High-speed trains

Futher articles in this issue:

• Current trends in European urban and short-distance rolling stock
• Optimisation processes to assist with the fine compilation of timetables
• Automatic transfer of train-tracking information in cross-border railway traffic
• Railway engineering work on and near level crossings
• Automatic rail lubrication to counteract noise and wear
• The URM 700: the first machine enabling ballast cleaning in turnouts in assembly-line method
• Planning ETCS – new aspects and experience, taking the example of the VDE 8 project
• Innovation in track components: heavy sleepers on soft under-sleeper pads
• Use of Sylomer® under-sleeper pads to reduce ballast wear on a Scandinavian heavy-haul railway line
• Condition-based inspection and maintenance in switches and crossings
• Hybrid Drive demonstrates market readiness
• How Deutsche Bahn redevelops discontinued electronic circuit boards
• The interior space of railway carriages – balancing act between sense and operating efficiency

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