Comment: Security concerns reflect rail’s reliance on its people
Deutsche Bahn has unveiled fresh measures to protect staff following a fatal assault in February. Our Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that this incident has shone a light on an under-recognised aspect of railway safety, while highlighting the importance of railway people amid a growing clamour for automation.
Regulation: How an interventionist infrastructure manager spurred high speed rail demand in Spain
Acting as a guiding mind in terms of redesigning and reallocating capacity, ADIF Alta Velocidad helped to stimulate demand for high speed rail travel in Spain, challenging the belief that infrastructure managers should remain passive or only reactive.
Infrastructure: Eulynx controllers support digital transformation
The development of vendor-independent standards under the Eulynx programme has enabled the introduction of modular object controllers that support digitalisation whilst ensuring backwards and forwards compatibility.
Data: Standards hold key to modal integration
The development of an open data exchange toolkit is the latest sign that progress is being made on the thorny question of multimodal ticketing and journey information across rail, air and urban transport, as UIC’s Bertrand Minary explains to Nick Kingsley.
Middle East: Early planning is critical to rail project success
As ambitious railway programmes take shape across the Middle East, there is a growing need to appreciate the importance of strategic planning, which shapes performance, ensure resilience and delivers long-term value.
Viewpoint: Rebuilding trust in British precision manufacturing is an economic imperative, not nostalgia
The assumption that sourcing rolling stock components from overseas is always cheaper and therefore better value no longer holds true, argues Andrew McClusky, Managing Director of precision surface coating specialist BEP Surface Technologies.
Ticketing: Mobile and contactless payment expand in Mexico City
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh’s year-old metro looks to grow
Morocco: World Cup deadline brings a clear sight of goal
‘If it takes 45 days, we will lose the war’: CER warns faster train planning needed to support military mobility
Comment: Time for a shorter wishlist
China: ‘Eight by eight’ network nears completion with latest wave of openings
Technology: Asset maintenance takes to the skies
Viewpoint: ‘Culture matters more than technology’ in rail digitalisation
Stations: Praha Smíchov rebuild blends legacy with modernity
France: Urbanloop promises personal transit
Signalling: Welsh trial pilots low-cost train detection
Freight: More tracks to Gdańsk’s thriving port
Viewpoint: The rail industry must arrest the talent drain before it is too late
Germany: Stuttgart 21 delayed again
