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PASSENGER BEHAVIOUR & VEHICLE DESIGN

There are two alternatives for designing passenger vehicles. One possibility is to try to obtain the maximum number of seats per wagon…

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- By Dr. Bernhard Rüger, researcher, Vienna University of Technology
PREPARATION – KEY TO HIGH-QUALITY COATINGS FOR ALUMINUM CAR BODIES

As long-life products of transport engineering technology, rail vehicles are designed to provide reliable services over a period of 40 years…

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- By Wolfgang Weber-Hampel, Siemens Mobility
IMAG’IN THE TRAIN OF THE FUTURE

European environmental legislation and growing awareness of the need to save energy and resources is driving innovative developments in the rail coating…

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- By Thierry Guénard, SNCF Technicentre Romilly-sur-Seine
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES, INTERVIEW WITH ANDRÉ NAVARRI, PRESIDENT, BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION

Active in all segments of the transport sector worldwide, Bombardier Transportation is fully aware of the trends – social, political and economic – impacting…

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- By EURAILmag
DRIVER TRAINING – INTO THE BLENDER

Train drivers need training. But in Europe as capacity demands limit track availability and competition in the industry pressurises services, it is…

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- By EURAILmag
REGIONS HAVE THEIR SAY WITH REGIOLIS

The ‘Regiolis’ Coradia Polyvalent – the single deck regional train on order for eleven French regions – is currently in production, with a first…

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- By EURAILmag
WINTERISATION – LEARNING FROM COLD EXPERIENCE

The winter freeze, the big chill, harsh weather, cold snap…. Although rail tends to fare better than air when temperatures plunge, the…

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- By EURAILmag
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