Main line rail industry news – Page 37
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NewsVoith couplers ordered for DAC pilot project
GERMANY: The DAC4EU digital automatic coupler pilot project has commissioned Voith to supply further couplers for trials using 13 wagons and one locomotive.
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NewsTurkmen locos return to China for modernisation
TURKMENISTAN: CRRC Ziyang is overhauling locomotives used by national railway Demirýollary.
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NewsSNCB confirms preferred bidder for train fleet renewal contract
BELGIUM: National passenger operator SNCB has reconfirmed its selection of CAF for the AM30 contract to supply electric and battery-electric multiple-units.
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News‘Gigabit on the tracks’ 5G rail connectivity test zone launched
GERMANY: The GINT XT programme has been launched, marking the next phase of a research and testing programme to support the roll-out of high-speed data connectivity to and from trains using 5G and related technologies.
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NewsExternal shocks limit train builders’ ability to turn orders into profitable growth
INTERNATIONAL: The rolling stock manufacturing sector achieved record total revenue last year, but the ability to turn this into on-time deliveries and sustained profitable growth is increasingly constrained by external shocks.
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NewsMBTA seeks next Boston commuter train operator
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has begun the process of appointing the next operator of its Boston commuter rail services.
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NewsConnecting Europe Facility expanded in post-2027 EU budget proposal
EUROPE: Rail bodies in Brussels have given a warm welcome to the provisional budget issued by the European Commission for the past-2027 period.
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NewsNetherlands referred to court over direct-award rail contract
NETHERLANDS: The European Commission has decided to refer the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union over the direct award of a concession for state incumbent NS to operate passenger services in 2025-33.
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NewsGovernment provides €61m loan to support Belgian rail freight operator
BELGIUM: The federal government has approved a €61m loan to enable part-privatised rail freight operator Lineas to continue to serve customers while engaging with investors to strengthen its capital structure and support future development.
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NewsHeavy haul railway tracklaying makes progress through the desert
ALGERIA: Tracklaying has been completed on the 135 km priority section of the 575 km Western Mining Railway.
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NewsInnoway Trieste rolls out its first wagons
ITALY: The first vehicles have rolled out at the Innoway Trieste wagon plant.
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NewsCalifornia to sue Trump administration over high speed rail funding cut
USA: Governor Gavin Newsom says the state will launch legal action after the Trump administration confirmed on July 15 its intention to strip at least $4bn in federal funding from the California High Speed Rail Authority.
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NewsCybersecurity agency warns of train brake system vulnerability
USA: The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an advisory notice warning of a cybersecurity vulnerability which could in theory allow malicious actors to control a train’s brakes.
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NewsTaskforce to study launch of direct UK – Germany trains
EUROPE: The British and German governments are to establish a joint taskforce to study the requirements for the launch of direct passenger trains services between the countries within the next 10 years.
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NewsDunkerque rail freight terminal aims to get ferry traffic onto trains
FRANCE: Dunkerque-Port has selected Modalis Group to operate a rail-road transhipment terminal which is being built to encourage modal shift from road to rail.
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NewsModaxo acquires Portuguese public transport software company
PORTUGAL: Technology group Modaxo has acquired pubic transport resource scheduling, management and dispatching software company Sistemas Cognitivos.
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NewsOntario Northlander Timmins-Porcupine station contract awarded
CANADA: The government of Ontario has awarded EllisDon a contract to build the station in Timmins which will be the northern terminus of the reinstated Northlander passenger train service from Toronto.
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NewsOrders adjusted to include more day and fewer night trains
AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways and Siemens Mobility have amended contracts for the supply of new passenger stock, increasing the number of day trains on order and reducing the number of night trains.