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PRORAIL MORE THAN DOUBLES AMSTERDAM-UTRECHT

In June 2007, Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail completed doubling the Amsterdam-Utrecht line, one of the country’s largest rail projects to…

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- By EURAILmag
MODELLING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE PANTOGRAPH-CATENARY*

Today current collection remains one of the major technology barriers to increasing train speeds. In addition, related incidents cause over one million…

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- By *extracts from the thesis by Jean-Pierre Massat, SNCF
RFI – SAFETY & SIGNALLING ON FLORENCE-BOLOGNA

The new, high-speed Bologna-Florence line, scheduled to begin service before the end of October 2009, extends for nearly its entire…

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- By Fabio Senesi, Nazzareno Filippini & Raffaele Malangone, RFI
CONCRETE SLEEPERS FOR BALLASTED AND NON-BALLASTED POINTS

Nowadays most new switches and turnouts are equipped with concrete sleepers. For ballasted track, most of these switches are applied in renewal…

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- By Andre Nolles BAM Rail
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE GROUND, TRACK SYSTEM & TRAIN

Recent years have seen significant expansion in passenger and freight volumes on railways across the world. In addition to this increase in…

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- By University of Southampton - University of Birmingham
SWISSTOPO – SURVEYING RAIL FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

The Federal Office of Topography[1] – Swisstopo – is the competence centre of the Swiss Confederation responsible for geographical reference data and all…

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- By André Streilein, Swisstopo
INFRABEL GOES WITH THE WIND. INTERVIEW WITH LUC LALLEMAND, CEO

I strongly believe in PPPs for rail because each partner brings its expertise to the table. In the case of Infrabel, we…

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- By EURAILmag
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