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网页2024年9月1日 · Sustainability must not impede supply chain viability. IRJ Editor-in-chief Kevin Smith considers the impact that new sustainability regulations are having on the global railway supply chain. The latest news and analysis of the global railway industry from the world's leading international publication.
Rail is on the way to autonomous trains
网页2019年12月23日 · Following 18 months of research, French National Railways (SNCF) completed its first test run in July with a remotely-controlled locomotive- hauled autonomous train, as part of a project to develop driverless passenger and freight train prototypes by 2022. Fully-automated metros have been around since 1981 when the first line opened in …
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America’s short lines play the long game
网页2024年7月10日 · Long a staple commodity for North American freight railways, coal has witnessed a dramatic decline in recent years falling from 140,000 carloads per week in January 2009 to 70,000 carloads per week in January 2016. “As with the Class 1s, coal was king for the short lines, and when you see the decline, it has had dramatic impacts,” Darr …
All Aboard Florida: a new approach for US passenger rail
网页2024年3月8日 · The first private-sector investment in inter-city passenger rail in the United States for well over half a century is underway, with the first trains scheduled to enter service in mid-2017. Mike Reininger, president of All Aboard Florida, talks exclusively to David Briginshaw about this ambitious venture.
2021: Europe's Year of Rail - International Railway Journal
网页2024年3月21日 · The declaration of 2021 as Europe’s Year of Rail is intended to support delivery of the EU’s Green Deal objectives for transport and is an encouraging development for the sector. The European Parliament formally adopted the resolution on December 15 and European rail associations have embraced the plan since it was announced in March.
Is the Single European Rail Area achievable or an impossible …
网页2022年2月8日 · THE Connecting Europe Express (CEE) was undoubtedly the highlight of the European Year of Rail and proved a fantastic advertisement for rail transport. The train travelled 20,000km through 26 European Union (EU) member states over 36 days in the early autumn and was met by various national dignitaries and local people keen to …
Split-frame bogies overcome the break of gauge
网页2024年7月15日 · SINCE December 11 2022 passengers have been able to travel along the scenic Golden Pass route between Interlaken and Montreux without changing trains at Zweisimmen, where the standard-gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway (BLS) hands over to the metre-gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB). Overcoming this …
Florida East Coast Railway converts locomotive fleet to LNG
网页2017年11月13日 · FLORIDA East Coast Railway (FECR) has become the first North American railway to adopt liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its entire line-haul locomotive fleet. On November 9 FECR officially unveiled its modified fleet of 24 GE ES44AC locomotives, which operate in pairs with a purpose-built fuel tender supplied by Chart Industries, …