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Latest railway industry news from Europe, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Technology: Keeping track of tram-trains
Enhanced control and supervision tools have been deployed toimprove the operation of tram-trains around Karlsruhe, where portion working is a common but complicated process.
First Cityval light metro line opens in Rennes
FRANCE: Rennes Line B was opened on September 20, the first to use Siemens Mobility’s Cityval version of its Neoval rubber tyre automated light metro platform.
Large scale axle-counter contract awarded
FRANCE: SNCF Réseau has awarded Frauscher Sensor Technology a contract to develop, supply and maintain a new generation of axle-counter.
Operail to sell non-strategic assets
ESTONIA: Eight bidders have been shortlisted to participate in the potential sale of state rail freight group Operail’s locomotive assembly and repair, wagon leasing and Finnish operating businesses.
First of 950 cars delivered to St Petersburg metro
RUSSIA: TMH delivered the first of 950 Baltiets cars to the St Petersburg metro operator on September 13, just 19 days after Petersburg Metropoliten and TMH subsidary Transholdleasing signed a 242·6bn rouble, 25-year contract for new trainsets to replace almost half the fleet.
Amber Train links the Baltic States to western Europe
EUROPE: A trial Amber Train service between the Baltic States left the Estonian port of Muuga on September 13, arriving the following day at Kaunas in Lithuanian where its load of semi-trailers was transferred to 1 435 mm gauge wagons for onward transport to destinations including France and the Netherlands.
Active steering tested on Swiss tram
Alpha Trains orders 15 locomotives
Battery Flirt answers Schleswig-Holstein’s decarbonisation question
Warsolino tram beats energy efficiency targets
DB accepts ‘Hulk’ hybrid 09 tamper
Gauge-convertible articulated pocket wagon for Iberia
‘Most modern and innovative tram in Germany’ unveiled
Timișoara tram battery offers 70 km of off-wire operation
Trenitalia and Hitachi sing the Blues
Alstom’s iLint claims record run on a single tank of hydrogen
Third generation semi-trailer transport cradle launched
Istanbul – London freight service planned by January
Deutsche Bahn pledges long-term support and assistance to Ukrainian Railways
North American wagons may join Ukrainian grain bridge
Hungarian hybrid is ready to roll
Tram designed to meet high specifications of three-city network
Nürnberg Avenio tram to enter service this year
EU member states must support rail, says Commissioner