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NewsFirst test for ETCS Baseline 3
DENMARK: Alstom announced on September 23 that, in conjunction with infrastructure authority Banedanmark, it had carried out the first successful tests of ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3, validated by the European Union Agency for Railways in July. The tests were conducted on the Roskilde – Gadstrup route, which is acting ...
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NewsCRRC shows its full range at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: A highlight of the CRRC stand at InnoTrans 2016 is a concept model for a possible intercontinental high speed train, which the company is promoting for future landbridge rail services between China and Europe. Bringing together expertise from the company's various passenger and freight rolling stock businesses, the double-deck ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
LB Foster's German track infrastructure business LB Foster Bahntechnik has granted Knorr-Bremse exclusive sales and distribution rights for its wheel flange lubrication systems and related consumable products in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and southern Africa for an initial period of five years.On September 15 Deutsche Bahn issued a Luxembourg-listed euro ...
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NewsUsing mobile devices as surveillance cameras
INNOTRANS: Finnish technology company Teleste is showing a range of wireless technologies for the rail and transport industries at InnoTrans 2016. Among the new developments in this field is a technology that allows transport staff to use mobile devices as surveillance cameras. Footage recorded by mobile devices is transmitted via ...
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NewsScotRail Class 385 on test
UK: ScotRail reports that testing of the Class 385 electric multiple-unit is now underway at the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic, with the first trainset ‘successfully meeting its design speed within weeks’. Hitachi Rail Europe is supplying a total of 70 Class 385s for ScotRail, comprising 46 ...
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NewsMTU Power Packs go Hybrid
INNOTRANS: MTU unveiled its next generation hybrid PowerPack on September 21 at InnoTrans 2016. Conventional diesel power packs are complemented by one or several 30·6 kWh Li-ion MTU EnergyPack batteries each weighing 350 kg. According to MTU, they offer fuel savings of up to 25%, a useful battery life of ...
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NewsCarbures makes rail debut
INNOTRANS: Spanish composites supplier Carbures is exhibiting its first products for the rail sector, including emergency detrainment doors for the driverless trainsets that CAF is building for lines 3 and 6 of the Santiago metro in Chile. Carbures is supplying a total of 74 doors for this fleet. For the ...
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NewsTracklaying completed for Chiltern to Oxford
UK: Network Rail announced on September 21 that tracklaying had been completed to enable Chiltern Railways services to run to Oxford. Chiltern had begun operating between London Marylebone and a parkway station on the northern outskirts of the city last year; its trains are due to serve Oxford station, closer ...
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NewsCrowd-funded Locomore has the freedom to do things differently
INNOTRANS: Locomore describes itself as the ‘world’s first crowd-funded railway’, but the innovative approach to financing the planned launch of an open access inter-city service between Berlin and Stuttgart is only one of the things it is doing differently, according to Managing Director Nicolas Dietrich. ...
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NewsTrains with brains
INNOTRANS: GE Transportation and Intel Corp have announced a partnership to offer GoLINC, a modular onboard computer package which acts as a 'superbrain' by integrating, storing and communicating the data produced by the hundreds of GE and third-party sensors now found on a locomotive. The system is about ‘leveraging data ...
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NewsRailcare orders last-mile Vectrons
SWITZERLAND: Siemens announced on September 22 that it had received an order for seven Vectron freight locomotives from Railcare, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swiss retail group Coop. The locomotives will be used to haul intermodal consignments in Switzerland, Austria and Germany, drawing traction current at 15 kV 16⋅7 Hz AC. ...
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NewsEC250 high speed EMU presented to SBB
INNOTRANS: Stadler CEO Peter Spuhler and Swiss Federal Railways CEO Andreas Meyer officially presented the EC250 Giruno low-floor electric multiple-unit on September 21 at InnoTrans 2016. A five-car formation is on display at the trade show, and the first complete set will be assembled at the company’s Bussnang plant in ...
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NewsLightweight chargers and transformers
INNOTRANS: ABB presented two product developments at InnoTrans 2016, with improved energy efficiency, weight and size. ABB has developed the Bordline BC battery charger, which is about 90% smaller and 80% lighter than its predecessor, and achieves an efficiency of more than 95%, compared with the 90% of previous ...
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NewsMTR to open Kwun Tong extension on October 23
CHINA: MTR Corp is now carrying out operational trials and system testing ahead of the opening on October 23 of the 2⋅6 km extension of the Kwun Tong Line to Ho Man Tin and Whampoa in Kowloon. Whampoa will replace Yau Ma Tei as the western terminus of the route, ...
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NewsMetro miller-grinder unveiled
LINSINGER: Launched at the InnoTrans 2016 fair in Berlin, the small-profile MG11 rail profiling machine developed by Austrian specialist Linsinger combines both milling and grinding units in a single vehicle, in order to make best use of limited track time on busy urban rail networks. Designed to fit within the ...
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NewsInspection train on track
HUNGARY: MÁV Group has unveiled the FMK-008 two-car track inspection train. Present at the event on Track 1 at the InnoTrans trade fair were Ilona Dávid, President & CEO of MÁV Zrt, András Csépke, CEO of MÁV-Start Zrt and János Béli, Managing Director of MÁV KFV Kft. Able to ...
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NewsFRA awards more crossing upgrading grants
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded $25m in grants to increase safety at level crossings across the country. A total of 23 projects in 14 states and the District of Columbia received funding. FRA received 40 eligible applications requesting a total of $67·5m, far in excess of the appropriation ...
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NewsTransnet to introduce RailRunner
SOUTH AFRICA: RailRunner of the USA announced on September 20 that its local subsidiary had signed a 20-year agreement with Transnet to put its semi-trailers capable of operating on both road and rail into service on the South African network. RailRunner services between Cape Town and Gauteng are due to ...
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NewsAarhus Variobahn presented at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: Stadler Pankow Managing Director Ulf Braker and Aarhus Letbane CEO Claus Rehfeld presented the first Variobahn for Aarhus at InnoTrans on September 21. Stadler is supplying 14 Variobahn trams from its Pankow plant and 12 Tango tram-trains from its Altenrhein factory for the Letbane project, which is due ...