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- Data analysis service aims to optimise railway energy consumption
Date de publication : 27-07-2024
ENERGY: Mitsubishi Electric has launched a data analysis service to help railways to optimise the deployment and operation of their assets to reduce overall energy consumption.- Agreement to cut Californian rail project red tape
Date de publication : 26-07-2024
USA: The California State Transportation Agency and California High-Speed Rail Authority have renewed a 2019 agreement under which the state has taken on the Federal Railroad Administration’s environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act.- Wabtec expands Indian locomotive servicing capabilities
Date de publication : 26-07-2024
INDIA: Wabtec has begun maintaining locomotives at Gooty in Andhra Pradesh under a model which sees Indian Railways provide the infrastructure and staff while the manufacturer leads technical supervision to meet availability, reliability and fuel efficiency targets.- Strikes, weather and ageing infrastructure hold back DB’s first half performance
Date de publication : 26-07-2024
GERMANY: Hopes that the flow of investment in the Deutsche Bahn network would lead to a rapid improvement in operational and financial performance were dashed on July 25 when DB published its half-year results.- Australian ETCS interoperability initiative underway
Date de publication : 26-07-2024
AUSTRALIA: Wabtec and interstate infrastructure manager Australian Rail Track Corp are collaborating on the development of a set of standards to facilitate the deployment of ETCS technology across the country’s long-distance trunk routes.- Railway supply industry news round-up
Date de publication : 26-07-2024
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.- Work to replace Susquehanna River Bridge gets underway
Date de publication : 25-07-2024
USA: A ceremony in northeast Maryland on July 19 marked the start of early construction works for a $2·7bn project to replace the Susquehanna River Bridge which forms a bottleneck on the Northeast Corridor.- Vale completes design of Anchieta – Kennedy railway
Date de publication : 25-07-2024
BRAZIL: Mining company Vale submitted engineering design documents for the 92∙8 km Ferrovia Kennedy to the Espírito Santo state government in early July.- Rail Logistics: Freight trains are getting smarter
Date de publication : 25-07-2024
While the complex migration to operation using digital automatic couplers lies ahead, Europe’s freight trains are already being digitalised. Reinhard Christeller presents a snapshot of the benefits in safety, productivity and cost effectiveness.- Battery-hybrid trainset enters service with Grand Est
Date de publication : 25-07-2024
FRANCE: Commercial trials with a hybrid multiple-unit featuring conventional electric, diesel and battery traction were launched in the Grand Est région on July 15. The train will operate on the Strasbourg – Sarreguemines route until November 24, during which tests will also be undertaken using hydrotreated vegetable oil instead of ...- New York East River Tunnel rehabilitation contract awarded
Date de publication : 24-07-2024
USA: Amtrak has appointed a joint venture of Skanska and E-J Electric Installation Co to undertake the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project to modernise the four bores connecting New York Penn Station with Queens.- Electro-diesel trains ordered for Zagreb – Split route
Date de publication : 24-07-2024
CROATIA: National passenger operator HŽPP has awarded Končar KEV a contract to supply six electro-diesel multiple-units for the 429 km Zagreb – Split route, which is electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz as far as Oštarije.- Cancellation of HS2 Phase 2 may force demand management on trains north of Birmingham, NAO says
Date de publication : 24-07-2024
UK: The cancellation of Phase 2 of High Speed 2 means the programme will now not address the capacity issues on the West Coast Main Line north of Birmingham, according to the National Audit Office.- Alstom wins €4bn contract to supply ‘tailor-made’ Köln S-Bahn trains
Date de publication : 24-07-2024
GERMANY: Transport authorities go.Rheinland and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr have selected Alstom to supply and maintain 90 custom-designed Adessia Stream electric multiple-units for S-Bahn services through Köln.- Moxa forges ahead with cybersecure technology at InnoTrans 2024
Date de publication : 24-07-2024
INNOTRANS: ‘Forging Mobility Ahead’, is the slogan for Moxa’s presence at InnoTrans 2024, where it will be showing what it says is the world’s first router certified to IEC 62443-4-2 Security Level 2 for train control management systems and ethernet train backbone network management.- ‘TBM in a can’ plan makes progress at HS2 site in west London
Date de publication : 24-07-2024
UK: Construction of HS2 Ltd’s Green Park Way ventilation shaft at Greenford in west London has entered a crucial phase, as preparations ramp up ahead of the arrival and subsequent recovery of four tunnel boring machines at the site.- Skanska awarded Empire Corridor bridge replacement contract
Date de publication : 23-07-2024
USA: New York State Department of Transportation has awarded Skanska a design and build contract for the $634·8m replacement of the Livingston Avenue Bridge connecting Albany and Rensselaer across the Hudson River.- Korail to maintain passenger trains in Bangladesh
Date de publication : 23-07-2024
BANGLADESH: Korea Railroad Corp has been awarded a three-year contract to maintain passenger rolling stock operated by Bangladesh Railway.- Philippines plans second Hybrid Electric Train prototype
Date de publication : 23-07-2024
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation is to work with the Department of Science & Technology to develop a second prototype diesel-electric train.- Innovation funding supports sustainable decommissioning of HS2 worksites
Date de publication : 23-07-2024
UK: HS2 Ltd is to work with SMEs Infinitive Group Ltd and Material Index as part of its efforts to sustainably ‘deconstruct’ worksites along the 225 km of high speed railway being built between London and the West Midlands.- Government introduces bill to take passenger train operations into the public sector
Date de publication : 22-07-2024
UK: The legislation envisages that the direct award of a contract to a public sector operator would become the default, rather than a last resort.- Vossloh acquires French turnout and signalling contractor
Date de publication : 22-07-2024
FRANCE: Vossloh has acquired France Aiguillages Services, which provides a range of turnout and signalling installation, inspection and maintenance services and has extensive approvals to undertake work for its biggest customer SNCF.- Transnet obtains US$1bn loan to stabilise South African rail network
Date de publication : 22-07-2024
SOUTH AFRICA: The African Development Bank has approved a US$1bn corporate loan to support national rail, port and logistics company Transnet’s business recovery plan, and is considering two targeted grants.- Driverless tram operation demonstrated in depot
Date de publication : 22-07-2024
FINLAND: The driverless movement of a tram around the Tampere tramway’s depot has been demonstrated, with Škoda Group saying its ’marks a significant step towards full autonomy’.- Europe: Rail Baltica makes progress despite cost increase
Date de publication : 22-07-2024
Construction of the long-planned 1 435 mm gauge north-south rail corridor through the Baltic States is ramping up rapidly, despite a near-trebling of the forecast cost and continuing uncertainty over some sections of the route. Toma Bačić reports from Tallinn.Date de publication : 22-07-2024
SINGAPORE: Singapore Post and operator SMRT are testing the use of metro trains for moving post.- World rail freight news round-up
Date de publication : 22-07-2024
News from the world rail freight market.- Train operator says WhatsApp service has saved 1 277 h of employee time
Date de publication : 22-07-2024
UK: Train operator Northern says its entirely AI-operated Whatsapp enquiry service has received 8 000 messages from customers in the first year of operation, which has freed-up 1 277 h of employee time.- Desert train air-conditioning units delivered
Date de publication : 21-07-2024
UAE: Liebherr Transportation Systems (China) has supplied heating, ventilation & air-conditioning units for three push-pull trainsets which Etihad Rail ordered from CRRC Qingdao Sifang last year.- Paper or digital ticket machines deployed
Date de publication : 20-07-2024
NORWAY: ALMEX has supplied Olso Gardermoen airport train operator Flytoget with vending machines which can either print a paper ticket or send a digital ticket to a passenger’s mobile phone by text message.