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North Star Australia
We are delighted to announce that North Star Australia has now been launched!
With Australia being home to many large-scale rail projects as cities grow, rail operations expertise and other specialist rail skills are in demand.
We are excited to be establishing a permanent base in Sydney to join the growing rail community.
Managing Director Richard Brown said: “We’ve had some really positive signals from the Asia Pacific region about how our work in rail operations would be appreciated. We now have a local team to handle the requests we are receiving .We’re looking forward to working with colleagues old and new in Australia and the wider region.”
Spotlight on North Star's Global Transport Industry Activities
North Star continues to share its experience at the forefront of global industry events and activities.
North Star is often asked to present its expertise to global transport leaders at conferences and we have been the proud sponsor of the ‘Best Customer Service Initiative’ award of the London Light Rail Awards since 2014.
Previous and upcoming activities for Q3-4 2017 include:
Read more: Spotlight on North Star's Global Transport Industry Activities
'Digital Disruption' Affects Air-Rail Market Share: North Star Issues Fifth Global Report
North Star has released its 5th Annual Global Air-Rail Market Intelligence Report.
North Star’s Managing Director, Richard Brown explains that the report analyses global trends in air-rail services, and is based on a study of nine leading air-rail operators across Europe, Australia, Asia and South Africa. “The findings again clearly indicate that air-rail services continued to be a vital component of global aviation”, says Brown. “In fact, across our sample of nine operators, more than 44 million train passenger movements were experienced during 2016”.
However, the report concludes that the combined market share index for the nine operators show a slight decrease in people choosing rail when travelling to and from airports around the world.
Read more: 'Digital Disruption' Affects Air-Rail Market Share: North Star Issues Fifth Global Report
North Star Celebrates 10 Years!
On the 4th July 2007, North Star was born. Over the last decade, we have grown from a small team working in the UK to a team of experts working across the globe.