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6 days ago · While the mood music at Ausrail 2024 was positive, reflecting an Australian market buoyed up by public-sector investment, suppliers told Mark Simmons that they are keeping a watchful eye on how globalisation could affect their business.
IRJ Young Leaders in Rail Award 2024: Part 2
Jun 14, 2024 · In addition to his work at Greenbrier, Ben serves as the executive committee chairperson of the Railway Supply Institute (RSI) Committee on Tank Cars, a role he assumed during the critical period following the East Palestine derailment in 2023.
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Jan 16, 2025 · British operator invites five manufacturers to bid to supply up to 450 new trains.
60 years of high-speed rail - International Railway Journal
Nov 18, 2024 · THE defining event in the birth of contemporary rail transport occurred 60 years ago this month. The launch of regular passenger service on the 515km Tokyo - Osaka New Tokaido Shinkansen on October 1 1964 caught the world’s attention and ignited debate on what rail transport could offer in an era where it had been largely superseded by road and air.
Austin light rail delivery partner selected
Jan 3, 2025 · AECOM has been selected by Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) as delivery partner for the first phase of its proposed light rail project in Texas.
New dawn for Indian high-speed rail - International Railway Journal
Nov 11, 2024 · UNABLE to agree a price with Japanese suppliers for 10-car Shinkansen trains to operate on India’s first high-speed line running from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, Indian Railways (IR) last month placed an order with the state-owned Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai to build two 1435mm-gauge trains with a maximum speed of 250km/h during the 2024-25 financial year.
Global railway market exceeds €200bn for the first time
Jul 8, 2024 · In its bi-annual report on the current health of the global railway market, released in time for InnoTrans, SCI Verkehr projects steady growth of 4% over the next five years, as managing partner, Maria Leenen, and senior manager, Andreas Wolf, explain.
Mixed outlook for North American rail freight in 2024
Aug 29, 2024 · NEVER forget that freight moved by any mode is a “derived market demand” signalling business change between shippers and receivers. The share that the railways earn is a function of their ability to deliver reliable service at a reasonable price, compared mostly with truck and river barge competition.
Full speed ahead for Chinese high-speed rail
Oct 18, 2024 · DESPITE slower than expected economic growth, with the rise in GDP forecast to dip below 5% this year, and the long-lasting effects of Covid-19, China’s programme to develop a comprehensive nationwide network of high-speed lines, connecting all major population centres, with trains designed for ever-higher speeds, continues apace, with over 2100 route-km completed on eight projects in 2023 ...
The Cerrejón Railway - Maximising infrastructure life on the heavy …
Oct 29, 2024 · THE open-cast coal mine operated by Glencore company Cerrejón in the La Guajira region of Colombia is one of the largest in the world. To get its coal to market, Cerrejón relies on a 145km heavy-haul railway that connects with the export terminal at Puerto Bolívar.