If the world's governments were ever tempted to follow the UK's exercise in fragmenting its rail industry, then the experience of the past years should chase such thoughts well away. Eric Russell reports.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: August 2003 Deutsche Bahn, the largest railway operator in Germany, has selected the Willtek 4202R Mobile Service Tester as its radio frequency (RF) tester of choice to enhance the reliability of its railway communications network.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: August 2003 The use of CCTV to combat crime and vandalism is now widespread. Here, Bob Drewery looks at the use of the latest anti-vibration and shock mounting technology available for mounting CCTV.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: August 2003 Justrail.net the specialist recruitment site for Rail Professionals has launched its SMS job alert service, which includes Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile (Virgin & One2One) and Orange networks. qqqThe service has been introduced in partnership with Mobtastic, one of premier suppliers of SMS services in the UK.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: August 2003 Safety is improved where human operations are replaced by automated systems. Automation provides constant supervision and control, it does not suffer any lack of concentration and does not have to take time off. It can also be supported by automatic back-up systems that either take over the running of trains or stop them safely if a problem arises. Eric Russell reports.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: February 2003 A company has come up with a device to improve rail safety (particularly at the points), increase reliability and minimise delays. At the same time it is expected to reduce rail maintenance costs.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: February 2003 Higher speeds, high quality requirements of train traffic and permanent compliance of all technical rail system parameters make high demands on rail infrastructure.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: February 2003 When building a new subway project that serves a busy metropolis of over 10 million people in Bangkok, Thailand, one of the foremost concerns is the safety of the transit riders. For fire safety at the soon to be crowded subway stations, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand needed powerful fire pumps to stand ready at a string of new subway stations.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: February 2003 At no time have more attempts been made to make passengers feel comfortable and safe on a public bus or train. Ulrike Bjerno reports.
Section: Health & Safety
Publication Date: February 2003 Train drivers who pass signals at danger are under particular scrutiny in Britain at the moment. A large amount of research is being carried out into human behaviour to see if the incidence of signals passed at danger (SPADs) can be reduced.
Section: Health and Safety
Publication Date: August 2002 Railway companies are looking for an integrated planning system that spans from operations planning to costing and invoicing, and optimises resource utilisation. They want to transfer planning and performance data to their business systems in order to analyse costs and improve performance.
Section: Health and Safety
Publication Date: August 2002 As the transport industry is subject to competition, train operators are required to adapt to suit customer requirements. Surveys worldwide have confirmed that the desire for security and cleanliness during transport has increased dramatically during the past few years, and now ranks right at the top alongside functional passenger information systems. Ulrike Bjerno reports.
Section: Health and Safety
Publication Date: August 2002