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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.
21 July 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has set a new high-speed record in Kazakhstan whilst conducting tests on its KZ4AT passenger locomotive on the line South East of Astana.
8 July 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The government is to review new options put forward for the HS2 South Yorkshire route which could abandon original plans for a high speed station at Meadowhall in Sheffield.
In 2014 RSSB’s (Rail Safety and Standards Board) innovation programme launched a competition titled ‘Tomorrow’s Train Design Today’ to identify passenger rolling stock designs that will provide ‘a glimpse of the future’ and showcase the capability of the rolling stock supply chain to deliver key elements of design to the…
In a recent report, travel search engine Omio (formerly GoEuro) talks about Europe’s rail renaissance and finds out why passengers are choosing train over plane.
11 May 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
In joint ceremonies marking the occasion, construction work has begun on the National College for High Speed Rail in Birmingham and Doncaster.
10 May 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
China has agreed to support the Moscow - Kazan High Speed Main Line in a loan equating to 400 billion roubles.
14 April 2016 | By Graham Ellis
In a blog for Global Railway Review, Graham Ellis looks at the varying growth of high speed rail services in Spain and Portugal.
23 March 2016 | By Jan Schneider-Tilli, Project Director, Banedanmark
With construction work on time and on budget, the Danish high-speed link between Copenhagen and Ringsted’s next challenge is to incorporate two major national programmes: the Electrification Programme and the Signalling Programme. For Global Railway Review, Banedanmark’s Project Director, Jan Schneider-Tilli, gives an update on Denmark’s first high-speed line, which…
21 March 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
HS2 Ltd. has appointed a group consisting of H2M, Atkins and SENER as its Phase One Engineering Delivery Partner.
16 March 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
In his Budget 2016, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has confirmed an investment of £300m for transport projects including a commitment to Crossrail 2 and High Speed 3.
20 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Netherlands Railways (NS) has named the four shortlisted bidders who will enter the final stage of the tender process to supply new intercity EMUs.
18 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, European Railway
China Railway Corp. (CRC) has awarded a contract to supply 80 high speed sleeper train cars to the Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd. (BST) joint venture...
14 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
India and Japan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the proposed Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project commonly referred to as the Bullet Train project.
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…
9 December 2015 | By Gonzalo Ferre Moltó, President, Adif
On 29 September 2015, after the completion of a new section of high-speed line to the North of Spain, between the cities of Valladolid and Leon, Adif achieved another milestone by expanding Spain’s high-speed rail network by 166 new kilometres. Adif’s President, Gonzalo Ferre Moltó, provides more details about the…
