The Avelia Liberty: transforming the Northeast Corridor
The US Northeast Corridor (NEC) stretches across approximately 457 miles, linking the economic heartlands of Boston, New York City, and…
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Gary Peters
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Taking it to the cloud with Trainline
Buying a train ticket is often described as one of the most painful passenger experiences. Confusion over what is meant…
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The path to a new era of signalling across Europe
“If you want to run trains outside your borders,” says ERTMS Users Group managing director Michel Ruesen, “it's good to…
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Clip-Air: the future of multi-modal transport?
It sounds like something pulled directly from the pages of a sci-fi novel, but Clip-Air’s leftfield concept of having passengers…
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Are driverless freight trains safe?
It seems that not a day passes without yet another news story describing how the transport sector is changing with…
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Railways and the digital age: learning from Fujitsu
The Spring 2016 National Rail Passenger Survey, produced by Transport Focus, shows that nationally 80% of passengers are satisfied with…
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Double-decker trains for HS2?
“If you look at HS2, they want to do something completely different and I really think we can create this…
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Virgin’s BEAM: online streaming for the entertainment age
For many, even the very well-travelled, a long-distance flight is not just something to be endured but an experience in…
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Is the end in sight for Australia’s Cross River Rail?
In 2010, the head of government in the state of Queensland, Australia, released a concept to build a $7bn Cross…
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How open rail data is changing the way passengers travel
Open data, in short, is available to any one of us. It is data released by big organisations which, in…