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Cascadia dreaming: plans for an ultra-high-speed rail link in the

WEBNot so fast: heeding the lessons of California’s continuing HSR fiasco Proponents would also do well to bear in mind the faltering pursuit of high-speed rail …

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Can vaccine passports be truly inclusive

WEBA vaccine passport for travel or health pass for work could see biometrics use expand even further. A report from Strategic Defence Intelligence forecasts the …

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Digital twin technology helps Crossrail to know itself

WEBCrossrail’s pioneering use of digital twin technology is likely why HS2is employing its own digital twins to maximise maintenance. Interestingly, New Civil …

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New steps to support mental health in rail

WEBSamaritans has been working with the rail sector for over 11 years, on programmes that focus on how to reduce suicides, prevent fatalities, and how to achieve …

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Legionella: is there danger lurking in railway water systems

WEBLegionella is commonly found in water systems and is transferred to humans when water droplets containing the bacteria find their way into the respiratory …

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Should train guards wear body cameras

WEBAs stated by a health and safety circular sent in 2021 by RMT head office to all the branches, “external security measures, such as requests for increased police presences, …

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Q&A: assessing air quality at enclosed rail stations

WEBA study published in April 2019 measured air quality at two major UK stations, finding them in clear breach of EU NO2 limits. King’s College London senior research fellow Dr David …

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Creating a fully ‘digital train’

WEBThe method for designing these systems is a crucial element of creating a digital train – each one must be designed in a way that it can be monitored and controlled remotely to …

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Intensive care: how the ESA is using space tech to build an ICU train

WEBThe ICU train has been designed to respond to health emergencies around Europe, as well as natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes. It will leverage space-based …

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Home Open for business

WEBIssue 86 | September 2020. In association with. Open for business. With the unveiling of the Ceneri Base Tunnel, Swiss Federal Railways is coming to the end of a 30-year project to …

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The Train of Hope: South Africa’s Phelophepa

WEBPreparing for Phelophepa III Looking ahead, the Phelophepa III will join the fleet as the first surgical train on the African continent and the world. With a capacity to serve a minimum …

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Accelerating accessibility: improving access to UK railways

WEBAccessibility changes can be a complex task, as they involve the train operator, Network Rail, and Local Authorities. While Leonard Cheshire acknowledges …

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Timeline: profiling the evolution of China’s high-speed rail network

WEBBy far the longest and most extensively used in the world, China’s vast high-speed network is set to grow even larger in the near future. With over 3,200km of high-speed rail …

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Nature strikes: natural disasters on the world’s rail networks

WEBVolcanoes Sicilians may trust using the railways to visit Mount Etna but generally, trains are much better off if they’re out of a volcano’s reach.Particularly, it is its ashes that can …

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The briefing on mental health in the rail industry

WEBRail workers are often exposed to difficult working conditions and accidents, leaving them vulnerable to mental health conditions In News UK non-profit company RSSB has …

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Stations in bloom: boosting biodiversity

WEBCommunity Rail is well-placed to assist with this move towards biodiversity gain, while also supporting rail recovery and delivering local benefits to health, …

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Britain’s battered railway bridges

WEB“Information is available on the Network Rail website. There are resources that can be used for Certificate of Professional Competence qualifications – these are …

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The economic drain: when urban rail disappears

WEBNew Yorkers are bracing themselves for the upcoming shutdown of a vital train link in April 2019. Joe Baker asks, what will be the impact be on commuters and local communities? …

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Travel app Sojo to reward passengers for choosing sustainable …

WEBJeremy Acklam: Sojo was created because traditional ‘Mobility as a Service’ (MaaS) solutions are becoming more financially and operationally difficult to sustain, …

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