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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.

June 6, 2023 | Passenger

FGC welcomes UITP Global Public Transport Summit to Barcelona

Catalonia Government Railways (FGC) is one of the local hosts of the UITP summit taking place in Barcelona from June 4-7. FGC president Antoni Segarra tells Robert Preston about the latest developments at the commuter and regional operator.

May 29, 2023 | Rolling stock

Detecting cracked wheels in motion

US research organisation MxV Rail has been testing an automated system for inspecting wheels in service, promising significant efficiency, safety and reliability gains for operators. Dr Anish Poudel, principal investigator II for non-destructive evaluation at MxV Rail, explains how the new technology works.

May 19, 2023 | Middle East

Egypt: a railway investment hotspot

More than 20 railway, metro, light rail and monorail projects are underway or planned in Egypt, a current investment hotspot. Simon Artymiuk profiles each of the schemes using data and insight from IRJ Pro.

May 16, 2023 | Freight

Portuguese operator seeks level playing field to deliver growth

Despite ambitious European targets to reduce transport emissions by increasing rail’s share of freight, policies are failing to provide freight operators with the support they need to deliver, as Medway CEO Bruno Silva explains to David Burroughs in Lisbon.

May 12, 2023 | Fleet

Škoda CEO wants to maintain upward trajectory

Škoda Group has reported some striking sales growth figures in the past two years. With similarly impressive results expected for 2022, Didier Pfleger, who was appointed as CEO in February last year, reveals how the company is managing demand and its strategy for further expansion to Kevin Smith.

May 10, 2023 | Freight

Wagonload freight needs to change

Rail freight can only deliver its contribution to meeting Europe’s climate targets for 2050 if single wagonload traffic is made more efficient and cost-effective. Jürgen Maier-Gyomlay* considers what needs to be done.

April 24, 2023 | Policy

Active training helps to change workplace health and safety

Immersive theatre-based training is transforming the delivery of health and safety inductions on some of Britain’s largest infrastructure projects. Kevin Smith spent a day at the Elite training facility in central England and spoke with the people behind the programmes for employees on the HS2 and Transpennine Route Upgrade projects.

April 20, 2023 | Signalling

AI opens door to intelligent rolling stock

A family’s desire to improve transport safety has resulted in the development of an AI-powered system that has the potential to one day replace lineside signalling. David Burroughs talks to 4AI Systems (4AIS) father-daughter team Derel and Joanne Wust about the development of the technology, and how it is being tested on the New York Subway.

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