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WEB1 day ago · Indian Railways needs to urgently address its safety failings. Former Indian Railways' board member for engineering, Subodh Jain, reflects on the spate of recent railway accidents across India. The latest news and analysis of the global railway industry from the world's leading international publication.
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WEB4 days ago · New China - Europe freight route. Containers now move by rail from Wuhan, China, to Hamburg, Germany, for onward maritime transhipment to Gothenburg, Sweden. September 27, 2024 | High-speed.
Shinkansen: half a century of speed - International Railway Journal
WEBMay 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.
Full speed ahead for Chinese high-speed rail
WEBMay 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 ...
Smartrail 4.0 - a smarter way to boost capacity
WEBSmartrail 4.0 - a smarter way to boost capacity. Finding ways of boosting traffic on an intensively-used network sounds like a challenging task, but Switzerland’s new Smartrail 4.0 traffic management system aims to achieve exactly that, reports Anitra Green. Smartrail 4.0 is expected to result in a 70% reduction in lineside signals and ...
How China builds high-speed rail for less
WEBChina 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 …
India’s first high-speed project falls behind
WEBMay 10, 2024 · TRIAL running is expected to start on a 50km section of the 508km Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed line - India’s first high-speed rail project - between Surat and Bilimoria in the state of Gujarat by 2023-24. However, it looks as though passengers will have to wait a lot longer than expected to travel on the entire line.
Traction choices: overhead ac vs third rail dc
WEBJan 13, 2024 · A study performed for Dubai Metro found that a 1.5kV dc third rail traction system can also cost up to 13% less than a 750V dc third rail system. One cost saving measure is the ability to locate fewer substations at greater intervals which reduces maintenance costs. Typical substation spacing is roughly 1.5 - …
GPS technology keeps track of wagons - International Railway …
WEBJul 26, 2024 · The WaggonTracker's integrated contact-free generator recharges the onboard battery when the wagon is moving. This allows the GPS/GPRS function to provide the user with real-time location data (GPS position) of the actual freight wagon at a customised timing interval over the life-time of the system. For example data can be …
An ETCS strategy starts to emerge in Europe
WEBJul 19, 2024 · Despite the fact that Europe is no closer to having an interoperable railway through the creation of a standard signalling system, a strategy is now emerging for the rollout of ETCS in many countries, as David Briginshaw explains. SBB operates its Mattstetten - Rothrist 200km/h line with ETCS Level 2 without a fall-back signalling system.