CDOT Finds Benefits and Financial Challenges to High Speed Transit

USA: The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has issued two draft reports summarising the feasibility of high-speed transit systems in both the Interstate 70 Mountain Corridor and I-25 Front Range Corridor. Both studies – conducted by CDOT’s Division of Transit and Rail (DTR) and a team of outside experts – confirmed high speed transit is technically feasible in both corridors, but not financially feasible in either corridor at this time.“It...

UK customers unhappy with high airport express train prices

UK: The Gatwick Express has come last in Which?, a consumer research company, survey of UK airport train services, as passengers complain that its ticket prices are too high.The service between London Victoria and Gatwick airport achieved a customer score of only 60% – well below the 87% notched up by the highest-rated airport service: Virgin Trains from Birmingham to its airport.Four train options from London to Gatwick feature in Which? members’...

Drake & Scull Rail wins Dubai Airport People Mover contract

UAE: Drake & Scull Rail has announced that it has won a contract worth AED 35 million for a new Airport Passenger Movement System at the Dubai International Airport; the first rail project for Drake & Scull Rail in the Middle East.The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority has commissioned the construction of Concourse 4 at the Dubai International Airport which will be connected to Terminal 1 via an automated people mover system (APM). Drake &...