News about global railway electrification strategy, projects and contracts.
Decarbonisation: Accelerating the electrification task
Network Rail is now deploying UK-based Gripple’s SwiftLine Rail Dropper, which the supplier believes will speed up key steps in the installation of overhead electrification equipment.
Third rail or batteries could replace Southern diesel trains
UK: Govia Thameslink Railway is unable to commit to decarbonisation of its operations unless Network Rail and the Department for Transport agree to fund and implement alternatives to diesel operation on the un-electrified Ashford – Hastings and Hurst Green – Uckfield lines, the operator says in its Decarbonisation Roadmap.
London Underground orders second-generation safety system
UK: London Underground has awarded Drallim Industries a contract to design, manufacture and service an enhanced version of the Permanent Current Rail Indicating Device.
JR Central develops automated Shinkansen overhead line checks
JAPAN: Central Japan Railway has developed an automated overhead line inspection system that can be fitted to series-built trains used on the Tokaido Shinkansen. Able to check the position of wires and the condition of fittings while trains are travelling at up to 300 km/h, the roof-mounted equipment will be ...
Government will consider rail freight operators’ proposals for last-mile electrification
UK: The government will consider industry proposals for last-mile electrification into freight terminals which would enable operators to take advantage of existing and future main line electrification when procuring new locomotives, Rail Minister Huw Merriman has told Rail Business UK.
Scottish rail electrification framework procurement underway
UK: Network Rail has begun procurement for a framework contract covering the ‘efficient, consistent development, delivery, entry into service and handback’ of electrification to decarbonise rail operations in Scotland.
Long-term and overseas opportunities for rail apprentices
Rail plans in Hull and East Yorkshire devolution deal
Latest tranche of Transpennine Route Upgrade funding confirmed
Rail Charging Facility to enable battery trains to use local power supplies
Cross-border passenger services resume after eight years
Network Rail awards East Kilbride electrification contracts
Eurostar depot equipped with moveable overhead electrification
Electrification hopes sidelined in RSSB sustainability strategy
EU recovery funds underwrite two more Italian route modernisation schemes
Revised California high speed rail track and electrification design RFQ issued
Bari – Martina Franca line electrified
Nijmegen – Roermond upgrading and electrification contract awarded
Zero on-site emission overhead line renewals
Traction: Intermittent wiring could form path to decarbonisation