Tokyo Metro shares jump after stock exchange listing
JAPAN: Tokyo Metro was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on October 23 in Japan’s largest IPO since the listing of SoftBank’s mobile telecoms business in 2018.
Vibrations used to provide tramway safety alerts
UK: Testing on the Sheffield Supertram network has found that the VibeSafe portable track vibration detection system developed by Efficiency Ups Ltd could offer a reliable and cost-effective way of alerting pedestrians to approaching trams.
RATP Dev and JR East join forces for Manila commuter rail bid
PHILIPPINES: East Japan Railway and Paris transport operator RATP’s international business are to co-operate to bid for the contract to operate and maintain the future North-South Commuter Rail line in the Manila region.
Easy-to-use fare gate launched at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Scheidt & Bachmann Fare Collection Systems unveiled its FareGo PG|50 ticket gate which designed to be intuitive for passengers to use, upgradable to handle future developments in ticket media and offer fraud prevention technologies along with low operating costs.
Cairo operator trials sign language services
EGYPT: Operator RATP Dev is trialling sign language services on the Capital Train line which connects Cairo with the New Administrative Capital.
Astra Vagoane eyes the international market with prototype tram
INNOTRANS: Romania’s Astra Vagoane Călători unveiled a prototype tram at InnoTrans 2024.
Third rail current collection monitoring to reduce wear
INNOTRANS: Mersen is demonstrating a digital monitoring system designed to reduce the wear on metro trains third rail current collector shoes.
Mobile 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.
Investor increases stake in Sydney light rail PPP concessionaire
AUSTRALIA: John Laing Group has agreed to acquire pension investor Aware Super’s 62·5% stake in Sydney light rail finance, design, build and operating PPP concessionaire ALTRAC.
Contactless 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.
Chicago 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.
Siemens 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.