Railway Conversations with Doc Frank Doc Frank

This is the second part of the conversation between Doc Frank and Sean T. Connolly, talking about his profound experience in high speed rail and how those insights could inform any plans for high speed rail in Australia or other countries.
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This is the first part of a chat between Doc Frank and Sean T. Connolly from Malaga in Spain. Sean has long-time experience with high speed rail in Spain and various other countries and, as a native Australian, is keen to contribute to upcoming high speed rail considerations in Australia. We discuss how lessons from successful rollout of high speed railway in Spain could inform the plans for Australia, why European references may be the most relevant for Australia, how to yield widespread political support for high speed rail, and much more.
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Doc Frank chats with Khaled Daher from Palestine, now living and working in Jerusalem, Israel. The conversation covers how modern railways fit into the concept of ‘smart cities’, what makes a city or railway system ‘smart’, how to ensure consistent high quality of installation works, how to minimise service disruptions caused by installation works, tips to keep a project on schedule and on budget, and much more.
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This is the second and last part of a recent live discussion about the pros and cons of a High Speed Rail network in Australia. My main guest was Stephen Allday from Sydney, but guests of the live event had the opportunity to contribute their views as well.
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This episode is the first of two parts of a recent live discussion about the pros and cons of a High Speed Rail network in Australia. The main protagonist of the discussion was Stephen Allday from Sydney who had been on the podcast twice before, but several guests of the live event had the opportunity to contribute their views and comments.
If you want to support this show, the best ways are to subscribe and share with your friends, and also check out the arguably most comprehensive training portal for advanced digital signalling and everything high capacity railways: https://docfranktraining.podia.com. Many of the course offers on that portal are leading-edge and globally unique, and they are likely of great benefit to yourself or a coworker you know.
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Doc Frank chats with Jakub Tomczak from Warsaw in Poland. Jakub is lawyer by education and this conversation explores how he came to the railway industry, what he does to keep learning and improving his value to the industry, a comparison of notes regarding innovation and the future of rail, and much more.
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Show notes:
1.       Here is the link to Jakub’s newsletter on LinkedIn:
 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7042486154226544640/
2.       This is the link to Jakub’s newsletter and blog, mostly in Polish language though:
 https://prawokolei.pl/kontakt/
3.       “Understanding CBTC Fundamentals” is a more explanatory title for the brand-new 2024 update of the legendary CBTC Kickstarter online training. Get the latest version of the arguably most comprehensive and longest-running CBTC training worldwide here: https://docfranktraining.podia.com/cbtc