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February 25, 2022 | Signalling

How a digital revolution could save Czech regional railways

ATO has the potential to transform regional rail in the Czech Republic, potentially saving some lines from closure. Richard Clinnick meets AZD Praha officials to find out more.

February 23, 2022 | Infrastructure

Funding could turn the tide for US transport

New funding allocated by the Biden administration could be a turning point for transport, as Art Guzzetti, vice-president, policy with the American Public Transport Association, explains to David Burroughs.

February 21, 2022 | Signalling

A Train Control revolution

Technology developed by LocoTech-Signal is helping to revolutionise train operation in Russia. Andrey Romanchikov, managing director for Intelligent Control Systems Development at TMH and CEO of LocoTech-Signal, explains the company’s activities to Kevin Smith.

February 18, 2022 | Rolling stock

Improving braking offers capacity increase

Matthäus Englbrecht, vice-president global brake systems with Knorr-Bremse, explains how innovative digital technologies such as the company’s next-generation Reproducible Braking Distance braking architecture can provide a cost-effective alternative to building new lines by increasing punctuality, stability and capacity on existing lines.

February 16, 2022 | Europe

Rail drives Italy’s Covid-19 recovery

Italy is planning significant investment in rail over the next five years as it plots its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. David Burroughs and Marco Chiandoni explain what is included in the plans.

February 14, 2022 | Signalling

Atacs: the answer to more than just capacity concerns?

Changes to the way people are working, the ability to recruit staff and the need for a reliable service to remain competitive is leading East Japan Railway to pursue technological advances in train control. Richard Clinnick reports.

February 11, 2022 | Main line

Chiltern Railways launches battery-diesel hybrid multiple unit

The train is the first 160km/h diesel-battery hybrid multiple unit to enter passenger service in Britain.

February 10, 2022 | Rolling stock

Variable rate sanding improves braking

Ben Altman and Sharon Odetunde with Britain’s Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), explain how research into low rail adhesion during the autumn is leading to new approaches to solving this serious age-old problem.

February 8, 2022 | Policy

Is the Single European Rail Area achievable or an impossible dream?

Europe’s railways are experiencing a moment of unprecedented political goodwill as the European Union (EU) seeks to encourage modal shift to reduce transport emissions. However, frustration is building within the EU that the sector’s conservative tendencies and desire to protect the status quo will stand in the way of delivering these ambitious targets, as Kevin Smith explains.

January 31, 2022 | Technology

System safety comes of age

Sonia Bot, chief executive, The Bot Consulting Group, and Tony Zenga, president, CMTI Group

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