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Unprecedented funding from the federal government is helping to bring Amtrak's dream of an enhanced passenger railway network in the United States closer to reality. CEO Stephen Gardner discusses some [...]

AS climate change takes hold, extreme weather events are set to become more and more commonplace. Already the global railway sector is feeling the effects of higher temperatures, heavy rainfall [...]

WHILE last month's General Election in India did not produce the resounding victory that prime minister, Mr Narendra Modi, was hoping for, he remains in power at the head of [...]

TRIALS of the United States' first passenger hydrogen train are expected to begin this month. A Flirt H2 multiple-unit built by Stadler will be tested on the Arrow Line between [...]

WITH seemingly endless information now at our fingertips, there is a fierce debate underway over the extent to which governments and publicly-owned institutions should and are providing free and open [...]

Europe's railways are experiencing a moment of unprecedented political goodwill as the European Union (EU) seeks to encourage modal shift to reduce transport emissions. However, frustration is building within the [...]

SAUDI Arabia's ambitious Landbridge project, an eastwest, port-to-port railway from Jubail and Damman on the Persian Gulf to Jeddah on the Red Sea via Riyadh, has finally taken a key [...]

MxV Rail, formerly known as TTCI, will launch a new railway research facility in Pueblo, Colorado, this autumn. President and CEO, Kari Gonzales, outlines the group's strategy and ambitions to [...]

Signalling technology has gone through various revolutions in the past 60 years as railways have pursued increases in performance and capacity. Kevin Smith charts the key milestones and looks at [...]

ALSTOM will deliver the first of 40 new trains for the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) in early 2022 as one of India's most important and ambitious railway construction [...]

Mexico's Mayan Train project has taken some significant strides forward in recent months. As construction gets underway, Kevin Smith speaks with the developer, the Mexican government's National Institute for Tourism [...]

Hitachi Rail's announcement on August 4 that it will acquire Thales' railway business is set to shake-up the global signalling sector. Kevin Smith examines the deal and its implications for [...]

PKP Cargo, like all operators, has suffered a hit as a result of the coronavirus shutdowns. However, the company remains committed to a strategy of increasing intermodal volumes as it [...]

European passenger operators are steadily embracing alternative traction based on batteries or hydrogen as a means of eliminating the use of diesel engines. But are the days of diesel numbered? [...]

Enhanced energy management systems, smart end-of-train devices, and moving block signalling are all under development at United States Class 1 railway Union Pacific as it embarks on a journey to [...]

Infrabel's Digital Days exhibition at the Schaerbeek workshop in Brussels in June showcased a number of new digital technologies which Belgium's infrastructure manager hopes will transform performance. Kevin Smith visited [...]

Europe's Shift2Rail joint research initiative has made impressive progress since work commenced in September 2016 with several demonstrator projects already showing the potential to disrupt and transform existing railway technology. [...]

Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson is intent on reshaping the state-owned passenger railway into an economically-efficient inter-city operator. Kevin Smith examines Amtrak's plans and the challenges facing the United States' passenger [...]

Singapore's Land Transport Authority is building a new dedicated railway testing and research facility. Kevin Smith visited the construction site to find out more. ONCE a haven for golfers of [...]

THE European Commission's (EC) proposal to reform Europe's railway network capacity allocation process (p16) is a timely intervention to fix a long-standing issue. Capacity allocation is maxed out on some [...]

FORMER British secretary of state for transport, Ms Anne-Marie Trevelyan's, confirmation to the Transport Select Committee (TSC) on October 19 that a Transport Bill would not be heard in this [...]

VOSSLOH Rolling Stock's four-axle mixed traffic DE 18 entered the market in 2014 and since then more than 145 1.8MW units have been sold to customers across Europe, performing tasks [...]

Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron-ore railway network is the world's first automated heavy-haul freight railway. With trains now running unmanned, Kevin Smith looks at what made AutoHaul, the world's largest robot, [...]

With the devolution of transport powers to the Scottish government, rail network development in Scotland has taken a slightly different course in recent years. Kevin Smith visited Transport Scotland in [...]

Teams from French National Railways (SNCF) are busy working on new technologies and applications that will improve rolling stock performance. Many of these were exhibited at the railway's Innovmat event [...]

Swedish operator SJ is already recognised as one of Europe's leading digitalisee) companies. Kevin Smith spoke with Claes Lindholtz, SJ's director of business development and digital transformation, about the operator's [...]

Automatic train operation (ATO) has been employed on metro networks in various forms for decades, but increasingly main line railways are opening up to the efficiency and reliability improvements on [...]

Moroccan National Railways (ONCF) was warmly welcomed into the club of countries operating a high-speed railway during the UIC World Congress on HighSpeed, which was held in Marrakech on March [...]

Researchers working on SNCF's Autonomous Trains Project are developing a remote driver's desk, which could support first and last mile and emergency operation on France's future autonomous mainline network. Kevin [...]

The Covid-19 crisis did not dampen demand for new railway and transit projects across the world but challenges to effective delivery remain, as Systra CEO Pierre Verzat explains to Kevin [...]

PREDICTIVE maintenance remains the holy grail for railway asset management. It has been talked about for as long as we care to remember--certainly beyond my 13 years reporting on this [...]

Network Rail has developed a new desktop-based asset viewing application, which is providing users with an enhanced view of railway infrastructure while aiding decision making and project planning. Kevin Smith [...]

THE global economy is in the midst of an energy crisis. The continuing war in Ukraine has exposed the fragile relationship with Russia on which many countries rely for the [...]

WITH the political headwinds of modal shift and emissions reductions targets fuelling rail development and growth in Europe in the 2020s, the sector is under pressure to deliver tangible improvements [...]

Saudi Arabias Haramain high-speed railway is about to celebrate six months of operation. Rayan Abdullah Al Harbi, operations and maintenance director for Haramain High-Speed Rail at Saudi Railway Authority (SAR), [...]

Four years since Britain's rail industry issued the Rail Technical Strategy, it is actively working on how this bold vision for the future is implemented. Kevin Smith looks at progress [...]

September 2016 is here, meaning it's that crucial time once again for the railway industry, it is time for InnoTrans. Kevin Smith and Dan Templeton present a preview of the [...]

IN their closing address to the World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) in Birmingham, Britain, on June 9, the event's co-chairs, Ms Luisa Moisio, director of research and development at [...]

Whisper it quietly, but Europe may just have turned a comer on deploying ERTMS. Matthias Ruete, Europe's ERTMS coordinator at DG Move, explains the current state of play to Kevin [...]

THE European Year of Rail officially closed during a ceremony at the European Railway Summit, hosted by French National Railways (SNCF), in Paris on February 21. Much of the great [...]

Despite strong competition from incumbent Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), Westbahn has made steady progress since it began operating open-access services between Vienna and Salzburg in 2011. CEO Dr Erich Forster [...]

A new wagon tracking system is promising to revolutionise VTG's European wagon fleet operations management, and its business offering. Kevin Smith spoke with VTG and the inventor of the system, [...]

The Czech Republic is currently engaged in an unprecedented programme of infrastructure upgrades. Pavel Sury, director general of Czech railway infrastructure manager SZDC, speaks exclusively to Kevin Smith and Quintus [...]

THE importance of coming together to share ideas and best practice has never been so apparent as during the early days and weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus [...]

THE global railway industry enters 2022 facing another period of uncertainty. The rise of the Omicron coronavirus variant in December has prompted governments to reinstate restrictions on travel as they [...]

Luisa Moisio, director of research and development at RSSB, and Professor Clive Roberts, head of the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham and director of the Birmingham Centre [...]

IN a nondescript office building a short hop from Muscat's iconic Opera House, officials at Oman Rail are busy working to get the country's inaugural railway project up and running. [...]

London's Crossrail is setting the benchmark for incorporating sustainability targets into railway project management. Kevin Smith considers the structure and application of Crossrail's sustainable strategy and, as construction reaches its [...]

Despite the promises made in the run up to the 2014 World Cup, many passenger rail projects intended for the tournament struggled to get off the drawing board, with schemes [...]

LONDON's Crossrail should have been approaching the second anniversary of the start of operation in December. However, work on the key 21km central section of the Elizabeth Line remains underway [...]