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Bombardier to design VLocity train bogies for Victoria, Australia
Designing the bogies is in addition to Bombardier building the 87 ordered VLocity carriages, as part of the Government’s $848.5 million investment in regional rolling stock.
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Bogies & Wheelsets In-Depth Focus 2018
How can the railway sector utilise various monitoring techniques to ensure bogies and wheelsets are in top condition? How important is it to invest in wheelset research and what are the best methods to use for component inspection? What new ideas and concepts are there for the next generation of…
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Issue 4 2018 – Digital version
In this issue: maximising condition monitoring systems for bogies & wheelsets, transforming the performance of track switches, and bridging the high-speed gap between Hong Kong & Mainland China
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Interview Spotlight: Marcel Ujfaluši, Head of Business Development and Marketing at GHH-BONATRANS
Marcel Ujfaluši, Head of Business Development and Marketing at GHH-BONATRANS, discusses how their products can help the rail industry reduce noise emissions.
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Amtrak is exploring market offerings to replace current fleet
In a continued effort to modernise equipment and improve the experience for its customers, Amtrak is going to the marketplace to explore the availability of rail vehicles to eventually replace the existing Amfleet I.
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A Bogie Weighing System for future high-speed trains
Weighwell have recently supplied and commissioned a PTW Bogie Weighing System for AnsaldoBreda (Leonardo group) in Naples...
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A facelift for DB’s ICE 3 fleet
After some 15 years in service, 66 Deutsche Bahn (DB) ICE 3 trains are going through a redesign programme to make them fit for the future. For Global Railway Review, Jan Poppendieck, Project Manager at DB, provides more information on this challenging yet important redesign.
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Harsco Rail advances technology in track maintenance and repair
Track maintenance in North America is similar to the rest of the world, in that many functions can be quite labour intensive and subject to countless variations. Over the past 10 years, track maintenance machines have become increasingly automated, but certain areas still require the strength and attention of trained…
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Rail Baltica: Making a real difference to the region
As Rail Baltica’s main coordinator and implementer, Baiba Rubesa shares the most up-to-date information regarding this mega project.
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BONAXLE® – induction hardened axle providing higher safety and lower LCC
Ahead of Global Railway Review’s webinar in association with GHH-BONATRANS on 28 November 2017, we put some questions to Petr Kucharczyk, Technical Sales Specialist and speaker of the webinar, to understand more about the topics to be covered.
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The past, present and future of Europe’s rolling stock
From Latvia to London, Global Railway Review’s contributor, Graham Ellis, has been looking at some of Europe’s oldest and newest rolling stock.
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Wheelsets, bogies and rolling stock: Overcoming the challenges of increased safety requirements and life-cycle costs
19 October 2017 | By GHH-BONATRANS
In this webinar, GHH BONATRANS discussed how their BONAXLE® can create higher safety and lower LCC on any axle without modification...
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The Baltic States and Rail Baltica
On 30 August 2017, regular contributor, Graham Ellis, gave Global Railway Review his report on a recent visit to Lithuania and discussed the Rail Baltica project. Taking inspiration from that visit, Global Railway Review reader, Tony Olsson gives his own report on the country as well as some more information…
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Interview spotlight: GHH BONATRANS discuss how their products can help the rail-bound industry move forward
GHH-BONATRANS, discusses how their products can help the rail-bound industry move forward and what’s in store for the group in the future...