International Railway Journal is first in global coverage of the Railway Industry.

International Railway Journal, introduced in 1960 as the first truly international railway trade publication, covers the rapidly developing railway marketplace for railway and rail transit managers and engineers, suppliers, and consultants worldwide.

IRJ's editorial coverage encompasses national railways worldwide, and public transport authorities in every city known to operate an urban rail system.

International Railway Journal is the world's only journal dedicated to the international railway industry whose complete circulation is audited by BPA. Not only is our total circulation audited, but more significantly, so is the reader's job function.

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Read the Digital Issue: International Railway Journal, April 2010

Yet more ERTMS challenges ahead
NEVER before - at least not in my 30-odd years as a railway journalist - has a train control system aroused such passion and heated debate as ERTMS. So every time a conference is staged on the subject, you can be certain the attendance will be high and the debate lively. Global Transport Forum’s launch conference on ERTMS held in Rome last month was no exception.
 
The heavy price of failure
ALL modes of transport are vulnerable to disruption caused by bad weather, human error, or circumstances beyond the control of the operator concerned. But what marks out a good operator from a bad one, is the ability to deal with problems swiftly and efficiently to mitigate the effects of the disruption, to communicate effectively with both staff and customers, and to get the passengers or goods to their final destination safely and with as little delay as possible. According to the independent report into the failure of five Eurostar trains in the Channel Tunnel on December 18-19, Eurostar failed on all counts.

Are railways coming in from the cold?
AS the world’s leading economies stagger out of recession and record their first periods of meagre growth, the rail sector looks set to achieve much stronger growth than the overall economic performance of most countries, as investment in rail surges ahead.

Rail must build on Copenhagen success
THE 119 world leaders attending the United Nations’ COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen last month had yet to make any pronouncements as this issue of IRJ went to press. However, as transport accounts for 23% of global CO2 emissions, it is sure to feature in the final declaration. Rail transport, being the only good boy, amongst the different modes, has done an excellent job in promoting rail as the only green mode, but the question is whether this momentum can be maintained.

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International Railway Journal or IRJ is an international journal published out of Falmouth, Cornwall U.K. by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, New York. It is a monthly periodical.

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