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DB and RAIL.ONE open new plant for production of sleepers
The companies will work in co-operation and is a result of RAIL.ONE’s win of the DB Netz AG’s tender for the planning, construction and operation of the new plant.
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Maximising the benefits of your friction management programme: Selecting the right solution to fit your operational needs
17 October 2019 | By L.B. Foster
This Webinar will explore the benefits of successful friction management programmes and how these can be adapted in order to better integrate into your current operations and ensure maximum up-time.
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Network Rail to carry out pioneering autumn train braking trials
Network Rail are set to carry out experiments this autumn to trial new ways of braking designed to reduce delays for passengers caused by ‘leaves on the line’.
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Super Premium Rail Steel grades: From heavy-haul to urban transport
voestalpine Schienen’s Rainer Hochfellner, Heavy Haul Product Manager, and Lukas Prettner, Rail Product Manager, provide insight of the robustness of Super Premium Rail Steels and their extraordinary performance results.
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In-Depth Focus: Track Maintenance
Maintaining rail tracks has always been a fundamental activity for rail infrastructure managers, but – thanks to new technology and innovations – the techniques and attitudes towards these tasks have changed over recent years. How is combining traditional methods of monitoring the condition of railway tracks with modern solutions and…
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Global Railway Review Issue 5 2019
In this issue we feature articles from industry experts on a vast range of topics including: Russian Railways' digital platform; investments in Sri Lanka’s rail sector; an event preview of Digital Rail Revolution 2019; using modern solutions and innovations to maintain railway tracks; how project SHERPA is helping railways to…
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Spanish rail companies focus on new track systems technology to future-proof the industry
17 September 2019 | By
Aware of the new challenges and the need to provide the most advanced methodology, the Spanish railway industry has, in recent years, focused on R&D to provide the market with the most innovative solutions with which to guarantee the optimal operation of rail infrastructure. Pedro Fortea, Director of Mafex –…
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Network Rail submits planning application for railway sleeper facility in Bescot
The planning application from Network Rail proposes a facility which will be able to provide 60 per cent of Britain's annual requirement of railway sleepers.
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Robel Holding takes majority share in Vogel & Plötscher
Robel Holding GmbH now holds a majority share of 70 per cent in the German track measurement systems and electric drives company, Vogel & Plötscher GmbH & Co. KG.
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Download our free infographic: Digital rail investment survey produces surprising results
Delving deep into the railway industry, our 2019 survey results showcase opinions from industry professionals across the globe.
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Rail Performance Monitoring: Paving the way for advanced track solutions
Using metro systems as an example, Johannes Wundersamer, Head of Rail Performance Services at voestalpine Railway Systems, provides an overview of their customised Rail Performance Monitoring service, a tool to investigate the operating characteristics of rails and to assist rail maintenance organisations in changing re-active systems into pro-active ones.
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StationOne: The marketplace for railway professionals
13 May 2019 | By StationOne
Join us to understand how Alstom's StationOne initiative - the first online B2B marketplace dedicated to the railway industry - can handle the different requirements of OEMs.
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Railtex 2019: The complete showcase for the rail supply market
On 14-16 May 2019, Birmingham’s NEC will once again play host to Railtex, the industry’s definitive exhibition of railway technology and services.
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Repoint: The future of track switching?
In 2016, Global Railway Review published an article1 detailing the work of a team at Loughborough University that had developed an idea for a novel track switch mechanism that could, for the first time, bring fault tolerance through redundancy to track switching. This promised to be the first significant change…
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Fibre optic sensing in railway infrastructure monitoring
The Institute of Railway Engineering and Transport Economy at Graz University of Technology has vast experience in railway asset and lifecycle management and has collaborated with various infrastructure managers such as ÖBB, SBB and Bane NOR over the last 25 years. Here, Ivan Vidovic and Matthias Landgraf from the Institute…