Nick Kingsley

As Europe’s railways run out of spare capacity, the debate is shifting from how to grow traffic to who gets access to the remaining train paths, our Executive Editor Nick Kingsley says. That many of Europe’s networks are facing a growing capacity shortfall is not news. Across the continent, every path on the principal corridors…

While the recent ‘reset’ of Britain’s High Speed 2 is a clear reflection of a mismanaged programme, Railway Gazette International‘s Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that the real lesson lies in the growing institutional and economic challenges of delivering major rail infrastructure projects in the 21st century. When UK Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced in…

USA: The California High Speed Rail Authority announced on June 1 that it had approved the award of a contract worth $3.5bn to install track and electrification systems along the starter section of the railway in the state’s Central Valley. CHSRA said an ‘American-led consortium’ of Kiewit, Stacey Witbeck and Herzog had been selected to…

Africa’s railways are enjoying a rail revival, and the dominance of Chinese-backed schemes seen over the past decade or more os now being replaced by a multilateral financing landscape, argues Executive Editor Nick Kingsley. Africa’s railways are having a moment. There is no doubt that the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East is a factor,…

INTERNATIONAL: As regular readers of Railway Gazette International will have noticed, the content from our sister title RailTech.com has now been incorporated into RailwayGazette.com as part of a relaunch of the portfolio led by Rotterdam-based ProMedia Group. In January, ProMedia Group acquired a series of UK-based transport titles from DVV Media International. That included Railway…

INTERNATIONAL: As regular readers of Railway Gazette International will have noticed, the content from our sister title RailTech.com has now been incorporated into RailwayGazette.com as part of a relaunch of the portfolio led by Rotterdam-based ProMedia Group. In January, ProMedia Group acquired a series of UK-based transport titles from DVV Media International. That included Railway…

Deutsche Bahn has unveiled fresh measures to protect staff following a fatal assault in February. Our Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that this incident has shone a light on an under-recognised aspect of railway safety, while highlighting the importance of railway people amid a growing clamour for automation. It is a simple truism that when major railway…

The development of an open data exchange toolkit is the latest sign that progress is being made on the thorny question of multimodal ticketing and journey information across rail, air and urban transport, as UIC’s Bertrand Minary explains to Nick Kingsley. The International Union of Railways has, under the leadership of Director-General François Davenne, come to see itself…

The development of an open data exchange toolkit is the latest sign that progress is being made on the thorny question of multimodal ticketing and journey information across rail, air and urban transport, as UIC's Bertrand Minary explains to Nick Kingsley.

UK: Rail replacement transport specialist CMAC has issued a manifesto to improve the passenger experience when rail disruption occurs. Director Ian Jeffrey tells Rail Business UK how this could keep passengers moving amid the challenges facing both road and rail transport provision.