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Virgin Trains customers to benefit from new partnership in the West Midlands
A new partnership demonstrates a commitment to promoting sustainable transportation options which can benefit both the passengers and the region.
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The top five things we learned at the International Rail Development conference
The International Rail Development conference took place on 22-23 May in Brussels and brought together attendees from all corners of the rail sector to discuss some of the biggest developments currently impacting the industry.
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Rail Baltica: A transformational megaproject for North-East Europe
Rail Baltica – a new, fast, conventional, European gauge, mixed traffic, ERTMS-equipped railway line with design speeds of 240km/h – is not only the Baltic region’s project of the century. As Kaspars Briškens, Head of Business Development at Rail Baltica explains, it is also one that exemplifies the priority pillars…
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Reality check: Expanding passenger rail will boost U.S. economy
With the Trump Administration calling for budget cuts in the rail industry in the U.S., Jim Mathews, President of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, discusses in what ways this will be devastating for the country’s citizens and economy.
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Building on the old to propel the new in the railway industry
Global Railway Review’s regular contributor, Graham Ellis, tackles the old and the new – with news of a newly-built steam locomotive attempting to reach the speeds necessary to work on today’s railway lines, as well improving and expanding old rail lines in the Baltics to make travelling and shipping goods…
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Amtrak and Lyft announce ridershare partnership
Amtrak, the US’s intercity rail service provider, and Lyft, the ridershare company, have announced they have partnered to help passengers get to where they’re going in a safe, comfortable and convenient way.