Australia: The government has appointed engineering consultancy GHD Pty Ltd to undertake an A$3m study of rail freight movements in and around Adelaide, looking at noise, capacity and safety issues.
UK: ATOC has selected Delta-Rail and Steer Davies Gleave to develop and operate a new economic forecasting model to facilitiate franchise specifications and the impact of operational strategies on passenger demand and revenue.
EUROPE: The EU Agency for Railways has launched ERA Railway Factsheets, giving what it calls ‘a comprehensive overview of the rail sector across European countries with one-click access’. Covering aspects such as transport statistics, railway organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework, ...
UK: ‘We in the rail sector must be objective and honest about what we are good at’, Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines told a conference in Birmingham on October 3, as he reflected on how the industry can plot its way through the uncertainty of the post-Covid period.
EUROPE: Senior figures from across the UK rail sector came together at the Rail Partners with Ukraine event to hear how national railway Ukrzaliznytsia is keeping trains running under wartime conditions, and to raise money to fund food parcels for Ukrainian railway workers and their families. ...
