Have you recently enjoyed the Easter break with two shorter weeks following each other? In Australia, workers enjoyed a bonus of an extra public holiday making three short working weeks. As a result of these holidays, the working week seemed more enjoyable and manageable, with an almost equal balance of work and leisure time. I
Job Title/Company Director of Asian Region – NewRail Qualifications Applied Physics, International Marketing, DMS Career 30 years in the Automotive Industry and 20 years in the Railway Industry Why did you choose to work for the rail industry? I was headhunted from a senior position as director of an automotive test house What inspired you
In 2018, my colleague Dr Anna Fraszczyk and I conducted a study on why higher education, rail focussed courses, or subjects within these courses, are not offered in an online format. With the vast knowledge base of rail industry academics, experts and specialists across the world, we found there are limited courses offered online. Our
A new eLearning course on ‘The Future of Transport Systems’, delivered by University of Leeds (UK), is available via FutureLearn platform now. The course discusses the current state of transport as well as future challenges and more specific topics, related to for example highway infrastructure design or careers in the transport sector. The course is
FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) is the future worldwide telecommunicationsystem designed by UIC, in close cooperation with the different stakeholders from the rail sector, as the successor of GSM-R but also as a key enabler for rail transport digitalisation. This conference will be a unique opportunity to know about the current status of FRMCS
Switzerland will become the first European country to test the Hyperloop technology. Non-profit research institute EuroTube together with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and canton Valais will construct the three-kilometre trial track. The works are expected to start in the second half of 2019. The test track section will be set up in the Collombey-Muraz commune