JAPAN: Testing, certification and auditing specialist TÜV Süd has issued SIL4 certification for the latest version of Mitsubishi Electric Corp’s communication-based train control system.
Version 1.0 of the CBTC had been certified by TÜV Süd in 2014, and version 1.5 offers an improved design and additional functionality.
‘We are glad that we were able to contribute to this SIL4 certification, which grants access to the global marke’, said Jürgen Apitzsch, Technical Manager at TÜV Süd Rail Japan.
EUROPE: Siemens Mobility and Mitsubishi Electric Europe have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-operate to use silicon carbide power modules to increase the efficiency and lower the weight of onboard traction systems. Siemens Mobility said the rail market is stimulating demand for more efficient energy ...
FRANCE: Mitsubishi Electric Corp has begun delivering traction equipment for the 28 Confort 200 inter-city trainsets which CAF is building for national operator SNCF. The articulated 10-car EMUs for operation at up to 200 km/h on 25 kV 50 Hz and 1·5 ...
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