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July 16, 2020 | Main line

Renovated Rotterdam Alexander station reopens

THE renovated Rotterdam Alexander station was officially reopened to the public in a live-streamed ceremony on July 10, following two years of work.

July 16, 2020 | Infrastructure

Next stop: the station of the future

New technology coupled with better design and the use of innovative materials are helping to make stations easier to navigate, safer and more environmentally friendly. David Burroughs reports on the latest developments in station design.

May 20, 2020 | Infrastructure

Approval granted for Old Oak Common HS2 station in west London

THE Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) approved plans on May 19 to build a new station at Old Oak Common in west London for HS2.

March 17, 2020 | Infrastructure

JR East opens Takanawa Gateway station

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) opened Takanawa Gateway station on its busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo on March 14.

November 20, 2019 | Fleet

Nine bids for Indian Railways station CCTV contract

NINE companies have bid for a Rs 10bn ($US 139.2m) Indian Railways (IR) project to install 100,000 CCTV cameras in stations and onboard trains.

October 30, 2019 | News

JR East shows autonomous robot prototype

IRJ at WCRR 2019: One of the highlights of the JR East exhibit is a prototype autonomous robot, which can offer various services at stations, including navigation assistance to people in wheelchairs, security and surveillance services, and cleaning.

August 27, 2019 | Passenger

The sound of the future

Unintelligible station announcements are a bugbear of passengers everywhere, especially when travelling on an unfamiliar network or when delays occur. Holoplot CEO Roman Sick explains to David Burroughs how a newly-developed speaker system could make these problems a thing of the past.

February 28, 2019 | Main line

Small Dutch stations to benefit from €65m improvement programme

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has unveiled plans to invest €65m in improvements at around 200 small stations across the country.

February 5, 2019 | High-speed

HS2 unveils designs for Old Oak Common hub

HIGH Speed 2 (HS2) unveiled the latest designs for its west London hub at Old Oak Common on February 5, with work beginning to clear the site ready for construction.

October 16, 2018 | Metros

Automating Glasgow’s ‘Clockwork Orange’

Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, is home to one of the world’s smallest and oldest metro systems. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport senior director Charlie Hoskins tells Keith Barrow how modernisation and automation is bringing this technically-unique system into the 21st century.

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