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Rail industry experts provide their view on topics affecting the sector.
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RIA at AusRAIL PLUS 2019: The UK and Australasian Rail Industries
The UK's Railway Industry Association's Exports Director Neil Walker on the UK and Australasian rail industries.
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Transport for NSW: The Transport Digital Accelerator
Stephanie Salter, Director at the Transport Digital Accelerator for TfNSW explains how the accelerator has already had a positive effect.
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McKinsey: Australia’s Infrastructure Innovation Imperative
Two of the authors of McKinsey's 2019 report "Australia's Infrastructure Innovation Imperative" talk to Railway-News about their findings.
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Industry Insider Week 48 · 11 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 48 with the top news and comment pieces for the rail sector, including from AusRAIL sponsor Bombardie…
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The Infrastructure Progress Report · Sydney
Our Infrastructure Progress Report for Syndey, the city hosting this year's AusRAIL PLUS 2019, the biggest rail event in Australia.
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The Key Successes and Challenges for Rail in Australia
The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development on the key successes and challenges for rail.
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Bombardier: "Rail Will Play an Important Role in Solving Australia's Mobility Needs"
Bombardier is one of the event sponsors of AusRAIL PLUS 2019 the biggest rail show in Australia, which takes place in Sydney 3–5 December.
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Beyond the Digital Buzzwords
Tommaso Spanevello from UNIFE on the new European rail supply industry's vision on digitalisation: the outlook is optimistic.
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Equality. Diversity. Inclusion. This Is Not Altruism.
For International Women in Engineering Day 2019, we look at the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) talk given by Mark Lomas from HS2.
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Critical Communications for Australian Railways
Anton Abrahams, Chairman of the Critical Communications World (CCW), discusses critical communications for Australia's railways.
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SBB Cargo International CEO Sven Flore on the Rail Freight Industry
Sven Flore, CEO of SBB Cargo International, gives his thoughts on the Ceneri Base Tunnel, the future of freight, ETCS and more.
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RIA at Railtex: Bringing the Rail Industry Together
Railtex has been running since 1993, and since the very beginning RIA has been involved as an important partner.
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UNIFE: EU Investments for Innovation in Rail Transport
Research and innovation (“R&I”) represent a vital area of activity that is widely recognised as a strategic priority for the European rail..…
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A Big, Green Deal for Europe: Rail and the Graz Declaration
The Graz Declaration was endorsed by all Transport and Environment Ministers from EU Member States. Tommaso Spanevello, Public Affairs Manag…
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Inland Rail: The Future of Freight in Australia
The Inland Rail link between Melbourne and Brisbane is currently under construction. In this article Richard Wankmuller, Chief Executive Off…
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Future-Gazing: What Train Stations Will Offer by 2030
Dave Ashton, CEO of Loco2: The rail industry is going through a revolution. It’s easier than ever to buy your train tickets through apps and…
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The Future of Rail: A Panel Discussion with the Heads of Siemens Mobility, Alstom and Bombardier
A panel discussion with the heads of Siemens Mobility, Michael Peter, Alstom, Henri Poupart-Lafarge, and Bombardier, Laurent Troger. They di…
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13 Must-Read Rail News Stories for Week 47
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 47 (19–23 November): rolling stock, infrastructure and policy news from the rail sector. In addition,…
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GE Transportation at InnoTrans 2018: President and CEO Rafael Santana
GE Transportation at InnoTrans: At InnoTrans right now we’re unveiling what are called the next generation of engines. A new high- speed, hi…
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Germany at InnoTrans 2018
Andreas Scheuer, Minister of Transportation, and Richard Lutz, CEO of Deutsche Bahn give insights on Germany at InnoTrans 2018.
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Signalling Change: How New South Wales is Digitalising its Rail Network
Stephen Lemon, Programme Director, Digital Systems, Transport for New South Wales, tells Railway-News how digitalisation will improve the sa…
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Anti-Graffiti Film: A New Layer of Defence from Vandalism
Every year operators spend millions of dollars cleaning defaced rolling stock. In this article Steve Sorrentino, Director of Speciality Film…
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A Healthy Approach? How the Rail Industry Can Improve its Management of Staff Illnesses
As awareness of employee wellbeing has increased so has confusion and uncertainty in how to support them. Mark Eastwood, Director of Staff A…
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Hydrogen Cells: How Alstom is Building on the Coradia iLint
One of the most effective selling points of rail transport is that it's green. The Coradia iLint was successfully tested in Germany in 2017 …