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NewsPlanning for obsolescence management
MOXA: At InnoTrans Moxa will highlight how the in-house development of CPUs for its ToughNet series of ethernet switches will ensure long-term availability, which in turn will assist rolling stock refurbishment contractors with obsolescence management. ToughNet supports Moxa’s new Dynamic Ring Coupling. This enables fast automated reconfiguration when trains are ...
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NewsBattery EMU test running begins in Derby
UK: An electric multiple-unit which has been retrofitted with lithium iron magnesium phosphate battery packs is now undergoing trials on the test track at Bombardier Transportation’s Derby plant. A series of fast runs is to be undertaken later this year at Network Rail’s Rail Innovation & Development Centre on the ...
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NewsMaking better rails
VOESTALPINE SCHIENEN: Under the slogan ‘good is good, but better carries it’, Voestalpine Schienen will showcase the latest developments in the world of rail steels. Its heat-treated grade 400 UHC HSH hypereutectoid steel combines hardness with a resistance to rolling contact fatigue and corrugation. Voestalpine says the steel can double ...
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NewsCompact rail miller to be unveiled at InnoTrans
LINSINGER: The Austrian railhead profiling specialist will be unveiling its latest compact SF02T-FS rail milling train at InnoTrans 2014. This is one of a pair that the company is due to deliver to Hong Kong’s MTR Corp in the spring of 2015. The small-profile SF02T-FS has been designed for use ...
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NewsLong-life cargo tracker
FREIGHT: Now available from Hunter Global Tracking is the Bulldog cargo tracker unit. This cable-free device is distinguished by a battery life of up to 15 years, allowing the user to ‘fit and forget’. The long life is achieved by the battery working in ‘deep coma’ mode, only ‘waking up’ ...
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NewsBattery water filling station
ENAG: The PRC water filling station has been developed by ENAG to top up Ni-Cd batteries with demineralised water. It is fully automatic to ensure the operator’s safety, and it can be used to fill all the cells in a Ni-Cd battery in one operation, or for traditional element-by-element ...
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NewsHSL-Zuid Traxx locomotive delivered
NETHERLANDS: The first of 19 Traxx F160 MS electric locomotives being built at Bombardier Transportation’s Kassel plant for NS Reizigers arrived in Amsterdam on August 11. The 160 km/h locomotives are to be operated with refurbished ICR coaches on domestic services from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and Eindhoven using the HSL-Zuid ...
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NewsTrams, trains and locomotives from Škoda
ŠKODA: Central and southeastern European orders will be the focus of Škoda Transportation’s displays at InnoTrans 2014. The outdoor display will include a ForCity Classic 28T tram for Konya. The first of these entered passenger service in the Turkish city earlier this year, and most of the remaining 59 ...
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NewsTME3 shunter on show in Berlin
CZ LOKO: A TME3 diesel shunting locomotive developed by Czech manufacturer CZ Loko based on its Effishunter design and assembled at Belarus Railways’ Lida workshops will be exhibited for the first time at InnoTrans 2014. Belarus Railways placed a €20m order for 20 of the 1 520 mm gauge TME3 ...
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NewsIzmir tram contract awarded
TURKEY: Hyundai Rotem has won an 83·7bn won contract to supply 38 low-floor trams to Izmir, the Korean company announced on August 8. The vehicles will be used to operate the 12·6 km Konak Line and the 9·7 km Karsiyaka Line. Gülermak is the construction contractor for both routes, ...
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NewsLight rail test fleet
UK: Light rail industry association UK Tram and rail research and development organisation FutureRailway have agreed to set up a Light Rail Vehicle Test Fleet to support research and product development. West Midlands transport authority Centro has loaned the project two of the Ansaldo T69 trams which have been displaced ...
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NewsMore than passenger information
RUF GROUP: ‘More than passenger information’ will be the motto of the Ruf Group’s stand at InnoTrans. The Swiss company will be presenting its VisiWeb data transfer technology which can be used for both passenger information and safety applications. Visitors will be able to see examples of the real-time exchange ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - August 2014
VIA Rail, Island Corridor Foundation and Southern Railway of Vancouver Island have signed an agreement to revive Victoria – Courtenay passenger services which ceased in 2011. Funding of C$21m for infrastructure rehabilitation has been identified. The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad subsidiary of Watco Transportation Services is to purchase ...
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NewsEuro VI Unimog road-rail vehicle on show
MERCEDES-BENZ: The Unimog U 423 road-rail vehicle which will be on show at InnoTrans 2014 meets Euro VI exhaust emission standards and has a redesigned cab. The large windows gives an unobstructed view, with the wipers now positioned above the windscreen. The driver’s instrument cluster has been redesigned with ...
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NewsPacific National takes delivery of locomotives
AUSTRALIA: Pacific National has taken delivery of the first two of seven N-ViroMotive genset locomotives ordered from National Railway Equipment Co, and has begun testing five heavy haul locomotives supplied by CSR Qishuyan earlier this year. The NRE locomotives with Cummins QSK19 engines were custom designed for use at the ...
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NewsGet better connections with Huawei
HUAWEI: A wide range of advanced rail transport information and communications technology will be showcased by Huawei, including GSM-R, eLTE and Cloud computing. Huawei will explain how it can already undertake a smooth evolution of communication systems from GSM-R to LTE, how cloud computing is being applied by customers around ...
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NewsBombardier highlights capacity, efficiency and urban flow at InnoTrans 2014
BOMBARDIER: Capacity, efficiency and urban flow are the key themes for Bombardier Transportation’s ‘biggest and best exhibition yet’. ‘Capacity’ exhibits will highlight rolling stock with flexible interiors designed for moving more people in greater comfort. Two double-deck EMUs will be on display, an Omneo (Régio2N) for SNCF, and the inter-city ...
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NewsChicago receives upgrade funds
USA: Mayor Rahm Emanuel and US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced $35m in Core Capacity Grant Program funds for the Chicago Transit Authority on August 7. The funds make up part of the $43·7m required for preliminary designs, engineering and environmental planning for the first phase of the $4·7bn ...
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NewsUIC launches global railway MBA
INTERNATIONAL: Under the umbrella of its Railway Academy programme, UIC has announced the launch of a Railway Global Executive MBA course, to be hosted by the EM Lyon Business School in France. Subject to sufficient applications through member railways, UIC hopes that the first intake could start the Master’s course ...