway is on the rise as new players enter the market. While procured rail traffic was exposed to competition in the early 1990s, the deregulation of commercial domestic traffic first began in 2007 and was only fully deregulated in 2010. Since then, SJ’s competition has grown…
RFE and Shift2Rail join for European rail sector success
Founded in 2011 by 15 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from across the parliamentary committees, Rail Forum Europe (RFE) is an international non-profit association that brings together EU decision-makers and the rail sector to achieve a better understanding of rail-related issues. RFE is currently supported by 20 full member…
The innovative rail freight corridors are coming to life
26 September 2013 | By Paul Mazataud, Managing Director, Rail Freight Corridor 2 and Deputy Head of Development, RFF
By 10 November 2013, six of the nine rail freight corridors initially foreseen by the EU Regulation 913/2010 concerning a European network for competitive freight will become operational. Rail Freight Corridor 2 (RFC2) is one of them. These corridors are extremely ambitious and will lead to major changes for international…
Bombardier – leading the evolution of mobility with innovative designs
26 September 2013 | By Jon Shaw, Senior Project Director for the AVENTRA platform and the Divisional Head of Engineering for Bombardier Rolling Stock Atlantic & Services
Bombardier Transportation prides itself on offering the broadest product portfolio in the rail industry and delivers innovative products and services that set new standards in sustainable mobility – conserving energy, protecting the environment and improving total train performance for passengers and operators. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Jon…
Understanding the phenomena of train aerodynamics
26 September 2013 | By Chris Baker, Director of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education
In very broad terms, railway aerodynamic effects increase in severity with the square of the speed of the train – and historically came to become of concern as the speed of passenger trains increased beyond around 100km/h. In the first instance, attention was paid to reducing the aerodynamic drag of…
Issue #4 2013 – Digital version
Rolling Stock maintenance; Level Crossing safety; Alpine profile; Infrastructure maintenance; Signalling; and much more...
Level Crossing Safety supplement
In this Level Crossing Safety supplement: Improving on improvements; Reducing fatalities – a high priority for Lithuanian Railways; Reducing fatalities – a worldwide issue (Isabelle Fonverne, Safety and Interoperability Projects Officer, UIC)...
Rolling Stock Maintenance & Refurbishment supplement
In our latest free-to-view Rolling Stock Maintenance & Refurbishment supplement, Daniel Smith, Head of Engineering, Heathrow Express discusses how The 1991 Heathrow Express Railways act paved the way for BAA plc., plus Christian Daniel, Maintenance Organisation Director, SNCF explains how Methodology and organisation are essential issues for effective fleet management...