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U.S. High Speed Rail Association established to promote national high-speed rail system07-27-2009 16:48 The U.S. High Speed Rail Association (US HSR) was recently established to promote a state-of-the-art national high speed rail system throughout the country. US HSR’s vision includes an advanced 17,000 mile (27.358 km) high speed rail network constructed in phases across America to meet the same high standards currently in operation around the world. The network will include state-of-the-art dedicated track, advanced control systems, elegant multi-modal train stations and top of the line 220 mph trains. The Association will also hold a number of conferences and events to bring together the many advisors, policy makers and suppliers. US HSR will closely collaborate with UIC (International Union of Railways) to bring their international expertise and standards for high speed rail development to America. Source: www.ushsr.com |
A unique signalling system for Europe
04-09-2010 13:27
 “The long way towards an interoperable railway system” In the beginning of the '90s, the European railway industry with support from the EU institutions engaged in creating a common railway signalling system. Over time, ETMS emerged as one of the most successful European industrial projects and is now on its way to making railway transport one of the most competitive transport modes. Although railway transport is, by far, the safest, fastest and lowest CO2-emission mode of transport, it is, however, confronted with one of the most striving problems, that of cross-border traffic which is complex and difficult to manage and most of the times affects the competitiveness of this means of transport. Cross-border traffic is doubled by the differences of gauge, electrification systems, administrative procedures, that make interoperability difficult and increase operation costs. |
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