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July 11, 2023 | Commuter Rail

Busy first year for the Elizabeth Line

Successful completion of a phased opening programme has seen the Elizabeth Line become one of Britain’s busiest commuter railways. Howard Smith, Elizabeth Line director at Transport for London, speaks to Robert Preston about the challenges of bringing a new concept to London’s transport network.

June 28, 2023 | Track

RTRI develops railhead transverse crack propagation prediction method

Mitsuru Hosoda, with the Rail Maintenance and Welding Laboratory in the Track Technology Division of Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), explains how a method for estimating transverse crack propagation using finite element analysis has been developed.

June 26, 2023 | Infrastructure

Contract renegotiation sparks Israeli electrification project

Israel Railways is implementing a major electrification project as part of its modernisation programme. David Burroughs learns how contract renegotiation in 2019 has led to major acceleration of the work.

June 23, 2023 | Metros

Lisbon Metro expansion goes in circles

Continuing the development and expansion of the Lisbon metro system, the connection of the Green and Yellow lines will create a circular line that will provide a step-change in performance levels. David Burroughs visits the project to learn more about the progress being made underground.

June 19, 2023 | High-speed

Portugal revives high-speed ambitions

Curtailed most recently by the global financial crisis, Portugal has long had ambitions to build a high-speed network connecting Lisbon and Porto and to the border with Spain. With growing support for rail across the country and politically, David Burroughs visits Infrastructure Portugal deputy CEO Carlos Fernandes in Lisbon to learn more about the latest plans.

June 19, 2023 | Employment

IRJ Women in Rail Award 2023: Part 4

IRJ’s editorial team profiles the last four winners of our second Women in Rail Award.

June 16, 2023 | Employment

IRJ Women in Rail Award 2023: Part 3

IRJ’s editorial team profiles the third four winners of our second Women in Rail Award.

June 14, 2023 | Employment

IRJ Women in Rail Award 2023: Part 2

IRJ’s editorial team profiles the second four winners of our second Women in Rail Award.

June 12, 2023 | Employment

IRJ Women in Rail Award 2023: Part 1

IRJ’s editorial team profiles the first four winners of our second Women in Rail Award.

June 8, 2023 | Freight

Ermewa Group becomes Streem

Around a year-and-a-half since its sale by French National Railways (SNCF) to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and German asset manager DWS Group, Ermewa Group has rebranded as Streem. President David Zindo explains the reasoning behind the change and his ambitions for what is Europe’s second-largest wagon and the world’s largest tank container leasing company to Kevin Smith.

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