The ARA and RTSA are providing a one day course - Insight into Rollingstock Engineering - in Sydney on October 15 Description This one-day introductory course will provide an insight into the principles used in the design, manufacture and maintenance of railway rollingstock including locomotives, passenger cars, multiple unit trains and freight wagons. The course […]
Engineers Australia and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations welcome you to Melbourne for the World Engineers Convention (WEC) 2019 – a coming together of some of the greatest engineering minds from around the globe, hosted in one of the world’s most liveable cities. Known as the ‘Olympics of Engineering’ this international convention is held […]
NOTE: Rescheduled to Nov. 29. Light rail projects are typically blends of rail, highway, civil engineering and urban regeneration work, conducted in a complex urban environment with multiple stakeholders. Although usually very successful once in operation, light rail projects have gained a reputation for cost and programme overruns as well as intense media scrutiny. Speaker: […]
China has embarked on an impressive programme of railway development in recent decades, including building 25000 km of high speed rail lines in the past 10 years to create the world’s largest high speed network. While early Chinese high speed lines utilised technology transfer programmes with overseas suppliers, increasingly Chinese designed systems and equipment are […]
Day 1 RTSA Streams: Rail Infrastructure Rolling Stock & Maintenance. See link below for more information
Day 2 RTSA Streams: Regional Rail See link below for more information
RTSA NZ Chapter's first ever simultaneous end of year function in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch! It’s been a big year for RTSA New Zealand so please join us to celebrate at our first ever concurrent End of Year functions in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on Thursday 5th December 2019. Our Guest Speaker is David Gordon, […]
Nomination for the following 6 RTSA awards are open until Dec. 6: Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Phd Thesis Award Masters Thesis Award Biennial Project Award Biennial Individual Award Railway Professional of the Year Award Please visit our awards page for more details.
The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) invites members of RTSA to submit Paper Abstracts on subjects of interest to the railway engineering community to be considered for publication and/or presentation at the AREMA Annual Technical Conference. Papers on significant railway infrastructure projects and on heavy haul technology are encouraged. Dallas, Texas USA September […]
The RTSA’s biennial Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE) has firmly established itself in recent years as the premier technical event in the Australasian rail conference market, with a reputation for high quality papers covering a wide range of rail engineering, operations, planning and management topics. The RTSA is proud of CORE’s reputation for high quality […]
Monash Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) 2020 Stephen Marich Annual Lecture in Railway Engineering The Stephen Marich Annual Lecture in Railway Engineering honours the contribution of Dr Stephen Marich to the railway industry over a period of 40 years. This is the 7th annual lecture as part of this series and is a key forum […]
The conference theme for 2020 is: ‘20/20 Vision for Rail’. Abstracts and papers will be reviewed by members of the AusRAIL Steering Committee which is compromised of the key members from the Australasian Railway Association (ARA); Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE); Railway Technical Society Australasia (RTSA); and the Rail Track Association Australia (RTAA). Key […]
Using The LCSIA Process To Improve Our Understanding And Better Manage Level Crossing Safety The New Zealand Government has adopted Visions Zero (crashes). While relatively rare, crashes between trains and motor-vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists are often severe, with a high probability of death. To achieve Vision Zero the current risk of crashes at level crossings […]
As a provider of rail services across a network that extends the length and breadth of New Zealand, KiwiRail has a significant physical and operational footprint. Social responsibility and environmental accountability are core to how KiwiRail does business. It’s commitment to good practice in these areas is driven by the KiwiRail value to 'Care and […]
Planning and engineering for the Christmas Block of Line KiwiRail frequently make use of reduced freight tonnage and passenger counts to complete major works following Christmas, they call this their Christmas Block of Line. This will typically entail 10 days with significantly reduced train movements, sometimes with no train movements depending on duration and time. […]
