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June 28, 2021 | Analysis

Wabtec battery-powered locomotives could be used on three continents

Talks underway with potential customers in North America, South America and Australia.

June 10, 2021 | Asia

Rethinking India’s electrification programme

Faced with a fresh set of challenges amid the raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Indian Railways is debating a possible mid-course correction of the full electrification plan launched in September 2019, as Srinand Jha reports.

June 2, 2021 | High-speed

Cracks halt Britain’s entire class 80X fleet

The discovery of cracking in lifting points on class 80X trains and the subsequent withdrawal of the entire Hitachi-built fleet last month is continuing to cause problems for Britain’s Great Western Railway (GWR), one of four operators impacted. Kevin Smith reveals what went wrong.

May 20, 2021 | Analysis

What’s Green Is Big in Boston - An Update on Green Line Extension Construction

Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with Green Line Extension Project Manager John Dalton, on construction progress and challenges.

May 20, 2021 | Podcasts

What’s Green Is Big in Boston—An Update on Green Line Extension Construction

Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with Green Line Extension Project Manager John Dalton, on construction progress and some challenges.

May 19, 2021 | Policy

British government announces plans for major railway sector reform

Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail outlines plans for Great British Railways, a new centralised body that will absorb current infrastructure manager Network Rail and have responsibility for integration, planning and network management.

May 14, 2021 | Financial

KCS favours CN over CP for Class 1 merger

KCS has notified CP that it intends to terminate their merger agreement.

May 13, 2021 | Podcasts

Canadian Pacific’s Keith Creel, Mark Redd and John Brooks Discuss Merging With KCS

Canadian Pacific President and CEO Keith Creel, Executive Vice President Operations, Mark Redd and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, John Brooks discuss CP’s proposed merger with Kansas City Southern with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono. Podcast Sponsored by TrinityRail.

April 7, 2021 | Fleet

Wheel defects found in DB ICE4 fleet

Up to 1600 wheels will be inspected by the summer.

April 6, 2021 | Europe

All aboard for Europe’s Rail

A proposal to establish Europe’s Rail as the successor to the Shift2Rail research programme was confirmed in February. Shift2Rail executive director, Carlo Borghini, reveals what Europe’s Rail will entail and his hopes and expectations for the new €1.2bn programme to Kevin Smith.

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