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4 days ago · SNCF and SNCB have launched a new Ouigo Classic service between Paris and Brussels, while SNCB and NS have upgraded the Brussels - Amsterdam conventional service.
India’s first high-speed project falls behind
Jul 15, 2024 · Completion of India’s first high-speed line, linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad, could take five years longer than expected, mainly due to delays in acquiring land in the state of Maharashtra. Srinand Jha explains the ramifications of the delay and the problems this will cause.
60 years of high-speed rail - International Railway Journal
Oct 8, 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caught the world’s attention and ignited debate on what rail transport could offer in an era where it had been largely superseded by road and air.
Iconic project makes progress despite growing costs
Nov 11, 2024 · Despite stiff opposition, funding disputes, and delays, German Rail’s controversial and ambitious Stuttgart 21 project is now making steady progress.
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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. IRJ is produced by a well-respected team of journalists and ...
GPS technology keeps track of wagons - International Railway …
Oct 22, 2024 · Advances in GPS technology mean it is now possible to track wagons in real-time, offering benefits for customers, operators, and fleet managers. Colin Gerrish, CEO of PJ Measurement Technologies UK, and Günter Petschnig, CEO of PJ Messetechnik, Austria, outline the monitoring capabilities of the new Waggontracker system.
New horizons for Alstom high-speed trains - International Railway …
Alstom says its new generation of high-speed trains - the single-deck Avelia Liberty for Amtrak and the double-deck Avelia Horizon for SNCF - will raise the bar for high-speed train design in terms of acquisition cost, maintenance, energy consumption and capacity. While these trains retain the hallmarks of SNCF’s iconic TGV, they are …
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.