Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today.

Comment

• 20 years to save the planet

News

• Main Line
• Urban Rail
• Market
• Industry
• Innovations
• Pointers

Analysis

• ‘Playing poker’ with Rail Baltica, Prasa avoids regulatory shutdown amid spiralling safety crisis, Germany plans massive rail capacity enhancement programme

Information & data systems

• SNCF’s deep dive into digital
  SNCF is now three years into the roll-out of its digital strategy, doubling annual spending as it looks to the power of data to stay ahead in a liberalising market. Jean-Paul Masse reports
• Making the journey go faster
  Providing media content to passengers using a cached server can avoid the limitations of data transmission to a moving vehicle, while meeting growing demand for onboard entertainment
• Building a high-performance digital network
  Digitalisation and the demand for real-time connectivity are increasing the volume of data that needs to be handled on modern trains. This in turn is driving developments in the area of network cabling and inter-car connections
• Enhancing the driver’s interface
  Greater use of touch-screen technology is helping to simplify the layout of drivers’ desks, providing an intuitive and easy-to-handle interface for essential control and operational tasks

Latin America

• Seismic in Santiago
  The track design for two metro lines now entering service in the Chilean capital must account for the heightened risk of earthquakes in the city
• Pulp production plan spurs rail PPP
  A complex PPP deal is taking shape which could lead to a wholesale modernisation of part of Uruguay’s principal north-south main line. Christian Scasso reports

InnoTrans review

• Innovations across the board make for another record-breaker
  We present a selection of highlights from this year’s InnoTrans exhibition, which once again attracted a record number of visitors

In Focus

• Charge of the battery brigade
  Battery development and rapid charging technology are opening up the prospects for greater use of hybrid EMUs as a cleaner alternative to diesel traction. Chris Jackson investigates
• Rhätische Bahn looks to the future
  A major programme of infrastructure and rolling stock investment is transforming the metre-gauge Rhätische Bahn network, as Managing Director Renato Fasciati explains to Toma Bačić
• Appenzell modernisation nears completion
  Opening of the new Ruckhalde tunnel will allow Appenzeller Bahnen to expand its services around St Gallen

Research & skills

• Australian polymer sleeper partnership, Shift2Rail 2018 grants awarded

Forum

• People
• Dieter
• Sidetrack
• Diary

Viewpoint

• ‘Why can’t I drive the train?’ ask youngsters during the UK’s Rail Week. Lucy Prior reports

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