Jaipur Metro is India’s 6th metro rail metro rail system and it is the first metro in India to run on double-storey elevated road and metro track. The metro is built in 2 phases. With the completion of Phase 1A in June 2015, the Jaipur Metro network comprises of one line, serving 9 metro stations and operating on a total …
MTR Corporation is known to be one of the most reliable metro systems in the world, with a punctuality rate of 99.9%. Its influence has spread beyond Hong Kong, it’s now operating in UK, Mainland China, Australia and Sweden. After his keynote presentation on The Future of Rail, we had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Jacob Kam, Managing Director, …
Asia Pacific Rail was successfully organised from 21-22 March 2017. This year’s edition was our biggest and best yet, with more than 1,500 attendees from 668 organisation and 38 countries, cementing Asia Pacific Rail’s position as the must-attend annual gathering of APAC rail industry’s leaders and decision-makers. The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) is a mass transit rail system …
By Nokia Project is key part of the establishment of the new SBK line covering 51 km and serving 1.2 million residents in the Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley region Backbone network will deliver a range of services including security, passenger information, wireless transmission as well as operational support subsystems Espoo, Finland – Malaysia has launched its first Mass Rapid Transit …
Whenever a person or surveillance system is trying to capture clear photographs or smooth video, light plays a very important role. Most people have taken a video and seen that the resulting footage is over or under exposed because the camera is unable to adapt to the challenging light environment. Trains are noted for being a particularly difficult environment to film in and several …
Karlsruhe, March 2017. From March 21st to 22nd 2017, INIT will be showcasing their latest state-of-the-art solutions at Asia Pacific Rail taking place in Hong Kong. During the two days of the exhibition, visitors can take advantage of the opportunity to talk to experts, get to know more about INIT´s integrated solutions and view the latest developments, in particular MOBILEvario, …
Rail planners have become familiar with the use of crowd analysis software for master planning and development of major transport hubs around the world. Now they are also seeing how it adds value in ongoing operational management and maintenance of their networks. Rail operating companies have been embracing the use of crowd analysis as a day-to-day operational management tool for …
As metro networks become busier, more capacity is required — not only for passengers, but also for operational applications and services. Conventional siloed radio networks, with their limited capacity, are not able to answer this need. A promising solution lies with a unified ground-to-train radio network based on 4G LTE technology. Nokia, within a consortium called SYSTUF, conducted a trial …
By Pierre-Yves Guillaume, Amadeus Half a century ago, Japan built the world’s first high-speed rail network – known as yume chotokkyu – literally, the “super-express of dreams.” Fast forward to today, high-speed rail has become a dream come true for travellers all around the world. The rail travel market has grown nearly tenfold in the past 25 years, and the growth is …
Sweden’s national transportation agency, Trafikverket, is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for road, rail, shipping and aviation. It owns, constructs, operates and maintains all state-owned railways and roads, as well as a large number of ferry services. Since 1990, Trafikverket has utilized a national transmission network for all communications critical to the safe operation of transportation traffic in Sweden. In recent years, train …
