UK Department for Transport(DfT)
Airflow studies on the London Underground network (transportgovuk on YouTube)
This short film provides information about a study of airflow across the London Underground network as conducted in June 2013 by the Department for Transport, supported by London Underground and the British Transport Police. More detail of the equipment and how the airflow will be measured and monitored is described in a further short film available here: http://youtu.be/Pq2U20Bjdzc
Technical overview of the airflow study on the London Underground
This short film shows and explains the equipment used during the airflow study on the London Underground. This relates to a study conducted in June 2013 by the Department for Transport, supported by London Underground and the British Transport Police. A further short film providing more information about the study is also available here: http://youtu.be/4qC5I27jyjE
International Railway Journal
SPAIN celebrated the launch of high-speed services between Madrid and Alicante on June 17 with the official opening of the Albacete – Alicante high-speed line by His Highness Prince Felipe of Asturias, Spanish prime minister Mr Mariano Rajoy and transport minister Mrs Ana Pastor.
THE Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has unveiled plans to reform Korail over the next four years, which will create new business units under a holding company structure
THE Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) has voted unanimously in favour of implementing new crashworthiness standards for high-speed trains that will operate in the United States.
PLANS to extend Amtrak California Capitol Corridor services south from San Jose have received a boost after California Transport Commission approved a $US 18.1m investment in track improvements on the line to Salinas.
DURING a meeting in Spiez, Switzerland, last week, the CEOs of Europe's major passenger operators agreed to back a joint project entitled "Full Service Model" which is intended to enhance journey information and simplify the booking process for European train and intermodal journeys.
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