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In 2015, total domestic rail spending by China was $128 billion and was likely to remain at a similar rate for the rest of the country's next Five Year Period (2016-2020). [17] A planned 8,000 kilometres (about 5,000 miles) of track will be added domestically, with a goal of better connecting existing domestic track with other foreign railway ...
[66] [67] [68] Network Rail said that there would be significant disruption over at least a five year period. [69] [70] However, in an order under the Transport and Works Act 1992 (TWAO) published in March 2021, it was said that work on some of the scheme would extend beyond 2029 i.e. into a later Network Rail Control Periods, CP8. [71]
As a result of UK railway privatisation in the mid-1990s, British Rail Research was bought by AEA Technology Rail, who took over the supply of new IECCs, support for the existing installed base, and enhancements to the hardware and software. [2] In 2006, the AEA rail business became DeltaRail (now called Resonate Group), who have developed IECC ...
Up to now the versions 1.0; 1.1; 2.0 to 2.5 were released for download and productive use. railML's version 3, incorporating a new topology model based on the RailTopoModel, underwent development starting in mid-2015. The beta version was released in mid-2016 [6], followed by the full release of version 3.1 for productive use in February 2019 ...
In June 2013 NCC commissioned Network Rail to complete a GRIP 1 study to examine the best options for the scheme. [16] NCC received the GRIP 1 study in March 2014 and in June 2015 it commissioned a more detailed GRIP 2 feasibility study at a cost of £850,000.
In 2019, government funding for train operating companies amounted to £4.1 billion, paying access charges to use the rail network, £2.1 billion and freight £58 million. In 2019, it spent £3.1 billion on renewals (restoring existing infrastructure back to how it was when new) and £3.2 billion on enhancements, with the rest spent on ...
GSM-R, Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway or GSM-Railway is an international wireless communications standard for railway communication and applications.. A sub-system of European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), it is used for communication between train and railway regulation control centers.
ORR holds Network Rail to account through the network licence which includes conditions relating to its management of the railway network, information provision and safety obligations. ORR is also responsible for setting Network Rail's outputs and funding requirement for each Control Period, including the access charges paid by train and ...