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Why “leaves on the line” is no joke for Network Rail and Southeastern
Network Rail and Southeastern are striving to ensure trains run safely through the worst of the winter weather.
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Door testing under arctic conditions
Doors and movable door steps are perceived as the most failure-prone systems in rail vehicles. Here Gabriel Haller, Technical Director and Executive Manager of Rail Tec Arsenal, explains the importance of testing these components – especially under winter conditions – to ensure all-round reliability of rail vehicles, which in turn…
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Proactive and real-time weather action plan keeps Belgian trains running in winter
Infrabel – the Belgian railway infrastructure manager – takes both preventive measures and carries out real-time intervention to prepare the Belgian railway network and to keep it running smoothly through the autumn and winter. In this article for European Railway Review, Luc Vansteenkiste, Director of Asset Management, and Ann Billiau,…
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Winter is coming – how does NS and ProRail cope?
Snow and frost can have a major impact on train timetables. NS is the largest rail carrier in the Netherlands and together with the network manager, ProRail, it has a number of measures ready and waiting to ensure it can keep transporting as many passengers as possible when winter comes.…
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Winter Operations supplement 2016
Infrabel’s Luc Vansteenkiste and Ann Billiau discuss how a proactive and real-time weather action plan keeps Belgian trains running in winter, whilst Gennady Verkhovykh covers keeping Russia’s railways moving during winter, and Zaugg present their track-based snow clearing systems...
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Government confirms £10m funding for rail resilience in South West England
18 November 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The UK government has confirmed that it is to provide an additional £10 million funding for Network Rail’s proposed rail resilience scheme on the line between Exeter and Newton Abbot.
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Zaugg track-based snow clearing systems
Zaugg AG Eggiwil / Switzerland is one of the world’s leading companies in the design and manufacture of high-end track and road snow-clearing equipment and specialist ski slope-preparation equipment. Zaugg products are known for their superb Swiss quality, extraordinary operational reliability, unbeatable working comfort and longer-than-average service life which combine…
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Keeping Russia’s railways moving during winter
The seasons can impact our transport systems and its infrastructure, which – by extension – affect our daily lives. By far the most problematic weather conditions descend in winter, however, and this is especially true for northern Europe and Russia. In this article Gennady Verkhovykh, Senior Vice-President and Head of…
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Proactive and real-time weather action plan keeps Belgian trains running
2 November 2016 | By Luc Vansteenkiste, Director of Asset Management, and Ann Billiau, Director of Traffic Management and Services, Infrabel
In the forthcoming issue of Global Railway Review – Issue 6, 2016 – we have the pleasure of publishing an article from Infrabel. Luc Vansteenkiste, Director of Asset Management, and Ann Billiau, Director of Traffic Management and Services, will divulge the myriad ways they work to ensure the smooth running…
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Network Rail completes Easter work programme despite storm conditions
29 March 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has completed its Easter improvement works despite a large section of the UK experiencing poor weather conditions with the arrival of Storm Katie.
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Network Rail deploys winter fleet in preparation for cold snap
14 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
With temperatures expected to drop over the coming days and snow predicted in some parts of the UK, Network Rail prepares its orange army and winter fleet to reduce any resulting delays.
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Issue #6 2015 – Digital version
In this issue: UK profile with articles about Network Rail’s ‘Digital Railway’ programme, Network Rail’s new mobile maintenance machines, a Crossrail update, plus the growth of Govia Thameslink Railway. In our Winter Operations supplement, Trafikverket and London Overground share their winter preparation activities. And Gonzalo Ferre Moltó, ADIF’s President, covers…
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Winter Operations supplement
In our latest free-to-view Winter Operations Supplement, Trafikverket and London Overground share their winter preparation activities, and Jane Dobson from the Rail Safety & Standards Board discusses how winter plans can be improved in GB...
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Zaugg snow blower for the Swedish iron ore railway
Approximately 27 million tonnes of iron ore are transported annually on the iron ore railway between Luleå (Sweden) and Narvik (Norway) – part of which runs north of the Arctic Circle. Rail operations must also be guaranteed in the winter months in order to transport these quantities. The existing snow…
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Helping to improve GB rail winter operations
The members of the UK’s RSSB (the Rail Safety and Standards Board) include infrastructure companies, train and freight operators, rolling stock owners and suppliers to the industry. Head of the Delivery, Research and Standards Department at the RSSB, Jane Dobson, explains what the organisation is doing to help this industry…