Railway technology and innovation news
The latest technology and innovations from rail industry manufacturers, suppliers and service providers worldwide.
Short line specific PTC training
USA: The American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association has appointed Tech Mahindra to provide Positive Train Control training courses customised to meet the specific needs of short line operators.
CRRC presents ETCS and CBTC technology to the global market
GERMANY: CRRC Times Electric presented its SigThemis ETCS and tSafer-UC1000 communications-based train control platforms at Messe Berlin’s inaugural Mobility Electronics Suppliers trade fair in the German capital on November 6.
Front door to destination with RENFE app
SPAIN: National operator RENFE is to integrate Karhoo’s taxi booking platform into its ‘RENFE as a Service’ mobile app, which is being developed with the aim of enabling passengers to book an end-to-end journey across modes including rail, metro, taxi, private hire vehicle and scooter in a single app and ...
CSX joins freight shipping data platform
USA: CSX says it is the first North American railway to join the TradeLens, an open and neutral platform which has been developed by IBM and Maersk with the aim of overcoming supply chain data processing silos to provide improved transparency and shipment-status visibility.
Metro training centre to be fitted with depot protection system
UK: Main contractor Galliford Try has awarded Zonegreen a contract to install its Depot Personnel Protection System at an £8·4m training and light maintenance facility which it is building for Tyne & Wear Metro operator Nexus.
Digital campus supports Norway’s ERTMS roll-out
NORWAY: ‘The railway is moving into the digital era’, announced Digitisation Minister Nikolai Astrup, on October 31, when he inaugurated Bane NOR’s ERTMS test and training centre at Campus Nyland on October 31.
Digital signalling test centre to be built in Sydney
Russian Railways approves digital transformation strategy
Fuel cell train to be tested in the Netherlands
Freight to be focus of Shift2Rail successor
Operail to test LNG freight locomotive
Wagon paint range launched
Contactless travel extended to Luton Airport Parkway
Custom lights for St Pancras International
Trafikverket awards anti-trespass panel contract
Ctrip expands across the rail market
South Western Railway rolls out Infor asset management system
Tokyo’s Joban Line to get ATO
NS to test automatic train operation
Data-driven bogie maintenance project launched
Geopier launches subgrade strengthening GeoSpike
WeChat booking for Swiss railways
VDB calls for faster digital roll-out strategy
5G remote control train tested
