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Signalling: Welsh trial pilots low-cost train detection

Trials on a section of the Heart of Wales Line to detect trains approaching user-worked crossings are intended to pave the way for a suite of signalling applications for rural railways. Chris Jackson reports from Pantyffynnon.

Freight: More tracks to Gdańsk’s thriving port

Port authority ZMPG and Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK are working to enhance rail access to and from Gdańsk, with a focus both on investment near the docks and on key corridors serving the domestic and international hinterland. Benjámin Zelki investigates.

Viewpoint: The rail industry must arrest the talent drain before it is too late

With up to 70 000 senior technical and management roles expected to be lost to retirement and workforce attrition by 2030, UK rail leaders must arrest the talent drain before it becomes too late, says Phil Walters, Track & Train Business Director at Fuel Learning.

Germany: Stuttgart 21 delayed again

After DB cancelled plans for a partial opening later this year and commissioned a further review of the chequered project, the Stuttgart 21 remodelling programme may not deliver its intended benefits until at least 2032. Tony Streeter reports.

Great British Railways: ‘The target is to increase use of the railway’

Railway Gazette International looks at the current state of progress to create Great British Railways as the public sector body which will run the national rail network.

Infrastructure: Using data to make better decisions

Fouled ballast results in track geometry defects and reduces the effectiveness of tamping. Modern analysis methods such as ground penetrating radar enable ballast cleaning machines to be deployed in a targeted manner.

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