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August 5, 2020 | Technology

Crowd modelling project optimises onboard social distancing

BRITAIN’s Railway Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is working with crowd simulation company Crowd Dynamics to model the effectiveness of social distancing on trains and in stations in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The partners have now completed a demonstration model for London and Northeast Railway (LNER).

August 3, 2020 | Financial

British rail operators reclassified as part of public sector

BRITAIN’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has concluded that Train Operating Companies (TOCs) which entered into emergency measures agreements (EMAs) with the British and Scottish governments on April 1 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic should be reclassified as public non-financial corporations.

July 31, 2020 | Financial

EC approves Alstom’s Bombardier Transportation acquisition

THE European Commission (EC) has approved Alstom’s bid to take over rival Bombardier Transportation, a move which will create the second largest manufacturer in the rail sector behind CRRC.

July 29, 2020 | Policy

Scotland unveils rail carbon reduction plans

THE Scottish government has revealed its plan to decarbonise the nation’s passenger rail services by 2035.

July 27, 2020 | News

Covid-19 offers ‘best opportunity for decades’ to reshape public transport - study

THE Covid-19 pandemic is an opportunity to shape more sustainable, resilient and human-centric urban mobility systems with many cities and transit authorities primed and ready to embrace the challenge, a new study presented by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and consultancy Arthur D Little has found.

July 26, 2020 | Technology

VDE study finds battery trains 35% cheaper than hydrogen

A study of the cost-effectiveness of battery electric multiple units (BEMU) and hydrogen electric multiple units (HEMU) as alternatives to diesel found that BEMUs could be up to €59m (35%) less expensive to buy and operate compared with their hydrogen fuel cell equivalents.

July 21, 2020 | High-speed

SNCF to trial passenger temperature checks in Paris

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) will start a trial this month of a system to check the temperature of passengers before they board TGV trains to assess whether they have Covid-19.

July 10, 2020 | Policy

End in sight for private passenger rail operation in Britain?

BRITAIN’s National Statistics Office (ONS) is conducting a review of the status of passenger rail franchises with a view to reclassifying them as public entities.

July 10, 2020 | Asia

New RTRI president sets out priorities

THE new president of Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), Dr Ikuo Watanabe, has vowed to follow through with the principles of the institute’s Research 2025 agenda despite the “unprecedented predicament” posed to the industry by Covid-19.

July 8, 2020 | Policy

France’s regulatory and safety authorities sign cooperation agreement

AS France prepares to open its rail market to competition, the Regulatory Transport Authority (ART) and the Railway Safety Board (EPSF) have signed a cooperation agreement to facilitate the sharing of information.

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