All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2020 – Page 13
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Rail Business UKRSSB business plan aims at a ‘better, safer’ post-pandemic railway
UK: Innovation, efficiency, sustainability, safety, health and wellbeing are amongst the objectives of safety and standards body RSSB’s 2021-22 business plan Plans for the coming year include: continuing to develop the Covid-19 transmission model and risk support to reflect the vaccination roll-out; driving forward the ...
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NewsMalaysia reimburses Singapore for cancelled high speed rail project
ASIA: The government of Malaysia has paid S$102·8m to reimburse the government of Singapore for costs it incurred in developing plans for a 350 km high speed railway between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia decided last year not to go ahead with the project, explaining it ...
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Rail Business UKConsultation on East West Rail stations and local needs
UK: East West Railway Co began the next round of public consultation for the Oxford – Cambridge railway corridor project on March 31. The consultation covers: how Oxford, Oxford Parkway and Bicester Village stations could be improved; options for avoiding lengthy delays at London Road ...
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Rail Business UKDecarbonisation requires immediate start to electrification and a strategy for hydrogen and batteries
UK: The rail industry needs the government to provide a clear strategy for decarbonising operations including the launch of a rolling programme of electrification, the House of Commons Transport Committee says in its sixth Trains Fit For The Future? report. The government should as a matter ...
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Metro Report InternationalFerrovie Luganesi tram-train delivered
SWITZERLAND: Ferrovie Luganesi has taken delivery of the first of nine Stadler Tramlink tram-trains ordered in 2018 at cost of SFr47m for use around Lugano. The manufacturer has appointed Van Der Vlist to deliver the vehicles from its factory in Valencia. ...
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NewsDigitalising railway maintenance in Mallorca
SPAIN: Software for managing railway infrastructure maintenance activities in Mallorca and generating information to support a move towards predictive maintenance has been developed and deployed by contractor Azvi, technology start up MainRail Solutions, the CEIT technology institute and software specialist Inycom. The MainRail software is used ...