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Soon Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre will again become a meeting place for the international transport industry. IT and public-transport experts from around the world will gather from 6 to 8 March 2018 in Karlsruhe to work on tomorrow’s mobility solutions at IT-TRANS. Circa 250 exhibitors from more than 30 countries will show their newest products and services on 15,000 square metres of exhibition space. IT-TRANS is organised by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH in media association with Metro Rail News. The International Conference and Exhibition on IT Solutions for Public Transport celebrated its debut in Karlsruhe in 2008. Within a short period, the biennial event was established as the most important platform for the industry. IT-TRANS is aimed at all players in the public transport sector, and in particular at decision-makers from transportation companies and representatives of the private sector, government and profe...

The Second Annual Future Rail India Summit was conceptualized by Nispana Innovative Platforms, committed with the objective of bringing together the National Rail Plan of Metro & Indian Railways, in order to supplement its future development. The First Annual Future Rail India Conference in... Click here to see more https://goo.gl/yDy1mf

With the announcement of National Rail Plan, a lot of reforms are being undertaken by the Indian Railways to improve the stability of the railway sector and retain the image of being one of the premier organizations in the country. The focus of the ambitious plan will be on upgrading the tracks, signaling, implementing safety parameters, station modernization and electrification systems on the railway tracks to improve punctuality, speed and safety of the trains. Also with a different mode of approach, the ministry is trying to reduce its dependency on the budget and fare revenue, by introducing innovative funding methods and emphasizing on Non-Fare Revenue along with the development of new projects on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) model. Working on the Railway Ministry’s National Rail Plan, Nispana is organizing the 2nd Annual Future Rail India Summit on the 7th and 8th of December, 2017 in New Delhi, which will bring together the key stake holders from the Indian Railways w...