Rail infrastructure news
High speed line maintenance supervision contracts
SPAIN: The Ministry of Transport & Sustainable Mobility is to award Ineco contracts to supervise maintenance on more than 3 000 km of high speed line.
Composite fishplate certified to latest standard
FINLAND: Exel Composites says it is the first company to obtain the latest EN16843 certification for a glass fibre composite rail joint.
Rolling stock owners call for action on rail’s ‘patchwork of increasingly expensive technologies’
EUROPE: The Association of European Rail Rolling stock Lessors has called for the more co-ordinated deployment of ERTMS, changes to subsidy policies and measures to ensure life-time support of vehicles. It says these measures are needed to avoid disrupting procurement and to avoid rail pricing itself out of the freight market.
Rebuilt section of future Skopje – Sofia railway inaugurated
NORTH MACEDONIA: Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has inaugurated the first section of a future rail route between Skopje and Sofia which is being developed as part of pan-European Corridor VIII to link the Adriatic and the Black seas.
Korean network grows as second Seoul – Busan route completed
SOUTH KOREA: The national network has expanded with the opening of two strategic links in recent weeks.
Funding finalised for first phase of Côte d’Azur railway enhancement programme
FRANCE: Funding has been finalised for the first phase of the Ligne Nouvelle Provence d’Azur project to upgrade the busy Marseille - Nice corridor to support a 66% increase in the number of daily services.
Technology: HS1 explores potential of digital twins
Data-Driven Infrastructure: Intelligent bolts monitor bridge behaviour
Hitachi to acquire Omnicom rail asset monitoring technology business
India: Using Lidar to support automated operations
Signalling: Low-cost ETCS to support regional roll-out
Chemins de Fer du Jura interlocking contract awarded
Mexico: Tren Maya is up and running
UAE – Oman railway systems integration contract awarded
Platform scans to facilitate level boarding of new trains
Interview: It is time to embrace open source software
Regional Railways: A reversal of fortunes in Catalunya
High speed bypass line contract awarded
Regional Railways: Technology offers hope of secondary line revival
Southeast Europe: Recovery fund provides a belated catalyst for Romania
China – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan railway construction officially launched
Amtrak track renewals train ready for delivery
Vinkovci – Vukovar line electrified
Swiss trains switch to 100% renewable electricity