Feature Articles
Comparing Bullet Trains in Brazil and Portugal
Comment from South America: Recently a taxi driver in Lisbon said to me: “Here in Portugal the process for implementation of the high speed train (TGV) began in the eighties and still will not be completed on time. What about the bullet train of the Lula government, is this project also that late? Is the federal government planning to open the bid in 2009 to help the election of Lula’s presidential candidate as I read in the newspapers?”
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World Cup 2014: Will the sport fans travel the Brazilian Bullet Train?
BRAZIL: In June 2008 the taxi driver asked me: "Do you think the government will even build the bullet train Rio-Sao Paulo in six years? News reports say that programme to accelerate economic growth (PAC) is delayed and that the Lula government has appointed Minister Dilma as "mother" of the PAC, to speed up the program!"
Railway construction without blood – just a dream?
INDIA: Like the Great Wall of China every new rail line sweeps away at least a few lives and brings hundreds of injuries. Surely technology and safety standards have improved since the Chinese Emperor started his great project, so why do so many people need to sacrifice their lives to make railways run?
Airport Railways on Social Media
Airport Rail Links can be very exciting topic to talk about with your friends, family or even strangers. The question is whether your project will be discussed with cheers or swears?
Check-in and now check-out on Airport Expresses – a necessity or a luxury?
INDIA: With 21 existing air-rail links (6 dedicated and 15 commuter), and 13 planned in next few years – Asia sure is a good market to do business.
Who Wants to Invest in the Sao Paulo Airport Express Train?
BRAZIL: There are more than 70 airport railway lines in operation worldwide, and more than twice that number are planned or under construction. In some cities such trains take a good slice of the market. In England for example, the London-Heathrow Express takes nearly 30% market share of travellers going to the airport.
Buzzword sets tone at busy RailTex
Every major exhibition and conference portrays a buzzword and this year’s RailTex in London was no exception. Virtually every conversation, brochure and press release contained the noun “sustainability.”
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One stop shop for air-rail ticketing
The queues to railway ticket machines in London Heathrow and Stockholm Arlanda airports are now smaller, when Heathrow Express and Arlanda Express started selling their tickets via Amadeus Global Distribution System (GDS).
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Asia is expecting new developments in Air Rail market
At the recent Asia Rail conference in Singapore on 18-20 November, delegates from Asia and the rest of the world heard much about the exciting developments for rail in Asia. Planned investment appears to exceed the resources available to fulfil with many presenters appearing to compete for resources.
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Air Rail market aims for paperless tickets
Through ticketing is the key issue for air-rail operators. The delegates of the international Air//Rail 2008 conference, which took place at London Gatwick Airport on 29th October 2008, discussed the necessity to create the concept of a ‘single journey’.
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