TfL

Railway Plant Engineer

Organisation: Transport for London
Location: UK
Deadline: 22 September 2025

TfL

Schedule Compiler (Timetable)

Organisation: Transport for London
Location: UK
Deadline: 12 September 2025

In depth

Wendlingen – Ulm high speed line

Comment: A change of direction

The future of the German rail network is once again in the spotlight. With Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder describing DB’s situation as ‘dramatic’, our Senior Editor Chris Jackson explains why all eyes wil be on Berlin in September as a potentially major policy reset looms.

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Italy: EU funding deadline looms over major projects

Numerous rail projects are under way across Italy, thanks to Covid recovery funding, but slow progress means that some schemes may not meet the EU deadlines for completion. Toma Bačić investigates.

BNSF Caliente, CA - Dave Lustig

Train control: PTC 2.0 could offer an alternative to ‘unaffordable’ ETCS

With its planned acquisition of Frauscher Sensortechnik, Wabtec is pushing further into the train control market, and it hopes its PTC 2.0 concept could offer a lower-cost alternative to ETCS for railways around the world. President of Wabtec’s Digital Intelligence business Nalin Jain explained the thinking to Nick Kingsley.

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South Asia: Trans-continental rail vision battles fraught geopolitics

South Asia remains one of the world’s least integrated regions, but despite a complex geopolitical situation the development of cross-border rail links continues to make slow progress.

Gothenburg station

Track maintenance: Addressing the railway’s weakest link

A newly patented geopolymer technology is being deployed to repair and strengthen rail infrastructure. While the initial focus is on the transition zone, supplier Geobear sees wider potential too.