About the author

David Briginshaw

David Briginshaw joined IRJ in 1982 as associate editor, and was appointed editor-in-chief in 2001. He has travelled the world extensively interviewing many of the CEOs and senior managers of the world's railways and transit systems which has given him an in-depth knowledge of the global railway industry. David Briginshaw is currently consulting editor and associate publisher of IRJ.

April 3, 2014 | Signalling

Interoperability in Europe - still as elusive as ever?

While ERTMS is now widely regarded as a standard train control system and is being adopted by railways around the world, there is still considerable dissatisfaction with the technology and its implementation in Europe. David Briginshaw analyses the current situation.

April 3, 2014 | Financial

Moretti: FS to break records in 2015

In an exclusive interview, Mauro Moretti, CEO of Italian State Railways (FS), explains how the national railway has managed to weather one of the worst financial and economic crises to hit Italy while at the same time facing strong competition. David Briginshaw and Marco Chiandoni report.

April 3, 2014 | Main line

HKX proves open-access can exist in Germany

HKX is the only private open-access long-distance operator in Germany. David Briginshaw reports on its progress since services were launched on the Hamburg - Cologne corridor in July 2012.

April 3, 2014 | David Briginshaw

Rail must embrace innovation to survive

ONE of the main messages to emerge from last month's Railway Forum, staged in Berlin by the Institute for Production Management (IPM), is that rail needs more innovation if it is to remain competitive with other modes. Unfortunately, there are numerous obstacles which need to be eliminated in order for this to happen.

March 28, 2014 | Metros

Budapest Metro opens first automated line

HUNGARIAN prime minister Mr Viktor Orbán and the mayor of Budapest Mr István Tarlós officially opened Line 4 today, Budapest's first automatic metro line.

March 28, 2014 | Europe

Northern to run British franchise for two years

BRITAIN's Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded Northern a so-called "direct award" franchise for 22 months.

March 28, 2014 | Freight

MOU signed for new China – Europe rail service

THE national railways of Russia (RZD), Kazakhstan (KTZ) and Belarus (BC), the United Transport & Logistics Company Project Office (UTLC PO), and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a MOU to develop railfreight forwarding services between China and Europe with door-to-door delivery of containers.