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MISSION SIMULATION

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag

MISSION SIMULATION DB Training, a subsidiary of German rail operator DB Mobility Logistics, sees itself as one of the pioneers of simulator-based, driver training in Europe. Indeed it has used simulators for the past 15 years, with a grand total of 17 ‘full mission’ models currently in use.

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HEATHROW GOES FOR GOLD
In a year when the eyes of the world are on London, Heathrow Express has been steadily unveiling the results of a…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by EURAILmag
TRACK DEFECTS – THE NEVER-ENDING STORY FOR VEHICLES
Today, European norms and common practices define, measure and maintain track defects to ‘acceptable’ standard levels. This helps obtain the best performances…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 23 - by Andrea Bracciali, University of Florence
KEEP PUSHING & STAY COMPETITIVE!
With the average age of its fleet over 30 years old, Hungarian operator Máv Start, a member of the Máv Group, needs…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 24 - by Ferenc Jánki-Nagy marketing department MÁV-GÉPÉSZET
VELARO ACROSS BORDERS
Described as “a train for every customer”, a total of 200 high-speed Velaro trains by Siemens are currently operating in Europe…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by EURAILmag
SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITIES OF URBAN MOBILITY
Given the facts and figures about global population trends – over 50% of the world’s inhabitants live in cities, which themselves are…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by EURAILmag
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…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 23 - by EURAILmag
RZD PARTNERS AT HOME AND ABROAD. INTERVIEW WITH VALENTIN GAPANOVICH, RZD
As part of transport strategy of the Russian Federation up to 2030, rail will play a significant role,” Vladimir Yakunin, president of…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 20 - by EURAILmag
ERA CREATES STEPPING STONE – INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD LOCKETT, HEAD OF CROSS ACCEPTANCE UNIT, EUROPEAN RAILWAY AGENCY
The Cross Acceptance Unit was set up in April 2008 to facilitate the transition between the past suite of 25, independent, national…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 18 - by EURAILmag
BUILDING LOCOMOTIVES THE RUSSIAN WAY
A big fish in a big pond, the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (NEVZ) is the largest producer of mainline electric freight, passenger…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag
FLY ITALY & BEYOND, BY RAIL
The full-scale mock-up of the frecciarossa 1000[1], unveiled at innotrans 2012, drew flocks of visitors keen to discover the…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 27 - by EURAILmag
NEW DEVELOPMENTS BY DANOBATGROUP RAILWAYS
Rail demand has grown in recent years due to society’s rising awareness of the need to save energy and protect the…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by Daisy Creasy
THE MATERIAL WORLD OF COMPOSITES
Composite materials are coming into their own in transport. To meet growing needs for energy and production efficiency, constructors of all moving…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag
FOUR YEARS DOWN THE LINE – MODTRAIN PRESENTS FINAL RESULTS
At the end of the C20th, the necessity to revitalise the rail sector in order to meet the challenge of ever-increasing…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 18 - by Antoine Loraillère, technical affairs manager, UNIFE; MODTRAIN management team
UPGRADING ACOUSTIC COMFORT WITH RASTI
To support the competitive position of the railway, an increasing number of operators now include RASTI – a tool for quantifying speech intelligibility…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 18 - by Per Trøjgård Andersen, senior consultant & technology manager, noise and vibration and Louise Rebien Villefrance, department manager industry & transportation
INTERIOR PASSIVE SAFETY FOR EUROPE – RESEARCHING AHEAD
Occupant safety depends on the configuration and severity of an accident, as well as the degree of crashworthiness engineered into the overall…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by Roberto Palacín, Newcastle University, U.K.
DRIVER DESKS CROSSING BORDERS WITH EUDDPLUS
Driver desks in Europe are moving closer to unification thanks to EUDDplus. At the end of 2009 the European driver’s desk…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 21 - by EURAILmag
CLEAN RAIL DIESEL FOR EUROPE – TACKLING THE CHALLENGE OF REDUCING EMISSIONS
CleanER-D* – Clean European Rail-Diesel – is a research project partly funded by the European commission under the 7th Framework Programme that…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 21 - by Judit Sandor, CleanER-D project coordinator, UNIFE
EXPLORING INFLUENCES ON THE COATINGS INDUSTRY
When PRA first published their long-range IRFAB study Global Industrial Coatings Market Report 2006-2020*, the economic situation was not at all…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by PRA’s Irfab team
ASHFORD MAINTAINS FLEETS THE JAPANESE WAY
Hitachi is making its presence felt in the U.K. rail market. Our first major project is the Class 395 for South Eastern…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 18 - by Andy Barr, maintenance delivery manager, Hitachi Europe
INSULATION OF RAIL VEHICLES WITH BASOTECT®
With BASOTECT® G And UF, BASF offers ideal insulation materials for rail vehicles. Both Basotect types are characterized by a combination of properties leading…

WEB EXCLUSIVES - by Dr. Joachim Strauch
CANOPEN(S) UP STANDARDISED COMMUNICATIONS FOR RAIL
Communication between Electronic Control Units (ECU) within consists as well as at train backbone level, based on dedicated bus systems, is state…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 19 - by Reiner Zitzmann, head of technical department, CAN in Automation (CiA)
TRAIN CARE DEPOT NEARSCOMPLETION IN READING
Reading’s brand new train care depot, lying to the West of Reading station (south of england), is nearing completion. As well…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 27 - by EURAILmag
YOURAIL GENERATES CREATIVE RESPONSE
A first for rail, Bombardier has taken note of other business sectors by taking a user, or rather passenger, generated approach to…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by EURAILmag
LIGHTENING THE TILT
Vehicles fitted with tilting systems have proven advantages. The speed increase in curve negotiation allows for a reduction in journey times, but…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by Ibon Eziolaza, head of vehicle dynamics unit & Javier Goikoetxea, coordinator innovative research projects, CAF
AVRIL REACHES VERY HIGH SPEED TARGET
Spanish firm Talgo unveiled the avril train concept at the InnoTrans fair in Berlin, September 2012. deputy chairman Mario Oriol presented the…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 27 - by EURAILmag