Articles in the November 2012 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine
Comment
- A history lesson on closures
Analysis
- UK: Franchising programme unravels
- France: SNIT review gets underway
- Indonesia: Four-tracking in West Java
Rolling stock
- HEMU 430X heralds higher speeds: Running trials are in progress in South Korea to validate performance of a prototype trainset which is expected to set a new domestic speed record
- Unconventional thinking behind the Avril: Talgo’s Avril high speed train concept focuses on higher capacity and lower weight to reduce energy consumption
- Design for accessibility: Significant challenges must be addressed if rail operators are to continue improving accessibility in the years ahead
Latin America
- Work is in hand to complete Lima’s first metro line after years of stasis
InnoTrans review
- InnoTrans 2012 sets new records: This year’s InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin saw a 19% increase in the number of visitors, with well over half of them coming from outside Germany
In focus
- China: North-south axis edges towards Beijing.
- Alstom unveils KZ8A freight locomotive: The first of 295 electric locomotives for Kazakh national railway KTZ is unveiled at Alstom’s Belfort plant
Viewpoint
- Professor Chris Nash examines the drivers behind the European Commission’s fourth railway package
Forum
- People: Operations reshuffle at Canadian Pacific
- Research & skills: Hitachi opens rail research centre
- Sidetrack: Tokyo Station restored
- Dieter
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