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FIGHTING CORROSION & DELIVERING APPEAL

If we divide the rail transport world into infrastructure and rolling stock, it is immediately obvious that in both cases interaction with…

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- By Stefano Rossi, University of Trento
NAT TRAINS FOR SUBURBS IN ILE-DE-FRANCE

On November 20, 2006, Bombardier won the contract for the Nouvelle Automotrice Transilien (NAT) – a fleet of 192 new trains to be…

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- By Patrick Audrerie, Transilien SNCF
RAILJET READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN 2008

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is preparing to take delivery of the first of 67, push-pull railjet trainsets capable of running at…

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- By Katja Blum, OBB & Christian Pettaue, railjet
IRIS CERTIFICATION – STATUS OF THE GLOBAL RAILWAY STANDARD

IRIS is a common, globally valid certification scheme recognized, endorsed and implemented by railway market leaders such as Bombardier Transportation, Alstom Transport…

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- By Bernard Kaufmann, IRIS & UNIFE
IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF TRACTION ENERGY USE

This project looked at the ways that the railway currently uses energy for traction and non-traction purposes, in order to assess…

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- By Rail Safety & Standards Board (RSSB)
FRENCH RAILWAYS – STATE OF PLAY

Speaking with EURAILmag, Anne-Marie Idrac, president of the SNCF, talks about the revolution underway in the French rail company, the challenges…

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- By EURAILmag
MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR INTERNET SERVICE ON TRAINS

This paper discusses elements that should be considered in the business case for a train operating company considering the deployment of an…

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- By Ian Beeby, Peak Intelligence Ltd
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