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The new center, located in Derby UK uses real-time monitoring and analytics.
After five months of reconstruction, the extensive renovation work in the 4,766-metre-long Bosruck Tunnel was completed. The remaining work will be carried out during night works in August.
The innovative system, which provides fully digital transmission without wayside electronics, will increase the safety and availability of rail traffic control systems in Poland.
Dorothy, HS2’s whopping 2000-tonne custom-made tunnel boring machine (TBM), made the very first tunneling breakthrough on Europe’s largest infrastructure project.
Upgrading trains with Reproducible Braking Distance (RBD) systems could help avoid expensive new track construction projects in the future.
This signalling project is part of the contract awarded in 2015 to a consortium led by Alstom to build and maintain, for over 20 years, the latest-generation signalling and telecommunications systems on the Valladolid-León and Venta de Baños-Burgos high-speed line.
New research shows rail systems around the world could be harnessed to help mitigate climate change and clean our air of CO2 by capturing the sustainable energy generated when trains brake and decelerate.
Network Rail launches a new task force led by independent experts to investigate and make recommendations on how the railway can develop its approach to resilience during hot weather following this week’s unprecedented heatwave.
SNCF Réseau has selected Hitachi Rail for the development and deployment of a new generation of wayside ERTMS Radio Block Centers if France.
Experts estimate that the cost of rebuilding one carriage is around €15,000 and installing an automatic coupling on a locomotive will cost up to €25,000.
Knorr-Bremse is equipping a freight train with an automation system that will support automated brake testing. At the same time, Knorr-Bremse is producing the first prototypes of its own DAC.
The train operator has revealed details of the light detection and radar (LIDAR) scanning technology it is installing across its fleet of 345 trains.
The latest product CALIPRI X, together with CALIPRI Predictor, allows rail operators to safely run their trains with longer, more predictable maintenance intervals, less downtime, and reduced lifecycle costs.
The DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts and the DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems are working together with Stadler Germany to develop a battery system for passenger trains in the MOSENAS cooperation project. The battery systems can be specifically adapted to vehicle cycles, operating times, and existing charging infrastructure. This also optimizes the expected service life of the battery systems.
Hitachi Rail is installing its cutting-edge live monitoring solution across Great Western Railway’s high-speed fleet of 93 intercity trains.
Better connection and development of the European transport network, promotion of high-speed rail lines, and clean mobility. These are some of the issues of the upcoming Czech Presidency of the EU Council in transportation. The Czech Republic will also focus on autonomous transport and support of space activities.
Right now across Network Rail’s North West and Central region, they’re being used to predict where the railway could be at risk of damage with temperatures.
The 825-kilometer line, linking the city of Hotan with the county of Ruoqiang in the Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, is on the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert.
The two-way partnership allows Everysens to benefit from Shippeo’s large network of road and ocean carriers, providing high-quality shipment tracking data to rail and intermodal shippers and their customers. (Shippeo is a provider of global and multimodal shipment visibility, Everysens is a provider of rail and intermodal transport management systems).
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