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GCRE and Talgo to build long-term partnership
As part of the partnership between GCRE and Talgo, the innovation facility has taken delivery of its first rail carriage.
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Q&A with Alex Thompson, Network Rail: 175-year-old tunnel upgrade
Alex Thompson, Principle Technical Officer for Network Rail, speaks with Global Railway Review’s Editorial Assistant, Elliot Robinson about the £2 million track upgrade in a 175-year-old Staffordshire tunnel.
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New Asset Management Facility launched at Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre
Porterbrook have launched a £3 million Asset Management Facility at the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre.
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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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Is there really a use for AM in commercial vehicles?
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Companies making sustainability a priority are utilizing additive manufacturing in a number of ways to allow them to use less material, create less waste, and develop more energy-efficient products. Watch this webinar to discover the solutions to 'Driving Sustainability in Commercial & Public Transportation with AM'.
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Images: Brightline fully unveil new Orlando Station
Brightline has finally revealed its highly anticipated Orlando station at a ceremony with over 300 invited guests.
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Roundtable: Improving Rail Freight’s Modal Share
Moderated by Sandra Gehenot, the UIC's Freight Director, participants from CFL cargo, ERFA and Mercitalia Intermodal share their views on what key levers are necessary to drive modal shift to rail in Europe.
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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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HS2’s Small Dean Viaduct given green light
A key 345m long HS2 viaduct which will take trains across the A413 and local rail lines south of Wendover has been given approval by Buckinghamshire Council.
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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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Network Rail starts roof renovations at London Waterloo station
Network Rail are refurbishing London Waterloo’s 100-year-old station to replace the existing glazing and support structures and bring the roof back to its former glory.
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Cross City line flood protection work to bring more reliable journeys
Network Rail are undertaking drainage improvement work on the Cross City line south throughout May to offer more reliable journeys.
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Railway investments will make the Norwegian transport sector greener
Jon-Ivar Nygård, Norway’s Minister of Transport, explains that despite a large maintenance backlog and outdated infrastructure, the Norwegian government is committed to making improvements to the country’s rail network with a raft of changes including new infrastructure, new trains, new digital signalling, shifting more freight to rail and strengthening cross-border…
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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…