Technology news – Page 12
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Metro Report InternationalMobile inspection lab for urban railways launched at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Plasser & Theurer has unveiled its InfraSpector Truck road-rail mobile testing lab, which is designed to meet all the infrastructure inspection and measuring requirements of metro, tramway and local railway operators. It has an operating speed of 60 km/h, can operate in tunnels and is able ...
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NewsDigital platform aims to increase locomotive utilisation
INNOTRANS: The Resource Sharing Broker digital platform for matching freight operators’ locomotive requirements with leasing companies’ availability has been developed with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the rail freight sector. RSB has been developed by Rail-Flow, Fraunhofer IML and BELog to offer daily, weekly ...
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Rail Business UKSix firms join HS2 Innovation Accelerator
UK: High speed line project promoter HS2 Ltd has selected six businesses to join its latest Innovation Accelerator programme. The companies will have access to a 20-week programme of business support designed to help them develop their ideas to help streamline delivery of major infrastructure. SMEs ...
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NewsFrequentis to replace SBB communication system
Source: SBB CFF FFS SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has selected Frequentis to supply and maintain technology to replace its current dispatching system and manage communications for more than 11 000 trains per day. The IMS Service BTA platform is intended to enhance communications between control centres, staff ...
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NewsLTE data tools and digital security technology in Huawei’s InnoTrans display
INNOTRANS: ‘Accelerating Rail Intelligence, Thriving with Digital’ will be the theme of Chinese telecoms group Huawei’s presence at this year’s show in Berlin. The company will showcase how FRMCS technology, AI, cloud computing and IoT could provide innovative applications for the rail industry. Digital security tool ...
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NewsCzech manufacturer develops high speed turnout
CZECH REPUBLIC: Turnout manufacturer DT Výhybkárna Strojírna has unveiled a swing-nose crossing and switch set for high speed lines that allows through running speeds of up to 350 km/h and 230 km/h when diverging. ‘Our switches, switch structures and components are already ...
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NewsDSB selects Sqills’ S3 Passenger ticketing inventory system
DENMARK: National passenger operator DSB has selected the S3 Passenger platform from Siemens Mobility subsidiary Sqills to replace its legacy inventory management system covering all its main line services. The contract runs for 12 years, and can be extended by another 12 years. Features of S3 ...
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NewsNovel traction drive on show at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: The Beijing Zongheng Electro-Mechanical Technology Co subsidiary of China Academy of Railway Sciences is to showcase its newly developed integrated traction and control technology at InnoTrans 2024. Describing the technology as a ‘future rail system architecture’ for rolling stock, ZEMT’s Fully Electric Drive Integrated System ...
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Rail Business UKHitachi shrinks battery technology for use on local trains
UK: A smaller and lighter version of the battery pack currently being tested on a Hitachi Rail inter-city train is being developed for regional, commuter and suburban trains on non-electrified lines. Hitachi is working with Innovate UK, the University of Birmingham, DB ESG and Sunderland-based battery ...
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NewsRailPulse freight wagon telematics platform goes live
NORTH AMERICA: The industry-wide RailPulse coalition has launched the open platform for telematics data which it has developed to provide near real-time insights for North American wagon owners, operators and freight shippers. The platform uses GPS and other technologies to monitor the location, condition and health ...
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Rail Business UKHitachi to develop multimodal journey planning and booking system for Wales
UK: Transport for Wales has awarded Hitachi a contract to provide a bespoke Mobility-as-a-Service digital planning and booking system covering public transport in Wales. The app and back-office will cover rail, local bus, TrawsCymru regional bus and Fflecsi demand-responsive bus services, as well as micromobility bikes ...
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Metro Report InternationalContactless payment expansion on hold following TfL cybersecurity incident
UK: The expansion of pay-as-you-go contactless payment to 47 more c2c, London Northwestern Railway, Southeastern and South Western Railway stations has been put on hold because of the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Transport for London. TfL is working with the Department for Transport and the Rail ...
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Metro Report InternationalChicago Transit Authority pilots gun detection technology
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has combined its existing CCTV with computer vision and machine learning technology from ZeroEyes in a pilot project which aims to alert security officials if someone is brandishing a gun. If a potential brandished firearm is detected, an image is automatically sent ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens Mobility to replace Europe’s largest light rail interlocking
GERMANY: Ruhrbahn has awarded Siemens Mobility a €180m contract to replace 1970s relay-based light rail signalling and control technology in Essen and Mülheim an der Ruhr with Trackguard digital equipment by 2031. The supplier says this includes digitalising Europe’s largest light rail interlocking at Essen Hbf, ...
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NewsApp trial to help blind and low vision passengers navigate Boston stations
USA: The NaviLens smart phone navigation app for visually impaired people is being tested on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Boston commuter rail network. Users scan brightly coloured QR-style codes posted in the stations, and the app will then help them find the correct platform, provide real-time ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London says cybersecurity incident does not impact services
UK: ‘There remains no impact to our public transport services and no evidence that any customer data has been compromised’, Transport for London said on September 6 when it issued an update on an ongoing cybersecurity incident. ‘We continually monitor who is accessing our systems to ...
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Rail Business UKAI project aims to prevent level crossing safety incidents
UK: Purple Transform has been awarded Innovate UK funding to develop and trial the use of artificial intelligence to alert staff to potential safety incidents at level crossings. The Levelling Up Crossings project will use Purple Transform’s proprietary SiYtE machine vision and learning platform to scan ...
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Metro Report InternationalKarlsruhe tram-trains get smarter operations control
GERMANY: Tram-trains operating around Karlsruhe are to be equipped with the DatNet operations control system from ETC Solutions GmbH, boosting the capability of the existing onboard Intermodal Transport Control System supplied by Karlsruhe-based INIT. ITCS provides constant communication between moving vehicles and the operator’s central control ...
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NewsGenessee & Wyoming to ‘revolutionise’ clearance assessment
USA: Genessee & Wyoming is to use scanning and data capture hardware from Cordel Group and Rift software from TÜV Rheinland Group company D/Gauge for clearance assessment in its Upper Midwest and Great Lake divisions. ‘This cutting-edge clearance software will revolutionise the analysis and investigation of ...