Railway supply industry news – Page 48
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NewsDeutsche Plasser merged with Robel service business
GERMANY: Deutsche Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH has been merged with the Robel Service & Customer Service business unit to create Plasser Robel Services GmbH with effect from January 1 2022.
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NewsDXC Technology awarded RENFE IT contract
SPAIN: RENFE’s technology and logistics services business LogiRAIL has awarded DXC Technology a US$6m contract to modernise its IT infrastructure and create a centre of competence for cloud technologies. The project includes transferring the national operator’s critical IT platforms, operating systems, databases and applications to a ...
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NewsR&D co-operation starts with locomotive component life cycles
RUSSIA: A five-year agreement covering strategic co-operation in research and development has been signed by TMH Perspective Technologies Centre and Emperor Alexander I St Petersburg State Transport University. The TMH subsidiary and the university aim to expanded the scope and increase the quantity of research, undertake ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro de Madrid buys out rolling stock leases
SPAIN: Metro de Madrid has opted to buy two rolling stock fleets outright, ending the leasing arrangements under which they were managed.
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NewsIndian companies to co-operate to target global opportunities
INDIA: Rolling stock manufacturer BEML and consultancy RITES have signed a memorandum of understanding to to explore and jointly bid for opportunities in the metro sector and rolling stock export market. RITES will provide design, engineering, marketing and any other support that may be required for ...
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NewsGreen Rail Investment Platform to kick-start rail projects
EUROPE: The European Commission and European Investment Bank have announced a Green Rail Investment Platform, which is intended to help the rail sector access EU financing and advisory support for investment in rolling stock, electrification, new business models and technology. GRIP will support investment in infrastructure, ...
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NewsAlstom to transfer V300 Zefiro activities to Hitachi Rail
ALSTOM: Alstom has agreed to transfer its activities relating to V300 Zefiro very high speed trainsets to Hitachi Rail, which produces the trainsets in partnership with the former Bombardier Transportation business. Divesting the Zerfiro V300 activities was one of the commitments Alstom made to the European ...
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NewsFuel cell co-operation agreement signed
HYDROGEN: Alstom and fuel cell compressor manufacturer Liebherr Aerospace & Transportation have signed an agreement to co-operate to improve the reliability and durability of fuel cells, increase their power density and reduce their costs. ‘Our ambition is to accelerate the adoption of hydrogen in the rail ...
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NewsWagon lease fleet bought
USA: ITE Management has purchased the North American wagon assets of CK Industries, saying the ‘highly productive, well-maintained’ fleet would directly benefit the ‘breadth and flexibility’ of its wagon leasing business. CK Industries is a privately held company with wagon leasing business in France and Germany, ...
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NewsSTM launches infrastructure services division
RUSSIA: Sinara Transport Machines has established a Railway Infrastructure Division which will offer services using leased equipment as well as machines produced by its own subsidiary companies. STM is also studying the opportunities for producing further types of high performance track machine, possibly through partnerships with ...
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NewsCAF to acquire Alstom multiple-unit ranges and Reichshoffen plant
EUROPE: Alstom has agreed to divest its Coradia Polyvalent and Talent 3 multiple-unit families to CAF, along with the production facilities at Reichshoffen in northern France.
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NewsLineas divests locos and wagons in sale and leaseback agreements
BELGIUM: As part of efforts to strengthen its balance sheet, freight operator Lineas has reached a sale and leaseback agreement covering a portion of its rolling stock fleet.
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NewsHydrogen train refuelling standard to be developed
HYDROGEN: A agreement to optimise hydrogen refuelling equipment for passenger trains and define an international standard has been signed by Alstom and the Hynamics hydrogen subsidiary of French energy group EDF. The aim is to help minimise refuelling times, which Alstom said ...
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NewsIndustry and academic collaboration to apply machine learning to railway condition monitoring
AUSTRIA: Frauscher Sensonic and the Institute for Machine Learning at Johannes Kepler University in Linz are to collaborate to apply the latest machine learning techniques to the use of optic fibres for railway infrastructure condition monitoring. Sensonic will fund two PhD positions, ...
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