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    World rail infrastructure market - June 2018

    2018-06-30T06:00:00Z

    Argentina: Alstom has signed a €5m contract to provide signalling for the 5 km elevated alignment which is being built for the San Martín commuter route in Buenos Aires. Alstom will act as subcontractor to UTE Green-Rottio. Czech Republic: Infrastructure manager SŽDC has awarded AŽD Praha a ...

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    Elizabeth Line maintenance trains on test

    2018-06-29T10:51:38Z

    UK: Three maintenance trains for the Elizabeth Line are being tested ahead of delivery to London later this year. Linsinger is testing an MG31 UK rail milling train between Salzburg and Linz. The 48 m long vehicle assembled at Linsinger’s Steyrermühl factory in Austria will be transported by road ...

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    World rail infrastructure market - March 2018

    2018-03-18T07:00:00Z

    Brazil: CPTM has awarded Alstom an €11m contract to modify signalling on São Paulo Line 9 for the Varginha extension. China: China Railway Construction Corp has won a 18·4bn yuan contract to build a metro line in Shenzhen. Shanghai Shentong Metro Group has awarded the Line 14 signalling ...

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    Hybrid OLE maintenance machine completes endurance testing

    2018-02-13T07:00:00Z

    AUSTRIA: The HTW 100 E³ hybrid motor tower vehicle developed by Plasser & Theurer for overhead line inspection and maintenance has been successfully tested in the Climate Wind Chamber at Rail Tec Arsenal in Wien. Launched at the IAF track technology fair in Münster last June, the HTW 100 E³ ...

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    Plasser & Theurer updates cab design

    2017-05-30T13:07:33Z

    IAF: Several of the track maintenance machines being displayed by Plasser & Theurer at the 27th IAF exhibition in Munster feature a remodelled cab layout. Thanks to greater use of digital control systems and touch-screen displays, the company says that it has been possible to simplify the drivers' desks ...

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    Smart machine to be launched at InnoTrans

    2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

    PLASSER & THEURER: Under the slogan 'the smart machine', Plasser & Theurer is to launch a newly developed universal two-sleeper tamping unit for both plain line and turnouts at InnoTrans 2016. The 8x4 is intended to combine the flexibility of the universal split-head single-sleeper tamping units with the faster output ...

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    Plasser & Theurer delivers ballast profilers

    2015-04-13T13:19:00Z

    POLAND: Plasser & Theurer has supplied infrastructure manager PKP PLK with two USP 2010 SWS-U universal ballast distribution and profiling machines. The P-IC 2.0 Plasser Intelligent Control system offers a clear touch-screen menu with access to all machine functions from one place. The machines have a centre plough, shoulder ploughs ...

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    SBB awards on-track plant contracts

    2015-03-20T10:10:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded contracts totalling SFr136m a year for the lease of 65 tampers, cranes and other track maintenance plant over periods of five to 10 years. The contracts are due to come into effect at the end of 2015, when the current agreements signed in 2006 ...

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    Network Rail orders third rail compatible ballast cleaner

    2015-02-26T10:22:00Z

    UK: Network Rail announced a £50m order for a Plasser & Theurer ballast cleaning system on February 26, the fifth in its fleet and the first designed to be used on 750 V DC electrified lines with the third rail remaining in place. Ballast Cleaning System Five is scheduled to ...

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    On-track plant delivered to Bulgarian contractor

    2015-01-14T10:11:00Z

    BULGARIA: Rail infrastructure contractor ZHP Stroy has taken delivery of five machines ordered from Plasser & Theurer in 2013 as the basis for a track construction and maintenance fleet it plans to use across Bulgaria and the Balkans. The PA 1-20 ES twin-unit sleeper layer has electronic controls enabling ...

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    Track recording, tamping, transport and training

    2014-08-22T06:00:00Z

    PLASSER & THEURER: The GMTZ self-propelled track recording car for DB Netz will on show on the outdoor tracks at InnoTrans, along with a Unimat 09-4x4/4S universal tamper. The 140 km/h GMTZ offers an interior height of 2 000 mm while still fitting within the restricted clearances of the Berlin ...

  • Rift Valley Railways has taken delivery of a ballast tamper and ballast profiler ordered from Plasser & Theurer.
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    Faster track maintenance at RVR

    2014-01-29T14:23:00Z

    AFRICA: Kenya - Uganda railway concessionaire Rift Valley Railways has taken delivery of a ballast tamper and ballast profiler ordered from Plasser & Theurer at a cost of USh3bn to significantly reduce the time taken to undertake track maintenance. The two machines will work in tandem to correctly align track ...

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    The tines they are a-changin’

    2013-08-18T06:00:00Z

    TAMPING: Plasser & Theurer has developed a new design of tamping tine which can be fitted to existing machines, where it will give a longer service life and thus be more cost-effective than existing designs. It features a slimmer shaft to reduce penetration resistance, and the underside of the tine ...

  • Eight Type 57.44 overhead line maintenance and inspection cars are being built at Freilassing in Germany.
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    Full order book in Freilassing

    2009-04-20T05:00:00Z

    ROBEL: Driven by a robust export market and sub-contracted work from its parent company Plasser & Theurer, German track equipment supplier Robel is increasing capacity at its base in the south of the country.

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    DB Netz uses satellites to locate track in three dimensions

    2008-12-09T08:00:00Z

    GEOMETRY: Satellite surveying enhanced by reference points on the ground is now so accurate that it can be used to define the absolute position of track to± 10 mm accuracy, allowing contractors’ tamping and lining machines to produce track geometry within ±1 mm of optimised calculated values.

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    Monster machine masters multiple functions

    2007-11-21T06:50:00Z

    The RPM-RS-900 track renewal machine handles formation renewal, reballasting and tamping in a single pass with the option of recycling used ballast

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    Busy railways need faster and smarter equipment

    2007-11-20T14:42:00Z

    THIS SUMMER, lineside residents around the Austrian city of Linz could have been woken by the strange sight of a blue and silver inspection vehicle trundling by, festooned with floodlights and cameras, as well as a host of advanced measurement systems. The twin-unit Track Geometry Car 4 spent a week ...

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    Integral ballast recycling contributes to sustainable development

    2007-06-01T08:04:00Z

    Development of ballast cleaning machines with integral recycling of used ballast is helping to reduce the cost of disposal, and is becoming an important tool in the track maintenance business as legislation on waste disposal takes effect Rudolf Becker and Patrick Vierlinger Plasser & Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft mbH ...

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    High-Output Ballast Cleaner

    2007-06-01T08:00:00Z

    The first of two High-Output Ballast Cleaning Systems being supplied by Plasser & Theurer to UK infrastructure company Network Rail is due to enter service this month, with the second to be delivered in the summer of 2005. Both machines will be operated by First Swietelsky under a two-year contract ...

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    Beijing Metro invests in mechanised maintenance

    2007-05-01T10:00:00Z

    CURRENTLY ON trial in China are two new Plasser & Theurer tamping machines which will revolutise infrastructure maintenance on the rapidly-expanding Beijing metro network. At present there are four lines in operation - 1, 2, 13 and the Batong Line, with a total route length of 114 km. ...