As part of its Vision 2030 scheme, Qatar is embarking on a hugely ambitious railway construction programme ahead of a bid for the 2020 Olympics and the Soccer World Cup which it will host in 2022. Kevin Smith examines the four railway undertakings that make up the Qatar Integrated Railway Project.
Contracts have been awarded and construction is underway on the United Arab Emirates' inaugural railway line. Kevin Smith looks at the current state of play for the country's planned 1200km network.
Despite the fact that Europe is no closer to having an interoperable railway through the creation of a standard signalling system, a strategy is now emerging for the rollout of ETCS in many countries, as David Briginshaw explains.
German Rail (DB) is spearheading the campaign to get open-source software accepted for ETCS applications in Europe, awarding the first contract for open-source onboard equipment, as David Briginshaw reports.
With Cetest, Spain, carrying out tests on Oaris, CAF's first high-speed train, Igor Alonso Portillo, Cetest's director of strategy and business development, explains the testing procedures required for the latest high-speed train technologies.