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Shunter Safety: The industry’s hidden concern
Written by Christian Fletcher, Technical Director, Zonegreen There is no doubt that the rail industry is a potentially dangerous place to work. After all, there are not many industries that expect employees to deal with high voltage electricity, speeding vehicles, powerful machinery and thousands of members of the public on a daily basis. Because of...App’y ScotRail
ScotRail is launching its first-ever mobile website, following a spectacular increase in passengers using smartphones and iPads to visit its site. The new website offers faster, streamlined online services including journey planning, ticket booking and live travel updates. Says Graeme Macfarlan, ScotRail’s marketing manager, ‘Demand has soared for a mobile-friendly website to boost the online...Indian Railways ‘scraps’ TV channel plans
Indian Railways has ‘virtually scrapped’ its plan to launch its own television channel citing ‘paucity of funds’. Indian Railways Project Management Group has ruled out setting up rail television as there is no fund for the project. The management group has recommended that the required sum of $500,000 (Rs 25 crores) should be generated through...Amtrak launches eTicketing on Heartland Flyer
Amtrak has begun eTicketing on the Heartland Flyer, which operates daily in Oklahoma and Texas. Passengers can now make reservations and print their electronic tickets from home or the office. The eTicketing program provides passengers increased flexibility when making or changing reservations and eliminates the need to obtain traditional paper tickets. Passengers will now have...
Oyster partnership wins Transport Achievement Award
Transport for London (TfL), the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)…
New circuits and old bombs
Rail projects seem to have a habit of changing over time. A seemingly simple project can alter almost beyond recognition before it is completed, often adding both time and cost in the process. This is often caused by the problem of dealing with aging Victorian infrastructure which yields unpleasant secrets as work progresses. However, at...Indian Railways installs train mapping system
To ‘provide safe travelling experience for passengers and proper dissemination of train movement related information’, Indian Railways has installed a satellite based rail mapping system on 36 important trains. Railway Board Chairman, Vinay Mittal said: “Indian Railways has successfully launched SIMRAN (Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation) as a pilot project for 18 pairs of important...Indian Railways ‘to provide Internet on all trains’
Carrying a data card while travelling will soon be a thing of the past, as Indian Railways is working to provide Internet services on all long distance trains. Railways have recently received the go ahead from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for using the satellite for the purpose. A senior Railway Ministry official said the...Fuel for thought
Fuel use is ever topical. Fuel economy is perhaps less so. Our Leaders’ advice, in the face of the hint of industrial action by tanker drivers, was to exhort us to top up our tanks – in effect to use even more. Nobody suggested that doing fewer miles might help or that the more efficient...
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