Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) to provide ten years of maintenance services for its rail control solution being delivered for Melbourne’s new Metro Tunnel Project. The contract is valued...Read more
Ricardo Rail has been training rail technicians to maintain the Dutch national track signaling system ATB since 2004. In the past 14 years, the course offering has been extended widely, so the company now gives...Read more
For the second time, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands offers a free online course on Railway Systems Engineering through the online learning platform edX. From all over the world, people interested in the...Read more
On European rail freight corridors, one single price should apply. Currently, the method for calculating track access charges differs greatly among countries, which means procedures and rules are complicated. It would be more logical if...Read more
When comparing track acces charges for international freight trains in different countries, we have somewhat of a harmonised level in Europe, concluded Stefan Marschnig at the Track Access Summit, held in Amsterdam last week. Although...Read more
While volumes on the New Silk Road are rapidly increasing, the route also has some serious bottlenecks, such as the Malzewicze-Brest border crossing, connecting Poland and Belarus on the most popular railway route between Europe...Read more
Restructuring funding for railroads by increasing direct subsidies to infrastructure companies and lowering track access charges can lead to more efficiency and higher output. That is the view of Georg Götz, Professor of Economics at...Read more
Govia Thameslink Railway has successfully operated its first train with passengers using Automatic Train Operation (ATO) in combination with ETCS Level 2 earlier this month. The Thameslink trains will in the future use the technology...Read more
On 20-21 March, the Silk Road Summit, Gateway Poland took place in Wroclaw Poland. During this two-day summit, expert speakers shared their knowledge and experiences regarding the New Silk Road, with a special focus on...Read more
A prevailing focus on the Europe-China northern rail freight route is detracting from the possibilities offered by southern Europe and Asia’s other diverse economies, says Professor Richard Griffiths, one of the world’s leading Silk Road...Read more
Today is the first day of the Rail Freight Summit, held in Wroclaw, Poland. Over the next two days, expert speakers will share their knowledge and experiences regarding the New Silk Road, with a special focus...Read more
The New Silk Road is not always the best option. The Silk Road is not the only route. And the numbers are impressive, but not the only numbers. These are some of the insights Onno...Read more
The Dutch government has introduced new rules that will make it possible for infrastructure manager ProRail to apply mark-ups in the calculation of track access charges from 2019. An ‘extra’ charge per market segment makes...Read more
The visionaries behind the Gotthard Base Tunnel – the world’s longest rail tunnel – which was designed to shift freight to rail on a mass scale have received the 2018 European Railway Award.
Built over 17...Read more
Potential changes to how track access charges in the UK are calculated could present a threat to rail’s competitiveness. That’s the warning from rail economics expert Professor Chris Nash. who will be speaking at the...Read more
