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Pierre Tane (UIC), Dr. Gilles Dessagne (SNCF Réseau), Dr. Bob Janssen (EULYNX) and Airy Magnien (UIC), discuss the evolution of technology in implementing conceptual models of the railway system and the multifaceted advantages they can generate.
In this Signalling & Telecoms supplement: Total renewal in Denmark is on time and on budget; The European rail industry’s commitment to ERTMS implementation; The signalling sector opens the door to the Spanish industry; Telecommunications: ringing in the new...
13 November 2013 | By GEIE RFC2
This corridor is one of the main railway routes and one of the most promising rail corridor in Europe...
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…
21 March 2013 | By Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)
Rail Freight Corridor 2: a European rail transport route...
27 November 2012 | By Alain Quinet, Chief Operating Officer, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)
Railway investment requires long-term funding. Sometimes the State will choose to take direct ownership or may even prefer to transfer all or part of the responsibility and risk to the private sector. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can offer a highly flexible way of combining public and private funding. These highly flexible…
26 November 2012 | By Six Degrees Limited
SNCF has awarded Nexans its first contract to design & manufacture specialised rail cable...
6 December 2011 | By Xavier Gruz, Project Director for the eastern branch of the Rhine- Rhône HSL, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)
On 8 September 2011, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) inaugurated the first part of the eastern branch of the Rhine-Rhône high-speed line. Included in the design and construction of this line, with its major socio-economic challenges, was a series of innovative environmental measures to ensure its long-term sustainability.
17 October 2011 | By Groupe Eurotunnel
Eurotunnel has launched a project to install a state of the art radio communication system in the Channel Tunnel...
28 June 2011 | By UBIFRANCE
RAILENIUM, has been selected by the French government as a leading investment project...
16 June 2011 | By VINCI
The concession contract for the future South Europe Atlantic high-speed rail (SEA HSR) between Tours and Bordeaux was signed today by the concession company LISEA...
19 January 2011 | By Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)
Eiffage is "preferred bidder" for the public/private partnership contract to design, build, maintain and fund the Brittany – Loire Valley high-speed line...
19 January 2011 | By Réseau Ferré de France
Réseau Ferré de France has selected Eiffage as its "preferred bidder" for the publicprivate partnership contract to design, build, maintain and fund the Brittany – Loire Valley high-speed line...
10 December 2010 | By Pierre-Denis Coux, Director, South Europe Atlantic LGV Project, Ŕeseau Ferré de France (RFF)
The South Europe Atlantic high-speed line project (SEA LGV) is being built as the first railroad concession model in France. Under this model, industrial and financial partners will be responsible for building and operating the 300km-long high-speed line between Tours and Bordeaux. The contracts covering the financing of the project…
12 December 2009 | By Sebastien Gourgouillat, Head of Sustainability and Performance, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)
Enhancing and developing the national rail network to promote rail transport in line with the principles of sustainable development, is the objective set out in the opening lines of the Act establishing Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) in 1997.
