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INTRODUCTION
VOLUME 14 · ISSUE 3 · 2008
EDITORIAL BOARD
Andrew McNaughton
Chief Engineer, Network Rail
Prof. Gerhard Poll
As fuel prices
Head of Institute for Mechanical Components,
Engineering Design and Tribology, Hannover
University
Prof. Coenraad Esveld
Professor of Railway Engineering, Delft
escalate – will
University of Technology
Ignacio Barrón de Angoiti
Chargé de Mission Grande Vitesse, UIC
Oldrich Polach
Chief Engineer Dynamics, Bombardier
rail cope with
Transportation, Business Unit Bogies – Europe
Klaus Konrad
Project Manager, ERTMS/GSM-R, UIC
Poul Frøsig demand?
UIC Project Manager ERTMS/ETCS and
ERTMS Regional Projects
The price of oil shows no sign of abating. Attention on electrified railways
RUSSELL PUBLISHING LTD
Founder Ian Russell
First there was shock as it touched $100 a Electrified railways have the enormous
Managing Director Tony Spiteri
barrel, but it still carried on climbing, up benefit that they can use any fuel source
Commissioning Editor Craig Waters
through $110, $120… and some analysts which can be turned into electricity: this
Publications Assistant Karen Hutchinson are now predicting $200 a barrel in the makes them virtually future-proof.
Technical Editor James Abbott
near future. It seems that ‘peak oil’ – the Most of Europe’s main lines are electrified,
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difficult to find, and demand starts to such as the UK, attention is now turning
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outstrip supply – is well and truly with us. to the costs and feasibilities of large-scale
Production Team Brian Cloke
wiring programmes.
Jat Garcha
Consequences
Front Cover Artwork Drew Hillier
The high oil price has massive
‘‘We should get on with
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