All signalling articles – Page 5

  • Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw has instructed Indian Railway officials to accelerate the implementation of the Kavach automatic train protection system.
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    Indian Railways to fast-track Kavach ATP installation

    2024-08-26T11:00:00Z

    INDIA: Following a series of serious train collisions in recent months, Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw has instructed Indian Railway officials to accelerate the implementation of the Kavach automatic train protection system. According to an IR report, the work is to be undertaken in a ‘structured ...

  • Berlin U-Bahn Siemens Mobility CBTC contract (Photo: BVG/Oliver Lang)
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    Siemens Mobility awarded Berlin U-Bahn CBTC contract

    2024-07-05T12:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply communications-based train control to support Grade of Automation 2 attended semi-automated operation on metro lines U5 and U8.

  • Bengaluru Namma Metro (Photo BMRC)
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    Bengaluru metro CBTC and platform screen door contract awarded

    2024-06-18T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: Bengaluru Metro Rail Corp has awarded Alstom a contract to supply Urbalis communications-based train control and platform screen doors to support Grade of Automation 4 driverless operation on the next stage of the Namma Metro network. The €96·2m contract announced on June 12 covers various ...

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    Lithuanian train operator to replace Russian safety system

    2024-05-31T11:19:00Z

    LITHUANIA: National train operator LTG Group has awarded SRPA Impulse a contract to replace its Russian KLUB-U cab signalling equipment. ‘We are accelerating our plans and aiming to move away from the Russian KLUB-U locomotive safety system as soon as possible to ensure the use of ...

  • Prasa resignalled the Cape Town - Simonstown line image Railway Gazette
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    Prasa reports completion of resignalling schemes

    2024-05-15T13:23:00Z

    SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has resignalled six suburban rail lines across the country, Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga reported on April 24. Under a project that is expected to take seven years to complete, Prasa is resignalling the network in phases, the minister ...

  • Thailand contract (Photo LS Electric)
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    Korean company awarded Thai signalling contract

    2024-05-15T05:00:00Z

    THAILAND: State Railway of Thailand has awarded South Korean company LS Electric a 32·7bn won contract to supply signalling for the 177 km railway under construction between Ban Phai and Nong Pok. This forms the first phase of a 55·4bn baht project build a 354 km ...

  • Siemens København S-bane contract photo Siemens
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    Siemens to upgrade København S-bane for driverless operation

    2024-04-25T04:45:00Z

    DENMARK: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a €270m contract to equip the 170 km S-bane network in København for GoA4 unattended operations. In 2017, the government decided in principle that the standalone suburban network electrified at 1·5 kV DC should transition to unattended driverless operation at ...

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    Knorr-Bremse enters signalling market with North American acquisition

    2024-04-22T16:21:00Z

    NORTH AMERICA: Knorr-Bremse announced on April 19 that it had agreed to buy Alstom’s North American conventional signalling business, with a deal that is expected to be formally concluded ‘in summer 2024’. The former General Railway Signal Co was established in 1904 through the merger of ...

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    Network Rail awards 10-year train control system framework contracts

    2024-04-10T14:41:00Z

    UK: New suppliers and better visibility of future work are included in the Train Control Systems framework contracts awarded by Network Rail for the provision of conventional and ETCS signalling services during Control Periods 7 and 8 in 2024-34. The Train Control Systems framework replaces the ...

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    In depth

    USA: Manhattan congestion charge is key to New York investment

    2024-02-09T06:00:00Z

    New York MTA hopes its congestion charging scheme will go live in mid-2024, which could provide a revenue stream to kick-start investment in renewal and expansion of the Subway network, as Benjámin Zelki and Nick Kingsley explain.

  • Alexandria metro photos NAT (2)
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    Thales to supply signalling, security and ticketing for Alexandria metro

    2023-11-30T09:40:00Z

    EGYPT: Thales has been subcontracted to supply signalling, security and ticketing systems for the first metro line in Alexandria. The 21·7 km line is being developed by a consortium of Orascom Construction and Colas Rail under a €1·3bn contract awarded by the National Authority for Tunnels ...

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    Infrabel orders Alstom self-encoding Eurobalises

    2023-11-28T05:37:00Z

    BELGIUM: Infrabel has ordered an initial batch of advanced Eurobalises from Alstom with a built-in encoding capability for use with ETCS Level 1 Limited Supervision as well as track worker protection. Eurobalises are used to transmit safety-critical data from track to train in ERTMS applications, typically ...

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    Alstom wins €300m Paris RER CBTC framework

    2023-11-27T12:07:00Z

    FRANCE: Alstom is to equip lines B and D of the Paris RER network with the NExTEO train control system.

  • Signals (Photo ProRail)
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    New Generation Signals delay Dutch rail projects

    2023-11-23T14:56:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has announced delays to rail enhancement projects as a result of problems approving its New Generation Signals. The New Generation Signals are smaller than older designs, and safety testing has identified visibility problems in certain circumstances. This will prevent their use ...

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    In depth

    Signalling: Queensland enters the digital age

    2023-11-14T05:00:00Z

    Bringing together public and private sector partners, the Sequence Signalling & Systems Alliance is pressing ahead with the introduction of ETCS Level 2 train control across the South East Queensland rail network.

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    Signalling: Visualising designs at an earlier stage

    2023-11-09T11:00:00Z

    Most signalling schemes across the sector are designed using 2D schematic plans. But this approach can make it difficult to visualise what drivers in the train cab will see, and when and how they will react. To address this and other challenges, Arup has created a signalling visualisation tool that is being deployed as part of Network Rail’s Transpennine Route Upgrade.

  • Rio Tinto AutoHaul train (Photo Hitachi Rail)
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    Interlocking upgrade on driverless heavy haul network

    2023-11-09T10:26:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Hitachi Rail is to begin work shortly on the third and final phase of upgrading interlockings on Rio Tinto’s autonomous heavy haul rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In 2018 Rio Tinto launched automated operation under its AutoHaul programme, with Hitachi technology ...

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    Digital technology redefines safety for low-cost railways

    2019-05-03T08:58:00Z

    SPONSORED CONTENT: ‘What we want to see is smart trains, but dumb track’, insists Derel Wust, Managing Director of Australian train control software specialist 4Tel. In most of the railway business, ‘we have smart track and dumb trains’, but he suggests that this is an ‘exceptionally expensive’ ...