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- Steel works locos converted to battery power
Date de publication : 26-11-2023
USA: Innovative Rail Technologies has converted two industrial shunting locomotives used at United States Steel Corp’s Edgar Thomson and Clairton sites from diesel to battery power using its Advanced Technology Li-Ion Adaptive System turnkey propulsion and control package.- Spain to expand rail motorway network
Date de publication : 25-11-2023
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF is developing plans for a ‘rail motorway’ corridor to carry lorry trailers by rail between Zaragoza, Lleida and Tarragona.- Australian Railway Research & Innovation Network launched
Date de publication : 24-11-2023
AUSTRALIA: The Australian Railway Research & Innovation Network has been launched to identify and deliver critical research and innovation in support of the National Rail Manufacturing Plan.- Railway supply industry news round-up
Date de publication : 24-11-2023
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.- New Generation Signals delay Dutch rail projects
Date de publication : 23-11-2023
NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has announced delays to rail enhancement projects as a result of problems approving its New Generation Signals.- Network Rail awards East Kilbride electrification contracts
Date de publication : 23-11-2023
UK: Network Rail has awarded the main works contracts for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project, which includes electrification of the line near Glasgow.- Multiple-unit with an 18-month delivery time unveiled
Date de publication : 23-11-2023
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has unveiled its first Mireo Smart multiple-unit. This has been developed to offer an affordable price and a short delivery time, with a train able to be in service with a regional or commuter rail operator within 18 months of an order being placed.- CRRC sets out cost savings from high-power battery shunting loco
Date de publication : 23-11-2023
CHINA: CRRC Zhuzhou has rolled out a lithium iron phosphate battery powered industrial shunting locomotive ordered by Lianyang Iron & Steel Group.- CRRC wins Argentina DMU order
Date de publication : 22-11-2023
ARGENTINA: China’s CRRC has announced what it says is the largest diesel multiple-unit order in Argentina’s history, covering the supply of 50 trainsets.- Technology: Innovation must come faster
Date de publication : 22-11-2023
Wheel-rail interaction and the need to accelerate the pace of innovation were hot topics at the 48th Conference on Modern Rolling Stock held in Graz on September 17-19. Reinhard Christeller reports.- Eurostar depot equipped with moveable overhead electrification
Date de publication : 22-11-2023
UK: Electrification specialist Furrer+Frey has completed a project to install moveable conductor bar at Eurostar’s Temple Mills depot in east London.- ‘New York metro’ concept in updated Northeast Corridor modernisation plan
Date de publication : 21-11-2023
USA: Amtrak and its local and federal partners are proposing a major uplift in commuter and inter-city services between New York and New Jersey to create a ‘metro-style’ service offering at peak hours, subject to capacity enahncements in the Northeast Corridor being fully funded.- North Macedonia and Serbia plan Skopje – Niš route upgrade
Date de publication : 21-11-2023
EUROPE: A memorandum of understanding for the planned upgrading of the 206 km Skopje – Niš route has been signed by officials from North Macedonia and Serbia.- Date set for Luxembourg Rail Protocol to enter into force
Date de publication : 21-11-2023
INTERNATIONAL: The Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment is to enter into force in contracting states on March 8 2024, the intergovernmental ratification task force has announced.- Four options under consideration for Wisbech rail service
Date de publication : 21-11-2023
UK: There is a ‘strong strategic case’ for reinstating passenger services to Wisbech, but the ‘art of the possible’ will be key, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has said following a meeting with Network Rail to discuss an ongoing study of options.- Merseyside rail devolution MoU signed
Date de publication : 20-11-2023
UK: A memorandum of understanding has been signed for discussions which could lead to further devolution of control of the rail network in Merseyside and collaboration to deliver a ‘fully integrated’ public transport system.- Semi-trailers transported from Lithuania to Kyiv by rail
Date de publication : 20-11-2023
EUROPE: Lithuania’s LTG Cargo and Ukraine’s Ukrzaliznytsia have operated a trial service transporting lorry semi-trailers by rail from Kaunas to Kyiv via Poland.- World rail freight news round-up
Date de publication : 20-11-2023
News from the world rail freight market.- Track and signalling renewals completed at Buenos Aires hub
Date de publication : 19-11-2023
ARGENTINA: The complex rebuilding of the Mitre suburban railway’s Retiro terminus in Buenos Aires was completed on November 6. This was marked by the restoration of services on the Bartolomé Mitre branch from the station.- Alstom signs Ontario education MoU
Date de publication : 18-11-2023
CANADA: The Earth District consortium of Ontario colleges and universities and Alstom have signed a memorandum of understanding covering learning, research and work opportunities in the transport sector.- Newag signs its highest value locomotive order
Date de publication : 17-11-2023
POLAND: Leasing company Akiem has awarded Newag a contract to supply and maintain 30 Dragon 2 six-axle electric freight locomotives with options for 50 more.- Research: Integrating AI in the rail sector
Date de publication : 17-11-2023
A European research project led by Italy’s National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics suggests that adoption of AI technologies will have a transformative impact on railway business and operations.- One bidder for PKP Intercity locomotive contract
Date de publication : 17-11-2023
POLAND: PKP Intercity has announced that Newag was the sole bidder for a contract to supply and maintain 63 multi-system electric locomotives with an option for 32 more.- ‘Large and complex’ urban rail schemes at heart of RATP Dev strategic plan
Date de publication : 17-11-2023
INTERNATIONAL: Contract operating specialist RATP Dev has unveiled a revamped business strategy.- Railway supply industry news round-up
Date de publication : 17-11-2023
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.- Set back as badgers undermine 11 km of railway
Date de publication : 16-11-2023
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn reports that burrowing badgers have undermined about 11 km of embankment on the Fröndenberg – Unna railway, and repairs are likely to be very expensive and take a long time as the damage is more extensive than expected. In some places the repairs ...- Siemens Mobility acquires central European train protection system supplier HMH
Date de publication : 16-11-2023
SLOVAKIA: Siemens Mobility has completed the acquisition of HMH, which supplies the MIREL legacy national train protection system used in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.- Eastern Europe: Rebuilding Serbia’s cross-border links
Date de publication : 16-11-2023
The Subotica – Szeged line across the Serbian-Hungarian border was due to reopen for passenger traffic in October following suspension of services for upgrading. Attention is now focused on rebuilding the Serbian part of the Beograd – Budapest main line, writes Toma Bačić.- Rail-replacement helicopter service takes off
Date de publication : 15-11-2023
SWITZERLAND: A rail-replacement helicopter service is being offered while a funicular serving a mountain village is closed for maintenance.- Jobs under threat at Alstom’s Derby factory
Date de publication : 15-11-2023
UK: Alstom has begun collective consultation on the potential loss of 550 permanent jobs at its Litchurch Lane rolling stock factory in Derby, with 780 temporary contractors also at risk.