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Australia’s new High Speed Rail Authority begins operation
Australia’s new High Speed Rail Authority will be responsible for overseeing the development of a high-speed rail network along the east coast of Australia.
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High-Speed Rail
High-speed railways provide an efficient mode of transport, but they are highly complex systems and must combine various elements if they are to operate successfully.
Our high-speed rail content explores projects currently under construction, projects at planning stages and how their vision is taking shape, the funding and financial issues around building new high-speed lines, the importance of understanding what passengers want from high-speed rail services, and how established high-speed lines can help boost economies.
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New high-speed trains for Taiwan order placed
Hitachi and Toshiba have won a contract worth 124 billion Japanese Yen to build high-speed trains for Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC).
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Contracts awarded to build more high-speed rail lines in Italy
As leader of a consortium, the Webuild Group will build two sections of new high-speed railway along the Salerno-Reggio Calabria axis and between Palermo and Catania.
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Saudi Arabia high-speed rail design and build contract awarded
A contract worth €1.4 billion has been signed to design and build 57km of a high-speed railway in the NEOM region, along the north Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.
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Industry experts comment on global high-speed rail development
The development of high-speed rail has made significant progress worldwide, providing faster, more efficient, and environmentally friendly transportation options. As technology advances and more countries invest in high-speed rail infrastructure, the potential for further expansion and integration of global high-speed rail networks becomes increasingly promising.
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OUIGO España: high quality, high-speed services at low costs
Sergio Barcena, Director of Operations Planning and Maintenance at OUIGO España, shares his insight into delivering sustainable high-speed rail services that don’t require passengers to choose between affordability and quality.
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CPK: Revolutionising transport connectivity in Central and Eastern Europe
The Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) is a comprehensive multimodal transport project based on three main pillars: an airport hub, a new rail network, and an airport city. As a strategic infrastructure investment, CPK will integrate air, rail, and road transport, connecting nearly 180 million inhabitants of Central and Eastern Europe…
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Faster trains approved for Amtrak’s Chicago-St. Louis route
Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation have issued a safety warning after receiving approval for maximum train speeds up to 110mph for most of the Chicago-St. Louis corridor.
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Network Rail uses digital twins for the TransPennine Route Upgrade
Discover how Bentley’s iTwin technology helped generate a route-wide digital twin, saving an estimated GBP 1 Million in the first six months.
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Q&A with Inara Watson, LSBU: High-speed rail and sustainability
In this video interview, Dr. Inara Watson, Lecturer at London South Bank University, spoke to Global Railway Review about how high-speed rail operation can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Q&A with Abdou Ait-Ali, VTI: Improving railway capacity allocation
In this video interview, Abdou Ait-Ali, Researcher at VTI, spoke to Global Railway Review about the importance of capacity allocation and how technological advancements, such as AI and data analytics, can help make improvements.
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Q&A with Andrea Giuricin: Challenges, benefits and impact of high-speed rail
In this video interview, Andrea Giuricin, Transport Economist, University of Milan Bicocca, spoke to Global Railway Review about the core benefits of high-speed rail and how fast train networks can contribute to achieving global sustainability goals.
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Q&A with Stefano Marcoccio, RFI: Italy’s ERTMS national plan and high-speed rail development
In this video interview, Stefano Marcoccio, ERTMS Project Manager at RFI, spoke to Global Railway Review about the importance of RFI’s ERTMS national plan and its part in the transformation of high-speed rail in Italy.
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Q&A with Lucie Anderton, UIC: High-speed rail and sustainability
In this video interview, Lucie Anderton, Head of Sustainability at the UIC, spoke to Global Railway Review about some of the challenges of building and operating high-speed rail in a sustainable way, and how fast trains can be integrated with other modes of transport to create sustainable mobility networks.
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CPK presents an investor variant of the new Katowice-Ostrava HSR line connecting Poland with Czech Republic
After collecting 7,000 comments and almost 100 meetings involving residents and local authorities, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has selected the investor variant for the Katowice-Ostrava section of the high-speed railway line. The route indicated by CPK assumes the least environmental impact of all those surveyed. The new railway line also…