The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has called for all train companies to implement a system that automatically notifies passengers who have booked tickets online if their trains are cancelled or changed before travel.
The 2.1 mile (3.4km) Colne Valley Viaduct will be 100m longer than Dundee’s Tay Bridge, which currently holds the title. Once complete, the bridge will carry the new high-speed rail line across a series of lakes and waterways near Hillingdon on the north-west outskirts of London.
JUMO offers a comprehensive portfolio of measurement and control technology for the railway industry. Other than temperature measurement in the undercarriage area and in the water supply, temperature and humidity control also play a key role.
The trains are being pulled by two of the five Euro6000 locomotives that the Group has taken delivery of. Transfesa Logistics has obtained an extension of the safety certificate that allows it to operate on the border section from Perpignan to Figueras on UIC gauge.
Much has been discussed and written over the years about the rail industry moving away from its dependence on such fossil fuels as oil and gas and its attempts to graduate towards offering genuinely ‘green’ transportation.
The Pilatus-Bahnen railway was built over 130 years ago and is still the world’s steepest cogwheel railway. The train climbs the path from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, with passengers able to view flowering alpine meadows, striking rock formations and snowfields.