Sydney Metro: connecting Australia’s biggest city
By any definition, the Sydney Metro is an ambitious undertaking: Australia’s biggest public transport development, with 31 metro stations and…
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Gary Peters
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Fake train tickets in the age of the dark web and ‘smart’ payments
Combating Rail Ticket Fraud in the Digital Age Late last year, a team at the BBC bought a first class…
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Powering the trains of tomorrow
Overview of Powering the Trains of Tomorrow Globally, there's a trend toward greener forms of transport. Backed by new regulations…
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Train inspector: turning locomotives into track monitors
The shock posed by Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States showed the pollsters that big data analytics,…
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Open access: competition on the railways
When discussing open access rail services – privately owned self-financing organisations that are not subject to franchising, instead purchasing individual…
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Mobile ticketing moves to the Apple Wallet
“Everybody has the same objective, in that digital is the way forward,” says Trainline retail director John Davies. His –…
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Hydrogen fuel cells vs batteries: how to power the trains of tomorrow
In September, Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Alstom chairman and CEO, took the stage at InnoTrans in Berlin, to declare the launch of…
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A year in rail: 2017’s biggest projects
What defines a great rail project? Is it cost alone? Perhaps the ambition of those advocating it, or the difference…
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Delay Repay 15: changing the rules on rail compensation
For Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, Delay Repay 15 represents a “major improvement for passengers”, while others have spoken of rebuilding…
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Securing stations: a responsibility shared by all
Security is high on the rail agenda. Recent terror attacks around the world have brought home the threats that busy…