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Issue #2 2018 – Digital version
Discover how intelligent predictive maintenance techniques and innovative ways of analysing data are key in assisting railways to reduce costs and perform more reliably
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Freight
Rail freight is incredibly important. Whether it is helping to remove lorries off the roads and drastically reducing congestion, or transporting goods that we consume every day, all countries rely on rail freight to provide a faster, greener, safer and more efficient way of transporting goods than via road or air.
Our rail freight content focuses on the biggest trends and developments in helping advance cargo movement by rail and create a modal shift.
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Danish State Railways will receive 26 Vectron locomotives
The Vectron locomotives have so far accumulated more than 100 million km of service and this figure will continue to increase, with Danish State Railways ordering 26 vehicles for their regional transport network…
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Freight support needs to be included in rail investment strategy, believes FTA
Efficient rail freight is vital to keep Britain trading, with a direct impact on more than 7 million people employed in the movement of goods. With new technology and other disruptive forces affecting the industry, targets for freight need to be included in the investment strategy…
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ARA welcomes government agreements to Inland Rail project
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the Commonwealth and the Victorian Government’s Bilateral Agreement in relation to the Inland Rail project.
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€500 million rail plan to transform Portugal’s maritime trade and export
A new €500 million rail project stretching across Iberia is set to transform Portuguese maritime trade and export, according to Blue Atlantic Industrial and Logistics Park.
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Most powerful all-electric ‘Make In India’ locomotive completed by Alstom
In line with the Government’s and Indian Railways’ target towards 100 per cent electrification the new locomotives will bring down operating costs and significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions…
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UK’s new inland rail freight hub welcomes its first train
The new intermodal hub, iPort Rail, is now operational and begins working on the movement of goods quickly…
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GE Transportation completes their largest deal in Ukraine
Compared to the legacy Ukrainian fleet, the new locomotives soon to be arriving will significantly reduce harmful emissions, economise on fuel and oil costs and increase time between maintenance overhauls…
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ZEDAS – A new player on the Asian railway market
ZEDAS GmbH develops software products for the maintenance management of vehicle fleets and technical systems and for the logistical management of rail traffic...
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Railways setting the track for Saudi Arabia’s transformation
In an interview for Global Railway Review, Dr Bashar Al Malik, CEO of the Saudi Railway Company (SAR), explains how the operator has embarked on an ambitious network development programme that will transform the country’s public transport and be a key enabler of economic diversification.
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Issue #1 2018 – Digital version
This issue of Global Railway Review features articles on rail infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, Poland and the US along with in-depth focuses on Big Data and Safety.
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Alstom to perform Automatic Train Operation test drive
In cooperation with the Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF), Alstom is to carry out automation tests which should improve the railway operations…
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DB Cargo UK has announced £21 million contract extension
DB Cargo UK, Britain’s leading rail freight operator, has extended its contract with Malcolm Logistics until 2020…
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Freight trains in Britain to be upgraded with digital technology
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A less congested, better performing railway stepped closer to reality with the signing of a major, multi-million pound contract that will see freight trains upgraded with technology to make them safer, more efficient and flexible…
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Bombardier delivers first TRAXX locomotive to South Africa
Bombardier Transportation and South African State-Owned Enterprise Company Transnet have celebrated the handover and acceptance of the first of 240 Bombardier TRAXX locomotives for freight traffic in South Africa…