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The long-awaited official report into the Wenzhou high-speed train crash in July 2011 cites serious design and management failings as the causes of the accident which killed 40 and injured 172. In the report, the Chinese government for the first time provides details about what happened in the hour before the crash, reports Han Qiao from China Features in Beijing.
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With copper prices soaring, cable theft from railways has become more prevalent in recent years impacting the reliability of rail services all over the world. Kevin Smith examines the challenge posed to railways and the steps they are taking to tackle the problem.
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After many months of uncertainty, the Dutch government has revealed how it intends to rescue the High Speed Alliance from bankruptcy. Quintus Vosman explains how high-speed services will be merged into the conventional network, and examines the structure of the new 10-year core network concession, which starts in 2015.
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Independent Transport Company (ITC) won the battle to secure a 75% minus two shares stake in Russian Railways (RZD) subsidiary Freight One on October 28. Yuri Saakyan, director of the General Institute for Natural Monopolies Research, Russia, considers the history and prospects for Russia’s largest single owner and manager of freight wagons.
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Last month the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism voted on a recast of the First Railway Package. Keith Barrow looks at how the measures might drive liberalisation forward.
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The fatal crash between two high-speed trains on July 23 on a viaduct near Wenzhou on the Ningbo - Xiamen line, in which 40 people died and 191 were injured, has had major repercussions for railway operations and safety in China. With the results of the investigation into the accident yet to be announced, David Briginshaw examines the chain of events that followed.
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Expansion at the South African port of Richards Bay is increasing the strain on the heavy-haul railway that feeds it from the north. But as John Batwell and Keith Barrow explain, construction of a short link with neighbouring Swaziland could provide the capacity needed to support this booming corridor.
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There is considerable movement in the world market for freight wagons according to the latest analysis compiled by SCI Verkehr in its study Freight Wagons - Global Market Trends.
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David Briginshaw analyses the key findings and recommendations of the McNulty report into the exceptionally high cost of running Britain’s railways.
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Mitsuo Higashi, director of JR East’s international department, recounts the huge damage inflicted on the railway by the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11 and JR East’s resolve to get rail services back to normal as quickly as possible.
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The latest railway market study published by SCI Verkehr, Germany, clearly shows just how much the demand for local, regional, and inter-city multiple units is booming. Andreas Wolf, senior consultant with SCI Verkehr, analyses the data.
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