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Railways face continued growth in passenger ridership numbers and increased demand for rail freight operations. To cope, rail systems must adapt to their changing environment and provide networks that are both safe and secure.
In this issue: Australia’s long-term strategy to utilise technology to drive rail industry growth, a partnership approach to deliver digital signalling on the UK’s ECML, and a four-pillar concept to optimise service life, efficiency and reliability of tracks.
Workers can now operate on the driverless metro in Doha fully assured that the safety measures and procedures are of high quality.
Track workers will spend less time working on live rails, and passenger services will be more reliable, with the implementation of ‘faster safer isolations’.
The number of rail accidents, the severity of collisions, and fatalities and injuries within Europe are recorded and analysed in the UIC’s safety report.
At InnoTrans 2018 our Editor, Craig Waters, caught up with Beatrice Lippus and Viswanath Machiraju from Cyient to find out how they see the industry developing.
Working at heights is always dangerous, however, Zonegreen has come up with a way to minimise the effects of a fall when working high-up.
This order marks the entry of Efacec’s Transportation business unit in Sweden and is a result of other relevant recent successes in Scandinavia.
Passenger safety has been greatly improved across Indian Railway stations with the deployment of first-aid equipment and trained professionals.
With 82 per cent of Metrolink riders owning a car but choosing to travel by train, Metrolink directly reduces road congestion in the U.S.
Virgin Trains and British Transport Police are increasing employee safety by deploying 275 body cameras on frontline staff.
Minnesota DOT has designated funds for the replacement and upgrade of level crossings within the Northern Lines Railway network.
To help increase awareness of the dangers at level crossings, Network Rail is partnering with British Transport Police on a national safety campaign targeted at drivers.
Network Rail’s fleet will cover a distance of more than four times around the earth to ensure the UK rail network remains safe during autumn.
Zonegreen has deployed a new system that improves safety, protects working personnel and keeps operations running smoothly.
As part of an ongoing drive to improve train performance, Network Rail’s high-tech thermal imaging helicopter recently flew over Surrey to spot and stop potential railway infrastructure faults.
