Stadler to supply 35 Euro4001 diesel locomotives to Turkey’s TCDD Taşımacılık
TURKEY: National train operator TCDD Taşımacılık has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 35 Euro4001 diesel-electric locomotives.
President inaugurates Algeria’s heavy haul Western Mining Railway
ALGERIA: The 950 km Western Mining Railway formally opened on February 1, facilitating rail shipments of iron ore over a distance of 1 400 km to a steel plant in Oran.
Metrans picks Szeged as its next intermodal hub
Intermodal operator Metrans has picked Szeged as the site of its next rail-connected logistics hub, reflecting the HHLA subsidiary’s growing presence in the CEE freight market. Chief Executive Peter Kiss explains the thinking behind the investment in Hungary to Benjámin Zelki.
ICE4 remote control project aims to make train depot movements more efficient
GERMANY: The remotely controlled operation of an ICE4 high speed trainset is to be tested by a consortium of industrial, operating and academic partners as part of the RemODtrAIn project which aims to make train movements within maintenance depots more efficient.
Driverless metro train on test
RUSSIA: Moskva Metro has begun testing a driverless train on the Big Circle Line.
World rail freight news round-up
Business news from the world rail freight market.
Infrastructure: Using data to make better decisions
Fouled ballast results in track geometry defects and reduces the effectiveness of tamping. Modern analysis methods such as ground penetrating radar enable ballast cleaning machines to be deployed in a targeted manner.
China: Latest wave of openings brings faster and more automated metros
CRRC starts work on São Paulo metro trainsets
Italferr rebranded as ‘an ambassador of high-tech Italian engineering’
Ireland: Next steps emerge in all-island rail vision
Skills, signalling and military mobility in focus at RailTech Europe event
