Passenger occupancy analytics partnership follows successful trial
ANALYTICS: Icomera and Glimpse Analytics are to co-operate to offer ‘robust’ video analytics software for the real-time monitoring of passenger loadings, enabling operators and passengers to make more informed decisions based on train occupancy.
Leisure travellers return to rail as bank holiday traffic exceeds pre-pandemic level
UK: Provisional statistics released by the Department for Transport show rail journeys reached a high of 66% of pre-pandemic levels this summer, driven by increased leisure travel. Meanwhile, industry data shows that leisure journeys to seaside destinations over the August bank holiday weekend surpassed pre-pandemic levels.
KiwiRail announces freight service ‘to keep New Zealand moving’
NEW ZEALAND: National railway KiwiRail is to launch a weekday freight service between Auckland and Christchurch from October, boosting capacity between the North and South islands in time for the peak season and while the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is disrupting other modes.
Berlin S-Bahn runs vaccination train
GERMANY: A special coronavirus vaccination train ran on the Berlin S-Bahn’s ring line on August 30, with people over 18 who had not been vaccinated able to get the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine onboard.
Rail emissions down as services reduced during pandemic
UK: The reduction in train services during the coronavirus pandemic unsurprisingly led to a reduction in network-wide diesel and electricity consumption in 2020-21, although the collapse in ridership meant an increase in CO2 equivalent per passenger-km.
Calls for cross-industry support as coronavirus state aid approved
GERMANY: State aid measures to support the rail freight and long-distance passenger sectors and reduce track access charges during the coronavirus pandemic have been approved by the European Commission.
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Central & Eastern Europe: Rail at heart of recovery package
English light rail networks get final tranche of Covid-19 funding
Covid Impact Tracker shows continued losses for rail in 2021
Wi-fi used to estimate station usage
Street theatre to raise vaccine awareness at metro construction sites
Industry and unions agree principles for making the rail industry more financially sustainable
Welsh rolling stock strategy evolves as three-phase post-pandemic recovery envisaged
Government plans new rail pass to boost domestic tourism
Rail journeys in Great Britain lowest since at least 1872
Driverless train study required under latest Transport for London support deal
Rail needs to be ‘relevant and wanted’ in an era of changed travel demand
ScotRail tests on-train Covid-19 check-in system
‘Post-Covid’ flexible train interior concepts proposed
