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April 17, 2023 | Central/South America

Getting Cuban Railways back on its feet

French consultancy Serfer is providing technical assistance to help Cuban Railways modernise its rolling stock maintenance activities, overseeing workshop upgrades and repairs to locomotives and coaches. Robert Preston spoke to Serfer president Dominique Vastel about this development project that has taken over six years to bring to fruition.

April 13, 2023 | Signalling

Stuttgart leads the way in German ETCS rollout

Stuttgart Digital Nodes is a flagship project in German Rail’s (DB) pursuit of digitalisation. The work by the local DB team is providing interesting lessons for other ETCS rollout projects, including within DB itself, as Kevin Smith reports.

April 10, 2023 | Signalling

ETCS comes to the East Coast Main Line

Eliminating lineside signalling by installing ETCS Level 2 on the southern end of Britain’s East Coast Main Line aims to reduce capital and maintenance costs while improving operational performance. The industry partnership formed to deliver this major £2bn programme is also laying the foundations for future national ETCS deployment, as Robert Preston reports.

March 23, 2023 | High-speed

Enhancing high-speed train aerodynamics

The aerodynamic forces generated by trains travelling at high speed can result in car body vibration, snow build-up on bogies and flying ballast, as well as pressure waves in tunnels. Sanetoshi Saito* describes recent research in this field at Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute.

March 20, 2023 | Asia

Cambodia’s railway revival continues

Royal Railway’s resourcefulness has transformed Cambodia’s metre-gauge railway into an increasingly viable alternative to road. But could more long-term investment be on the horizon? Kevin Smith reports from Phnom Penh.

March 15, 2023 | High-speed

Europe needs a high-speed masterplan

A study commissioned by Europe’s Rail, CER, AllRail and Unife says a masterplan is needed for high-speed rail in the European Union if it is to achieve its potential to become the dominant mode of long-distance transport. Robert Preston reports.

March 13, 2023 | Asia

Singapore charts a path to a 45-minute city

A revised structure for governing Singapore’s metro network, in which the Land Transport Authority (LTA) plays a central role as asset owner and overseer of new network construction, renewals and upgrades is providing a long-term framework for boosting network utilisation and reliability. It is also providing interesting lessons for other rapid transit networks as they continue to recover Covid-19 ridership, as Kevin Smith discovers.

March 9, 2023 | Financial

Alstom-Bombardier integration
enters home straight

Combating the energy crisis, stabilising the supply chain, and continuing to integrate Bombardier Transportation are all top of the agenda for Alstom in 2023, as president and CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge reveals in an exclusive interview with Kevin Smith.

March 1, 2023 | Europe

European rail research leader bows out

Carlo Borghini reflects on his seven years as executive director of the Shift2Rail and Europe’s Rail joint research undertakings, speaking to Kevin Smith in Brussels.

February 27, 2023 | Track

Harmotrack project enters final straight

Experts from 40 countries are participating in the Harmotrack project, which is aiming to produce international guidelines on the use of dynamic measurement to monitor track quality by the end of this year. Project leader Danilo Sorrentino* explains how the project has enabled the sharing of best practice from around the world.

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