All articles by Nick Kingsley – Page 3

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    Comment: Balancing survival and ambition

    2021-05-18T13:45:00Z

    Rail and metro operators face a delicate task of managing short term financial imperatives relating to the pandemic while also positioning themselves to capitalise on longer term megatrends favouring the sector, argues Managing Editor Nick Kingsley.

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    UK: HS2 progress overshadowed by coronavirus and controversy

    2021-05-06T09:52:00Z

    While construction of HS2’s initial phase between London and the West Midlands is forging ahead despite local protests, completion of the 540 km ‘Y network’ as originally outlined in 2010 now appears much less certain. Nick Kingsley reports.

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    Training & Skills: Training the world’s rail welders

    2021-04-20T14:17:00Z

    Last year, Pandrol opened a railway welding centre of excellence in Raismes, northern France, which is already proving its worth as training methods change during the pandemic. Nick Kingsley reports.

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    Interview: Digital becomes tangible

    2021-04-13T07:00:00Z

    There is a window of opportunity to combine increased public funding with the demonstrable operational benefits of digital technology in order to drive modal shift to rail after the pandemic, Knorr-Bremse’s Board Member for Rail Systems Dr Jürgen Wilder explains to Nick Kingsley.

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    Comment: Sending the wrong signal

    2021-03-01T07:00:00Z

    Policymakers need to learn lessons from the apparent collapse of the agreement to build a high speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, suggests Managing Editor Nick Kingsley.

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    Comment: A zeal to electrify

    2021-01-18T05:35:00Z

    The scale and pace of delivery of India’s vast national electrification programme could serve as an inspiration for other countries, argues Managing Editor Nick Kingsley.

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    Comment: Time to seize the moment

    2020-12-14T17:43:54.293Z

    An unprecedented year is drawing to a close. Time and again, that adjective has been rolled out to describe the tumultuous challenges that 2020 has brought to the global economy and wider society as the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.

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    European policy: Fostering a positive safety culture

    2020-11-19T08:23:00Z

    Learning from the experience of other high-risk industries, the EU Agency for Railways has developed a Safety Culture Model to support the embedding of safe practices within the European rail sector, as Programme Manager Grégory Rolina explains to Nick Kingsley.

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    Comment: Rebalancing public and private

    2020-07-29T07:00:00Z

    Nick Kingsley , Managing Editor, Railway Gazette International ‘We believe that the travel market will look completely different after the pandemic’, predicted Snälltåget’s Head of Sales Marco Andersson, when he confirmed that the Transdev subsidiary was focusing on 2021, rather than trying to run its overnight ...

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    Comment: Railways in lockdown

    2020-03-23T14:32:00Z

    San Francisco’s BART metro network reported on March 12 that ridership for the previous day was 268 192, a 35% drop compared to an average Wednesday in February this year.

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    Realising the digital freight train

    2019-12-06T08:30:00Z

    French start-up Traxens has developed a digital brake testing procedure to reduce the time needed for pre-departure checks on freight trains. It could be the first step towards the creation of an IoT ecosystem to support rail freight operations. Nick Kingsley reports.

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    New York: Signalling the Subway

    2019-09-17T16:27:00Z

    CBTC roll-out starts to bear fruit