AUSTRIA: Linz city transport operator Linz Linien has ordered 200 Scheidt & Bachmann FareGo Sales ST|40 ticket vending machines meeting TSI PRM accessibility standards, with an option for 110 more.
The TVMs will feature menus with audio response via speakers, and tactile elements on the front panel to ensure ease of use for visually impaired passengers.
The machines will accept coins, banknotes and cashless payment, and can be equipped with a display to show real time passenger information.
AUSTRIA: Linz Linien, Kapsch CarrierCom and Bombardier have announced the results of a ‘smart tram’ pilot project which began in September. Sensors were fitted to 23 Bombardier Cityrunner trams. These collected data on 50 parameters and transmitted them to the operations control centre for analysis. The results were then ...
AUSTRIA: Linz Linien has ordered six more Cityrunner 100% low-floor trams for €19m, Bombardier Transportation announced on February 10. The trams, from Bombardier’s Flexity family, are to be manufactured in Wien. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid-2015. The trams will be 40 m long and 2 300 mm ...
GERMANY: Funkwerk AG is to sell its signalling and control technology business and Swedish subsidiary Funkwerk Information Technologies Malmö to Scheidt & Bachmann. The transaction announced on December 4 is scheduled to come into effect from midnight on December 31, with the deal to be completed by the end of ...
