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    Modular maintenance fleet ordered

    2022-10-04T10:00:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Plasser & Theurer is to supply ÖBB Infrastruktur with a fleet of 56 modular maintenance vehicles with hybrid traction drives under the largest contract ever placed with the company. The order includes an option for another 46 vehicles. First delivery is scheduled for the end ...

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    DB accepts ‘Hulk’ hybrid 09 tamper

    2022-09-23T09:46:00Z

    GERMANY: DB Bahnbau Gruppe named its latest track maintenance machine ‘Hulk’ at a joint ceremony with supplier Plasser & Theurer in the outdoor arena at InnoTrans on September 20.

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    Plasser & Theurer focuses on increasing infrastructure capacity with technology

    2022-08-21T05:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Austrian track machine manufacturer Plasser & Theurer will be focusing on digitalisation, automation and environmental issues at InnoTrans 2022, presenting a range of innovations to help increase infrastructure capacity through the smarter use of technology. In the outdoor area, Plasser will ...

  • Dual Inventive and Plasser & Theurer have signed a co-operation agreement with a view to developing tools and processes aimed at improving track worker safety.
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    Plasser and Dual Inventive sign track worker safety technology partnership

    2022-06-30T08:25:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Dutch technology specialist Dual Inventive and Plasser & Theurer have signed a co-operation agreement with a view to developing tools and processes aimed at improving track worker safety. The partners are aiming to increase the output of on-track plant, with a specific focus on minimising ...

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    Digital Railway Solutions Alliance launched to enhance rail efficiency

    2022-06-01T08:23:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: A partnership of 15 track, digital services and rail infrastructure specialists has been established to create what the members call an ‘open innovation ecosystem’ to enhance the efficiency and safety of railways globally. Branded as the Digital Railway Solutions Alliance, the partnership was formally launched at ...

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    Future Track Technology – NOW Plasser & Theurer at the Internationalen Ausstellung Fahrwegtechnik (iaf)

    2022-05-31T13:06:00Z Sponsored by

    Right on time and in line with the slogan “future track technology – NOW”, the Austrian technology leader Plasser & Theurer presents several new solutions tailored to meet current market needs. Technologies which facilitate an even more efficient use of existing capacities are central to these solutions.

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    Integrated track machine reflects trends in infrastructure maintenance

    2022-05-27T12:23:00Z

    GERMANY: Plasser & Theurer is to present its Unimat 09-8x4/4S BR Dynamic E³ combined track machine at the IAF trade show in Münster on May 31-June 2.

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    Plasser emphasises services and customer support at IAF

    2022-04-23T05:52:00Z

    GERMANY: Plasser & Theurer’s presence at the IAF infrastructure construction and maintenance trade fair on May 31-June 2 will be encapsulated by the theme ‘future track technology — NOW’. Among the developments being highlighted in Münster by the Austrian track machine specialist will be the addition of Mauritius as its 110th export market.

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    Deutsche Plasser merged with Robel service business

    2022-01-04T11:19:00Z

    GERMANY: Deutsche Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH has been merged with the Robel Service & Customer Service business unit to create Plasser Robel Services GmbH with effect from January 1 2022.

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    JR East’s mobile maintenance unit takes to the rails

    2021-04-20T11:02:00Z

    JAPAN: East Japan Railway’s GMAC mobile maintenance unit is to ready be deployed from a base at Mito, following delivery of the third vehicle, the railway announced on April 16.

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    Automatic Track Machine Oscillator rail grinder tested on Wien tramway

    2021-02-15T15:30:00Z

    AUSTRIA: The capital’s transport operator Wiener Linien is testing an Automatic Track Machine Oscillator tramway rail grinder, which was developed by Plasser & Theurer in collaboration with industry partners, university academics and infrastructure operators as part of the Shift2Rail research programme. ATMO is the result of ...

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    Dual-mode tamper approved in Germany

    2020-10-02T06:00:00Z

    GERMANY: The Federal Railway Office has authorised unrestricted use of a dual-mode continuous-action tamping machine. Operated by Krebs Gleisbau, the Unimat 09-32/4S Dynamic E3 universal tamper from Plasser & Theurer was previously approved for operation in Austria and Switzerland. It can now be used in either electric ...

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    JR East commissions Robel track machine

    2020-06-19T11:09:00Z

    JAPAN: East Japan Railway has taken delivery of a Robel Mobile Maintenance System, as part of a strategy to invest in advanced equipment that improves the efficiency of manual track maintenance tasks and worker safety.

  • Dr Josef Theurer, founder and long-standing CEO of track maintenance machine manufacturer Plasser & Theurer, died on March 19 at the age of 91.
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    Dr Josef Theurer

    2020-03-20T15:31:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Dr Josef Theurer, founder and long-standing CEO of track maintenance machine manufacturer Plasser & Theurer, died on March 19 at the age of 91. Dr Theurer established Plasser & Theurer with Franz Plasser in 1953 and built up the business over the following six decades, to ...

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    2019-09-26T06:45:00Z By Plasser & Theurer

    Track maintenance machines, recording cars, catenary and rail-mounted maintenance vehicles

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    World rail infrastructure market - February 2019

    2019-02-23T06:00:00Z

    Argentina: The Ministry of Transport has awarded a consortium of Alstom (58%) and POSE (42%) a €90m contract to modernise signalling on sections of the Roca commuter network in Buenos Aires. Australia: The NSW state government has awarded Lendlease a A$476m contract to build Victoria Cross station as part ...

  • The maintenance vehicle to be used on SEPTA's Norristown High Speed Line has snow ploughs at both ends.
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    Maintenance vehicle delivered to Philadelphia

    2019-02-11T15:56:27Z

    USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has taken delivery of a maintenance vehicle and a flat wagon with driving cab for use on the Norristown High Speed Line rapid transit route. The Plasser American PMC50 vehicle is fitted with a National Crane 400B crane, a hydraulic tool power circuit and ...

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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2019-01-11T06:00:00Z

    Australian engineering group John Holland has acquired the RCR O’Donnell Griffin Rail business following the collapse of parent company RCR Tomlinson into administration in November. Around 400 employees will transfer. The administrator said the RCR Rail business had ‘an outstanding track record, with highly-skilled staff and a blue-chip client base’, ...

  • Plasser & Theurer will display a Unimat 09-4x4/4S E³ electro-diesel tamping machine in the outdoor area.
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    Plasser looks to smarter maintenance of track machines

    2018-08-24T06:55:00Z

    PLASSER & THEURER: The Austrian infrastructure maintenance machine specialist will look to the broader needs of infrastructure managers and contractors at InnoTrans 2018, with two machines on display in the outdoor area. The EM100VT recording car features an inertial track geometry measurement system combined with a novel optical fixed-point procedure ...