Clive Kessell

GSM-R (Global System for Mobile – Railways) is now well established as the radio system of choice for track- to-train voice communication in Europe and many countries beyond. A comprehensive description of the system was given in issue 48 of The Rail Engineer (October 2008). It is also a constituent part of ERTMS (European Rail [...]

Whatever the rights and wrongs of rail privatisation in the UK, no one can deny that, in the period since it happened, the number of passengers being carried has significantly increased. Whilst a very welcome trend, it brings its own set of challenges as the increased ridership has to be managed by greater capacity in [...]