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September 27, 2022 | Rolling stock

DB uses transport fair to display low-floor train of the future

ICE L articulated car from Talgo demonstrates new standards of accessibility and seating design, as Simon Artymiuk explains.

September 15, 2022 | Podcasts

2022 Top Projects, Part 2

RT&S editor-in-chief, Bill Wilson, talks to Railroad Construction Company about the Way Interlocking and Subway Structure Rehabilitation project on the Philadelphia - Camden County, New Jersey, line operated by Port Authority Transit Corporation.

More than common sense

Sponsored: RSSB outlines the importance of providing skills training for non-technical skills to maintain high levels of safety on the railway

September 13, 2022 | Rolling stock

Rail industry set for growth in uncertain times

Despite the impact of the energy crisis, the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic, the railway supply industry can expect growth, as Maria Leenen and Alexander Borchers* of SCI Verkehr explain, drawing on the findings of the consultancy’s global railway market study for 2022.

September 7, 2022 | Europe

Rethinking the European railway

Carlo Borghini, executive director of Europe’s Rail, explains the importance of the System Pillar to the new research initiative’s overall success to Kevin Smith.

August 30, 2022 | Podcasts

Technology Transformation with PST

PS Technology senior vice-president Abhi Bhan, talks with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William Vantuono about the lessons-learned, proven approaches and common-sense return on investment qualifiers from other industries that the railway industry can benefit from.

August 12, 2022 | Signalling

Europe’s ERTMS dream enters a new era

Earlier this year, the EU Agency for Railways staged its ERTMS conference in Valenciennes, France. David Briginshaw reports on what the key speakers had to say and subsequent developments in the implementation of ERTMS in Europe.

August 8, 2022 | Fleet

Asset ownership model proves its worth

Carsten Wiebers, head of department for aviation, mobility and transport at KfW IPEX-Bank, talks to Robert Preston about the benefits of separating ownership from the operation of new fleets for urban and regional services.

August 2, 2022 | Podcasts

Norfolk Southern TOP | SPG Operating Plan, with Cindy Sanborn and Paul Duncan

Norfolk Southern’s Thoroughbred Operating Plan | Service Productivity Growth—has evolved from NS’s previous plans, TOP 21 among them.

July 26, 2022 |

Where Are They Now? 2011 Railroader of the Year Wick Moorman

Railway Age’s 2011 Railroader of the Year Charles W. “Wick” Moorman IV retired as chairman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern in 2015, then spent a year as president of Amtrak.

July 19, 2022 | Podcasts

Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads: “It’s not rocket science, it’s about cutting the right business deal”

Industry icons Gene Skoropowski and Tom Mulligan recall their long association as, respectively, managing director of California’s Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority and Union Pacific director of passenger rail operations with Railway Age editor-in-chief, William Vantuono.

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