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. […]
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In the last 5 years, railway operators around the world have started to deploy new radio networks based on advanced radio mobile (LTE). Some of these implementations have followed the Mission-Critical Services (MCX) standards defined by 3GPP Releases 13 and 14; these are currently supporting railway operational voice services and Automatic Train Control applications. At […] |
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The Draft New Zealand Rail Plan has signalled a significant increase of financial investment in the rail sector and sets out high level proposals for a new planning and funding framework. Whilst very welcome, the challenge is to produce tactical and operational strategies to give effect to the strategic intent of the draft Plan. The […] |
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The handling of long heavy trains on track gradients is dependent on the performance of the brake and traction systems, and the train handling experience and route knowledge of the driver. The purpose of this presentation is to provide some understanding of the factors affecting the safe operation of heavy trains descending long track gradients. […] |
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