Technology news – Page 105
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NewsMobile ticketing technology partnership
TICKETS: Mobile payment specialist Penrillian and smart ticketing software developer Ecebs announced an agreement to combine complementary mobile ticketing technologies during the Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global 2016 conference and exhibition in London on January 26. Ecebs is now Penrillian’s preferred Part 11 provider for the white-label Voyager app, ...
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NewsRail Supply Group outlines UK industrial strategy
UK: Entitled Fast Track to Growth, the Rail Supply Group’s industrial strategy for the industry was launched in Coventry on February 1 at an event attended by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, Sajid Javid.Described as a ‘detailed action plan for manufacturing and ...
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NewsGE and TMH announce Russian diesel engine joint venture
RUSSIA: A strategic business plan for the formation of a diesel engine manufacturing joint venture at Penza in Russia was signed by GE and Transmashholding on February 1. GE said the project would address the locomotive needs of Russian Railways, and also supply engines for maritime and distributed power applications. ...
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NewsEVRAZ wheels certified as TSI-compliant
EUROPE: Russian steelmaker EVRAZ NTMK has begun production of two more types of wagon wheel for the European market, after Czech railway research institute VUZ certified the production process as being compliant with TSI requirements. EVRAZ said the solid-rolled 920 mm BA 314 and ВА 005 wagon wheels are among ...
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NewsRail Week launched to address ‘skills crisis’
UK: As part of efforts to address concerns about recruitment and retention of talent in the rail sector, a pan-industry partnership led by networking organisation Young Rail Professionals has agreed to launch the first ‘Rail Week’ initiative in the UK, running from June 27 to July 3 2016.Loosely modelled on ...
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NewsTRB and Seisenbacher announce train interiors partnership
EUROPE: Train interior product suppliers TRB Lightweight Structures of the UK and Seisenbacher of Austria have announced that they are to co-locate staff and machinery to offer their design and manufacturing services closer to their customers. The companies supply products including floors, partitions, ceilings, storage units, galleys and doors. ‘Working ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co delivers first high-capacity tank wagons
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co recently delivered the first wagons manufactured by TikhvinChemMash. The subsidiary was established at UWC's Tikhvin factory to produce tank cars to modern designs developed by its Centre for Transportation Technologies. The chemical tanks were delivered to Ural Mining & Metallurgical Co’s Sredneuralsky Copper Smelter and Yekaterinburg ...
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NewsETCS rollout re-evaluated
NETHERLANDS: The national roll-out of the European Rail Traffic Management System is to be delayed pending a re-evaluation of the priorities, State Secretary for Infrastructure & Environment Sharon Dijksma confirmed on January 14. A budget of €2·57bn had been announced in 2014 for a programme running until 2028. This would ...
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NewsPKP PLK commissions virtual model of rail network
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a consortium of Rail Management Consultants and Tata Steel Rail Consultancy a 1·57m złoty contract to create a virtual model of the rail network in Warszawa and Mazovia using RailSys software. This is intended to enable improve train planning on the region’s ...
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NewsFirst order for ScreeneX glass-embedded LCD passenger information screens
EUROPE: Oran Safety Glass has won its first contract to supply its ScreeneX glass-embedded high-resolution LCD screens. The order has been placed by CN-Consult, which will incorporate ScreeneX into 170 InnoScreen overhead displays which are to be installed this year at stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ScreeneX ...
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NewsBooking platform developer closes funding round
EUROPE: Rail, bus and air planning and booking platform developer GoEuro has closed a US$45m funding round, led by Goldman Sachs and joined by new investors including Atomico, Yuri Milner and Tom Stafford, Sebastian Siemiatkowski (Klarna) and Ilkka Paananen (Supercell). ‘GoEuro has made impressive progress in bringing the last ...
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NewsWind-resistant level crossing gates installed
UK: EDS Ltd has developed and supplied a set of cantilevered telescopic level crossing gates which are designed to avoid the problems which strong winds can cause for lifting barriers or swing gates. The first installation replaced a set of swing gates in Redcar. ‘We have been all too aware ...
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NewsBlueCube to monitor Great Western train doors
UK: Rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook has awarded Barnbrook Systems a ‘five-figure’ contract to supply BlueCube wireless sensors to provide remote condition monitoring of the doors on Class 158 diesel multiple-units operated by Great Western Railway. The sensors will monitor the opening and closing times of every door at ...
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NewsHackTrain 2.0 aims to foster RailTech
UK: Strong backing by the Department for Transport and the UK rail industry saw 120 software developers take part in the HackTrain 2.0 digital innovation event over the weekend of November 21-22. HackTrain co-founders River Tamoor Baig and Alejandro Saucedo aim to bring to the rail sector the concept of ...
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NewsCompact GSM-R tester
TESTING: Communications company Cobham Wireless has launched a new mobile tester to validate the correct operation of GSM-R radios. The Cobham Wireless 2201R is designed to connect directly to GSM-R devices, including high-powered Class 2 radios, and is able to test voice, data and SMS connections. An optional battery pack ...
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NewsHandheld vehicle tag reader introduced
RFID: Mobile computing specialist Trimble has introduced a rugged, handheld computer with an integrated UHF capability designed to read RFID vehicle tags. The Juno T41 R-AEI is able to read simultaneously the AEI tags used in North America and Australia as well as the EPC tags used by European railways ...
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NewsWheelslip control
RETROFITTING: ZTR Control Systems has launched a new wheelslip control system for retrofitting to older locomotives. The US firm says its new BOA-II platform offers advanced excitation and superior protection to improve tractive effort and reliability. Users can install a series of basic modules as an upgrade to other ZTR ...
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NewsRobot station attendants introduced
ROBOT: Keikyu Railway has deployed a 1200 mm high humanoid robot attendant to greet passengers at Tokyo Haneda Airport station, while SNCF has deployed similar robots at three stations in the Pays-de-la-Loire region under a pilot programme running until March. The robots are from the Pepper range developed by ...
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NewsRebuilt snow blower on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
SWITZERLAND: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn is keeping its Oberalp Pass route open this winter using a snow clearing vehicle which has been completely rebuilt by Schmidt. The metre-gauge vehicle which was previously used on the Rhätische Bahn’s Bernina route is more than 50 years old. After being acquired by MGB it ...
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NewsWindhoff designs high performance on-track machines for SBB
SWITZERLAND: Windhoff Bahn- und Anlagentechnik has announced details of the 35 self-propelled on-track machines which it is to supply to Swiss Federal Railways under the largest single contract which the company has won. Deliveries are scheduled from spring 2017 until 2021, with the first five vehicles to undergo six months ...