Feature articles in the May 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International

May 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International.

ETR1000 heralds speed-up on Italy's AV network
Luigi D'Ottavi attends the roll-out of the first of Trenitalia's impressively-styled 360 km/h trainsets has in Pistoia.

Plugging the holes in a Swiss cheese
General Manager, Technical Standards, Mike Roney describes how Canadian Pacific has adopted a multi-layered approach to infrastructure condition monitoring, using a variety of inspection technologies
High-output strategy speeds track renewals
Project Director Ben Brooks explains how Network Rail is making more intensive use of its high-output plant to reduce the time that track must be taken out of service for maintenance
Beaver-tailed cutter promises a step change
A rotatable chainsaw blade offering a variable cutting width lies at the heart of Plasser & Theurer's URM700 multi-purpose ballast cleaner
Controlling RCF in switches and crossings
As with plain line, cyclical preventative grinding strategies can help to manage rolling contact fatigue in turnouts, explains Dr Wolfgang Schoech
Multi-role grinders target longer rail life
Two Loram RGI60 rail grinding machines are due to enter service with DB Netz in early 2014
A quiet revolution
A redesigned impact wrench and rail drilling machine are the first in a new range of battery-powered tools being developed by Robel, says Otto Widlroither
Track technology to the fore The IAF exhibition taking place in Münster on May 26-28 is expected to attract around 20 000 visitors

The clock is ticking
Introduction of CBTC overlaid with ETCS Level 1 is critical to meeting the October 24 deadline to open the Marmaray tunnel in Istanbul. Nick Kingsley reports from Üsküdar
Reform is gathering pace
With a regulator and independent safety authority already in place, the Turkish market is preparing for on-rail competition to begin in few months
Preview
Sustaining mass transit in the austerity age
The 60th UITP World Congress and City Transport exhibition are being held in Genève this month

Flexibility draws the customers
Polish rolling stock builder Pesa is to expand capacity. Murray Hughes reports from Bydgoszcz
A shrine to progress
Kinki Nippon Railway has put two luxury EMUs into service, reports Akihiro Nakamura