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SELCAT – A EUROPEAN CONTRIBUTION TO LEVEL CROSSING SAFETY

This paper presents the preliminary results of the SELCAT project, funded by the European Commission. Its main objective is the collection and…

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- By Technical University of Braunschweig French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research UIC. Rail Safety and Standards Board
DEMOORT REPOSITIONS TRAINS WITH SATELLITE

This article presents an innovative approach to a vehicle-autonomous, localisation system for railways, providing cost-efficient position information for various safety…

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- By Braunschweig Technical University Bombardier Transportation University of Karlsruhe Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt/German Aerospace Centre
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS WORK WITH EU TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

The European Union has been concerned with the rail industry for many years, as the creation and success of the internal market…

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- By Michael Robson, secretary general, EIM
IRELAND INVESTS IN RAIL

Under the Transport 21 plan – the most significant investment ever in Ireland’s transport infrastructure – the country’s rail network is undergoing…

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- By Noel Dempsey TD, Minister for Transport, Ireland
INFRABEL INVESTS IN BETTER AIRPORT ACCESS

Infrabel, Belgium’s infrastructure manager, is investing heavily to extend rail capacity towards Brussels airport. An important project in this respect is…

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- By Frédéric Petit, spokesman, Infrabel
RFF CHANGES TRACK TO BOOST RENEWAL WORK

An audit carried out in 2005 by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, delivered an in-depth report on the state…

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- By Daniel Levi, scientific expert & Dominique Valery, track expert, network renewal department, RFF
NUOVO TRASPORTO VIAGGIATORI PREPARES TO GO VERY HIGH-SPEED IN ITALY

In 2008 Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV), Italy’s first private passenger operator on the high-speed network, presented the Italian and international…

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- By EURAILmag
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