Main line rail industry news – Page 557
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NewsWorld market keeps growing
INTERNATIONAL: The global market for rail products and services is set to reach €185bn a year by 2021, according to the sixth World Rail Market Study, launched at InnoTrans 2016 on September 20. Compiled by Roland Berger for the European railway industry association UNIFE, the study found that ...
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NewsBattery EMU development funded
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation is to develop a battery-electric multiple-unit for operation on non-electrified routes, under a research programme to be partially funded by the Ministry of Transport & Digital Infrastructure. Attending the InnoTrans 2016 trade fair in Berlin on September 20, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrint presented a letter of intent ...
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NewsICE bogies may be sourced from China
INNOTRANS: Rolling stock giant CRRC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with German certification body TÜV Nord Group to support the Chinese supplier's plans to win contracts in the European market. The agreement was inked by CRRC Chairman Cui Diangou and CEO of TÜV Nord Group Dr Guido Rettig at ...
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NewsRail Baltica moves ahead
EUROPE: Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport & Communications announced on September 19 that work was ready to begin on the second stage of Rail Baltica, the project that aims to create a 1 435 mm gauge corridor connecting Poland with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The next phase of the project comprises ...
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NewsHydrogen fuel cell train order expected this year
INNOTRANS: Alstom expects to sign a firm order for a production build of hydrogen fuel cell powered multiple-units by the end of the year, Coradia LINT Product Manager Stefan Schrank told Railway Gazette on September 20. The expected initial firm order would cover units for service in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Alstom ...
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NewsÖBB unveils prototype electric-supercapacitor-battery loco
INNOTRANS: Austrian Federal Railways unveiled its InnoShunt eHybrid prototype electric-supercapacitor-battery shunting locomotive at InnoTrans. The technology development project is being undertaken jointly by ÖBB, the Ministry of Transport, Innovation & Technology and a private investor, with each party meeting one-third of the cost. The locomotive has been produced ...
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NewsSolaris and Stadler to bid jointly for tram projects
EUROPE: Polish bus and tram manufacturer Solaris and Swiss rolling stock supplier Stadler Rail announced on September 20 that they will be forming consortia to bid in tram and light rail vehicle tenders in Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement, announced at a press conference at InnoTrans 2016 to mark ...
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NewsInteroperable ticketing on the way
EUROPE: The chief executives of the national operators in Germany, France and Italy have signed an agreement to set up a new governance structure for the TAP TSI. The TAP TSI Services Agreement is intended to facilitate the exchange of timetable and tariff data within Europe. The agreement was welcomed ...
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NewsSoftware redesign seeks ‘300% faster’ onboard wi-fi
NOMAD DIGITAL: The onboard connectivity specialist Nomad Digital used the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin to launch Horizon, its redesigned mobile router software intended to substantially enhance the quality of wi-fi and digital services on trains. Horizon has been developed as a result of what the company terms ‘extensive research into ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co to open US subsidiary
USA: Russian rolling stock manufacturer United Wagon Co announced on September 20 that it was establishing a wholly-owned US subsidiary ‘to facilitate the entry of UWC’s products to the Northern American market’. Based in New Jersey, Uniwagon North America Corp was expected to start operating by the end of September. ...
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NewsCobham Wireless displays next-generation onboard repeater
INNOTRANS: Cobham Wireless is displaying for the first time a working unit of its idOBR digital on-board repeater, following the launch of a prototype at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The new generation of repeater features a reduction in size to 2HU, enabling better use of space onboard. ...
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NewsGerman-Polish accord heralds better cross-border services
EUROPE: DB Netz AG and Polish national infrastructure business PKP PLK have signed an agreement to improve nine cross-border routes that include Frankfurt (Oder) to Rzepin, the lines from Löcknitz and Tantow to Szczecin, Guben – Gubin and Görlitz – Zgorzelec. The accord covers arrangements for operations and path allocation ...
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NewsNokia to operate Berlin S-Bahn telecommunications
GERMANY: Nokia announced on September 19 that it had concluded a multi-year agreement with DB Netz to manage telecommunications systems serving the 326 km S-Bahn network in Berlin. Nokia had previously supplied Internet Protocol/Multi-Protocol Label Switching technology which hosts a CCTV system supporting train dispatch. The IP/MPLS ...
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NewsFourth ERTMS memorandum signed
EUROPE: ERTMS deployment across Europe is to be formalised under the terms of a fourth memorandum of understanding between the European Union Agency for Railways and rail sector associations, which was signed at InnoTrans 2016 in Berlin on September 20. European Union Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said ERTMS was ...
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NewsLight rail expansion boosts Unimog
INNOTRANS: The increasing global popularity of European-style light systems is providing a boost for Mercedes-Benz's Unimog range of trucks, which the manufacturer's industrial partners such as Zagro and Zweiweg can adapt for a multitude of road-rail applications. Unimogs are in widespread use with European tramways, and based on this success ...
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NewsSmarter pantograph developed
UK: Wabtec company Brecknell Willis has unveiled a pantograph developed with the support of a £300 000 grant from safety and standards body RSSB. The pantograph measures the contact with the overhead electrification equipment and automatically adjusts to ensure optimised current collection. Sensors at the head of the pantograph constantly ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2016 breaks all records
Attracting 2 950 exhibitors from 60 countries, the 11th InnoTrans trade fair is the largest yet, according to Dr Christian Göke, Chief Executive of organiser Messe Berlin GmbH. Speaking to Railway Gazette International in Berlin, he said around 130 000 trade visitors are expected to attend the four-day event ...
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NewsTehran metro grows to 104 stations
IRAN: The Tehran metro now serves a total of 104 stations, following the opening to passenger traffic on September 14 of Shahid Ghoddoosi station on Line 3. Line 3 runs for a total of 37 km from the southwest suburbs of the Iranian capital to the northeast. It is the ...
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NewsListen to the trains
FRAUSCHER: Austrian train detection specialist Frauscher Sensor Technology launched its new Frauscher Tracking System in Berlin on September 19, ahead of InnoTrans 2016. FTS combines digital acoustic sensing with axle counter information to detect a wide range of activities along the track. DAS works by sending a light pulse along ...
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NewsTVZ to supply Sakhalin passenger cars
RUSSIA: Governor of Sakhalin oblast Oleg Kozhemyako has signed a 600m rouble contract with Tver Carriage Works covering the supply of 10 passenger cars, ordered as part of the programme to convert the island’s railway network from 1 067 mm to 1 520 mm gauge. With options for a further ...