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Accidents at level crossings are a global issue. Here, Isabelle Fonverne, Senior Advisor for Safety and Interoperability at the UIC, highlights that collisions between trains and heavy road vehicles result in a great number of fatalities and severe injuries. Isabelle underlines that the railway industry and other sectors must work…
As State Coordinator for New Jersey Operation Lifesaver (NJOL) and Lead Engineer at the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Bureau of Railroad Engineering Services, safety is part of Todd Hirt’s everyday existence. Here he explains the importance of promoting railway dangers and NJOL’s great work to ensure level crossing…
Trespassing on railways and track safety can sometimes be overlooked when discussing transport safety. The Transport Research Centre (CDV) intends to change this with new educational video material which is to be circulated in schools in the Czech Republic. Pavlína Skládaná, Pavel Skládaný and Pavel Tučka from the CDV explain…
ProRail is rolling out CBNL’s 26GHz point-to-multipoint technology to provide connectivity for new CCTV deployment across 15 railway stations.
Rail maintenance depots can be dangerous workplaces, so staff safety is essential. With Zonegreen’s market-leading product range, the highest level of staff safety can be delivered, whilst maintaining a productive working environment.
As technologies evolve and develop, the potential applications across the rail industry broaden. Tara Nolan, Global Railway Review’s Junior Editor, spoke to Mathias Vanden Auweele, Project Lead at Infrabel, regarding how this is affecting the management of Belgium’s rail infrastructure.
In February 2019 the Congress passed and the President signed into law the FY2019 Appropriations Act, which included critical funding for Amtrak and intercity passenger rail.
Zonegreen’s solutions are currently installed in facilities across the UK to offer protection against the risks posed by overhead lines.
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. and Operation Lifesaver Canada are working on the week-long event to encourage safe behaviour near and on railways.
Safety and services will be improved across the United States after 18 projects in 16 states receive funding from the Federal Railroad Administration.
As well as benefitting passengers, PLPR provides a safer method of track inspection by reducing unnecessary track visits and helping to get boots off the ballast.
Union Pacific and freight and passenger railroads will continue working together to safely implement PTC on the remaining 4,000 required route miles.
Emma Megan, Rail Industry Writer, discusses how the cyber-security paradigm is a highly operational and technical topic, but nonetheless, a priority that the rail sector must address.
Network Rail’s fleet of snow-and-ice-busting trains will travel the equivalent of six times around the world in the south east, anti-icing the rails to keep passengers moving.
David Porter, Chair of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) Railway Group, examines what was learned in the 1988 Clapham Junction rail crash and, following several incidents and near-misses in recent years, asks if those lessons have been forgotten.
