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BUILDING CORE REDUNDANCY TO INCREASE RELIABILITY

Jernbaneverket (JBV), Norway’s national rail administration, is responsible for managing the country’s railway network, on behalf of the ministry of…

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- By Mr Torbjørn Berger, telecom director, Jernbaneverket
REMOVE OR IMPROVE? LEVEL CROSSINGS IN SPAIN

Although the general tendency among eEurope’s rail infrastructure managers is towards removing level crossings wherever physically and financially possible, the alternative…

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- By EURAILmag
LEVEL CROSSING SAFETY IN PORTUGAL

Accidents at level crossings are a globally recognised problem that must be addressed by a number of stakeholders from the rail and…

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- By Paulo Soares di Melo, director level crossings department, Susana Costa Abrantes, deputy director image & communication, REFER
ACEM-RAIL – TOWARDS AUTOMATED & OPTIMISED TRACK MAINTENANCE

Railway infrastructure can be broadly split into three systems: the track, the power supply, and the communication and signalling system. Their maintenance…

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- By Dr. Noemi Jimenez-Redondo, head of R&D, Cemosa
GAINING APPROVAL FOR RAILHEAD CONDITIONING

In recent years, a growing number of tram and railway operators has been testing and implementing a separating agent on the railhead…

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- By André Kofmehl, Igralub
CROSSRAIL – THE NEXT OLYMPIC FEAT

The countdown to the 2012 summer Olympics is well and truly over. Despite nerves prior to the event, the overall performance of…

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- By EURAILmag
TUCA ACADEMY – RIGHT PEOPLE, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME

With Crossrail and many other large-scale tunnelling projects in the pipeline, the demand for skilled workers in the U.K. and Europe…

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- By EURAILmag
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FOLLO LINE

Elsewhere in Europe, another large-scale project is just gearing up to get underway. Norway’s national rail administration Jernbaneverket is preparing…

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- By EURAILmag
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