Comment
- Concerns grow over crude oil safety
News
- Main Line
- Urban Rail
- Market
- Industry
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Analysis
- Fourth Railway Package’s plenary reading moves closer
- Debunking the social dumping myth
- India welcomes foreign funding
- Czech bidders still waiting
- Network Rail debt goes back on the books
- Safety drive bears fruit
- China changes import rules
- South Korean unions fear privatisation
Metros and light rail
- December openings conclude a busy year
A raft of opening ceremonies marked the end of an extremely active year of urban rail development in China. Andrew Benton summarises progress in the metro and light rail fields - Trams make a comeback in China
- A six-line metro by 2019
Riyadh is to complete a six-line driverless metro network in five years, according to ambitious plans unveiled last year. Karol Zemek looks at the flagship project
Middle East
- Etihad Rail prepares to open
The first freight trains to operate in the UAE will shortly begin hauling sulphur to the port of Ruwais over the first phase of a planned 1200 km national rail network - Boom time in the desert
A guide to the wide range of railway and metro investment projects underway in Saudi Arabia - Ankara acceleration on the horizon
The next section of a dedicated fast passenger line linking Ankara with Istanbul is poised to open this month. Nick Kingsley and Türker Ahi report - Making the case for a high speed line
Studies suggest that the construction of high speed lines linking Cairo with Alexandria and Asyut would offer a positive NPV, as well as operational and environmental advantages. Dr Mahmoud Ahmed Mousa Ali of DB international provides the details
IT & Data services
- Giving depots the data they want
Integrating remote monitoring and planning via a manufacturer-neutral software suite could improve the efficiency of both fleet maintenance and refurbishment - Zhengzhou pioneers LTE communications
Opening its initial line for revenue service in December, Zhengzhou Metro is the world’s first urban rail operator to adopt 4G technology for both non-vital and vital applications. Andrew Benton reports
In focus
- World’s fastest train poised to enter service
Expected to carry its first passengers next month, the Zefiro380 is the fastest member of Bombardier Transportation’s Zefiro family writes Dipl-Ing Ralf Niklass, Chief Engineer, Zefiro380, Bombardier Transportation - Translation agencies can be project partners too
Linguistic specialists are procurement partners with a role extending far beyond the translation of operating manuals, according to Natalia Betleja-Gruca and Jerzy Nedoma of Lido Lang Technical Translations - Everything you need to build a railroad
More than 1100 visitors attended the National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association conference and Remsa exhibition in California last month. David Lustig reports
Research & skills
- Postgraduate programme in safety
- HS2 skills college
- Points inspection enhanced
- SRO reviews safety
- University co-operation
Forum
- People
- Sidetrack
- Book review
- Diary
Viewpoint
- European rail market liberalisation has failed his company, believes Husa Transportation Rail Services Managing Director Frans Zoetmulder
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