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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: Project updates from Austria, Switzerland and Italy, a look at LED station displays, the future for the South East Flexible Ticketing (SEFT) Programme, an update on the development of Birmingham New Street Station, and much more...
6 August 2015 | By Lukas Spengeler, Project Manager at SBB
Who isn’t familiar with the big blue display information boards in Switzerland’s main train stations? At the time of the display installation more than 25 years ago, these units were the leading technology. Printed panels showed the train information for departing trains. Updating of the information caused the panels to…
5 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has revealed plans to provide government funded step-free access at Leyland station, Lancashire.
4 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has awarded ADComms, the telecommunication solutions provider, the contract to install GSM-R coverage across Heathrow Airport’s rail tunnel infrastructure.
4 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Infrabel, the Belgian railway infrastructure operator, has awarded Siemens together with Cofely-Fabricom a contract to install ETCS Level 2 across 2,200 kilometres of track.
30 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) has established an Intelligent Mobility Data Index cataloguing over 200 sources of information and data to aid development across the UK transport network.
21 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Latest Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) figures reveal 2014/15 was the eighth consecutive year without passenger or workforce fatalities in a train accident on British railways.
20 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a report consulting on the possibility for greater on-rail competition between train operators in British rail services.
16 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has assigned a €340 million long-term loan to help fund the Rhine-Ruhr Express project in North Rhine-Westphalia.
15 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The European Commission has agreed to co-fund a £4 million signalling upgrade project at Ashford International Station allowing future operating companies to compete on the cross-Channel line.
30 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
An £8.5 million research programme known as Track to the Future (T2F) has launched this month aiming to develop railway tracks for the future.
29 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Construction of new facilities housing the National Training Academy for Rail has been completed ahead of its official opening in autumn 2015.
17 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The UK rail industry will witness the first smartphone based Ticket Issuing System on Arriva services by March 2016.
12 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Transport operator FrstGroup has unveiled plans for a new rail service between London, North East England and Edinburgh reducing the current average fare by half.
10 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
An automatic train operation system will be developed and installed on Line A of the Paris RER network by Alstom Transport.
