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Nov 6, 2024 · Valencia services start to resume after catastrophic floods. Adif and Renfe are working hard to repair storm damage and reintroduce train services. November 5, 2024 | Fleet.
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November 8, 2024 | Technology. Key concepts for the efficient deployment of FRMCS. RDC buys lines in northern Germany. November 8, 2024 | Financial. Network Rail will cease to exist in reformed British railway. November 8, 2024 | Policy. New Korean train control system ready for deployment. November 7, 2024 | Infrastructure.
Shinkansen: half a century of speed - International Railway Journal
Jul 10, 2024 · THE October 1964 opening of the 552.6km Tokaido Shinkansen was a major news event not just in Japan but globally as the striking image of streamlined electric trains flashing past Mount Fuji captured the public's imagination. The term bullet train was quickly coined to describe this technological wonder.
Split-frame bogies overcome the break of gauge
Sep 25, 2024 · SINCE December 11 2022 passengers have been able to travel along the scenic Golden Pass route between Interlaken and Montreux without changing trains at Zweisimmen, where the standard-gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway (BLS) hands over to the metre-gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB). Overcoming this break of …
Full speed ahead for Chinese high-speed rail
Jul 10, 2024 · New 400km/h high-speed trains built by CRRC could reduce the journey time on the Beijing - Shanghai high-speed line to 2h 30min. China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) aims for high-speed rail lines to connect 95% of all cities with at least 500,000 inhabitants by 2025, with a total of 50,000km of high-speed lines operational as part of a ...
Texas Central Railway: blazing a trail for privately-funded high …
Jul 15, 2024 · Despite producing more than a third of the United States’ crude oil output, urbanisation, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other Americans. Keith Barrow looks at how Texas Central Railway is planning to link Dallas and Houston without a cent of public funding.
Network Rail’s vision for the post-pandemic railway
Sep 25, 2024 · The British government has stepped in to make up for this shortfall during the pandemic, contributing £16.9bn to the rail sector in the 2020-21 financial year, an increase of £10.4bn. Train operators received £10.2bn as passenger revenue plummeted while NR received £6.6bn, an increase of £1.4bn. But this level of support is not likely to ...
How China builds high-speed rail for less
Oct 9, 2014 · China has built the world's largest high-speed rail network in less than a decade and construction costs for high-speed lines are now as much as a third lower than in other countries. Gerald Ollivier, Jitendra Sondhri and Nanyan Zhou from the World Bank's Beijing office explain how China continues to develop a world-class system with world-beating unit costs.
India’s metro journey continues with network expansion
Sep 13, 2024 · With India’s urban population increasing from 285 million in 2001 to 473 million in 2021, the country is focusing on rapidly expanding metro networks to ease congestion. But as Srinand Jha reports, this is not always running as smoothly as planned. Nearly a third of India’s population lives in cities, with the urban population growing from ...
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About Us. Editorial. IRJ was launched in 1960 and started monthly publication in January 1961 as the world's first globally-distributed magazine for the railway industry. IRJ is written for senior managers and engineers of the world's railways and transit systems, ministers of transport, manufacturers, railway planners, and consultants.