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Comment
- Controlling the future
News
- Main Line
- Urban Rail
- Market
- Industry
- Innovations
- Pointers
Analysis
- DB reform agreed
- Shareholders lose out in THSRC restructuring
- Debate over Tours – Bordeaux high speed service provision
signalling & train control
- ETCS and ATO through the Thameslink core
Signalling systems including ETCS Level 2 and ATO are being progressively commissioned to support the high-capacity cross-London service to be introduced in 2018 - Railroads ‘will not meet PTC deadline’
Deployment of Positive Train Control across the USA will not be completed by the mandated deadline of December 31 - A stepping stone to Level 3
An interim stage building on ETCS Level 2 could help railways to realise the benefits of Level 3 sooner and more cheaply - Formal modelling helps to test Ertms specifications
An open-source software tool enables users to model ETCS specifications, test them against agreed scenarios and visualise possible change requests - Keeping track of trains
Frauscher Sensortechnik is broadening its range of sensors
Central & Eastern Europe
- Turning round a neglected network
A transport Master Plan specifying investment and institutional change is intended to reverse the decline of Romania’s rail sector - Mixed prospects in a fragmented region
Chinese and Russian-backed infrastructure projects offer hope for the railways of the Balkan countries - Leasing model could counteract rising wagon fleet costs
A sale-and-leaseback agreement covering ZSSK Cargo’s wagon fleet could provide a blueprint for operators to mitigate the effects of ageing rolling stock - Fresh start or false dawn?
While a decline in the usage of the Polish network has been halted and funding is available for enhancements, concerns remain over the strength of the revival - Dart debut in December
The first of 20 Pesa Dart EMUs will enter service with PKP Intercity later this year - PKP Intercity gets ready to Flirt
A Stadler-Newag consortium is delivering 20 Flirt 3 EMUs for inter-regional services - Trako to draw the crowds
The central European railway industry will gather in Gdask on September 22 to 25
In focus
- Stafford stays on course
A pure construction alliance is set to deliver Britain’s Stafford Area Improvements Programme more than a year early - Railbus rejuvenated
Porterbrook’s 144 Evolution demonstrator showcases the potential for extending the life of former British Rail Pacer DMUs - Vivarail’s D-Train on track
The first low-cost DMU developed by Vivarail from former London Underground metro cars is now on test
Research & skills
- Educational partnership to help railway development in Sulawesi
Forum
- People
- Dieter
- Sidetrack
- Diary
Viewpoint
- It is time to revisit track-bridge interaction, argues David Rhodes
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