All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 658
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NewsSeeing Machines to be tested on EMD locomotives
INNOTRANS: Seeing Machines announced an agreement for its driver fatigue and distraction monitoring technology to be tested on Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives on September 24. This is designed to intervene in the event of a driver experiencing ‘microsleep’ or being distracted. The technology is used on large mining vehicles supplied ...
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NewsKarlsruhe Citylink formally approved
GERMANY: The BOStrab approval certificate for Vossloh’s Citylink NET 2012 light rail vehicle was formally handed over to Karlsruhe transport operator VBK at InnoTrans on September 25. According to the manufacturer, this makes it the first low-floor tram-train vehicle to be approved for both BOStrab and EBO. VBK and ...
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NewsThello to launch Marseille – Milano service
EUROPE: Open access passenger operator Thello is to launch a daily service between Marseille in France and Milano in Italy with the timetable change on December 14. Announcing the new route on September 23, Thello said that intermediate stops would include Cannes, Nice, Savona and Genoa, and that it would ...
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NewsRoad-rail fire engines protect Diabolo link
BELGIUM: In order to respond to emergencies on the underground sections of the Diabolo link to Brussels Airport, infrastructure manager Infrabel has acquired two road-rail fire-fighting vehicles at a cost of €3m. To be based at fire stations in Brussels and Zaventem, the vehicles will be able to travel at ...
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NewsTrack renewals completed for Chicago – St Louis upgrade
USA: Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn joined officials from Union Pacific and Amtrak in Granite City on September 22 to mark the completion of track renewals on UP’s Chicago – St Louis route, marking ‘a significant milestone’ in the programme to upgrade the route for passenger services to operate at ...
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NewsPushing the buttons at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Captron is displaying a range of train door activation buttons which are designed to function despite the worst that the railway environment can throw at them, including vandalism and bad weather. The door buttons use capacitive sensors rather than mechanical switches, which Head of Business Development Mathias Krostewitz ...
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NewsEuro-Brazilian co-operation accord
A key step towards greater regulatory co-operation between the European and Brazilian railway sectors was taken on September 23, with the signing at InnoTrans of a Memorandum of Understanding between Jorge Luiz Macedo Bastos, General Director of Brazilian land transport agency ANTT and the Executive Director of the European Railway ...
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NewsArtesyn launches ControlSafe safety-critical computing platform
INNOTRANS: First-time exhibitor Artesyn Embedded Technologies is using InnoTrans to announce its ControlSafe fail-safe computer platform for signalling, control and other critical applications. ControlSafe draws on more than 30 years of experience in supplying safety-critical technology for the rail, aviation, off-shore and other industries. ControlSafe comprises two industrial computers ...
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NewsAlstom adds X05 to Citadis family
ALSTOM: Alstom announced at InnoTrans 2014 that it is to launch an update to its Citadis tram family. The Citadis X05 uses permanent magnet motors and is faster than existing Citadis vehicles, with a top speed of 80 km/h. As well as being equipped for use with Alstom’s APS ...
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NewsRENFE to order 30 high speed trainsets
SPAIN: Development Minister Ana Pastor announced at the opening of InnoTrans on September 23 that national operator RENFE would order 30 more high speed trains over the next four years. Orders for a further 10 gauge-convertible trainsets would also be placed, she said. Pastor assured the Spanish railway supply industry ...
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NewsDB announces Pesa Link firm order
GERMANY: Unveiling the prototype Pesa Link diesel multiple-unit ordered under a framework agreement for 470 trainsets signed at the previous InnoTrans, on September 24 DB Board Member for Rail Technology Dr-Ing Heike Hanagarth announced an order for a further 26 trains. The deal was inked at a colourful ceremony by ...
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NewsFerromex and Ferrosur order EMD SD70ACe
MEXICO: Electro-Motive Diesel of the USA is to supply 19 SD70ACe locomotives to freight operator Ferromex and 15 of the same type to its sister company Ferrosur, EMD’s parent Progress Rail Services announced on September 24. The locomotives are due to enter service by June 2015 under contracts which both ...
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NewsNexans signs SBB cable framework
SWITZERLAND: Nexans announced on September 24 that it had signed a five-year framework agreement with SBB for the supply of signalling and balise power supply cable. The agreement is worth €35m in total. From next month, Nexans is to provide over 7 000 km of cable for infrastructure upgrade projects ...
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NewsHelsinki exercises second Flirt option
FINLAND: Helsinki train procurement body Junakalusto exercised an option for 34 Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units on September 24. This is the second option on the order for 32 trainsets placed in 2006, and is worth €200m. Deliveries are due between the start of 2016 and spring 2017, with the ...
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NewsFuel cells to power regional trainsets
GERMANY: Alstom Transport hopes to have 40 fuel cell-powered regional trains in commercial service on regional lines in Germany by 2020 under an accord signed at the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin on September 24. Under the letters of intent signed between Alstom, the Länder of Niedersachsen, ...
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NewsLucchini RS continues expanding
EUROPE: Italian wheel manufacturer Lucchini RS is expanding its European operations with three strategic acquisitions, the company's Chairman Guiseppe Lucchini told Railway Gazette at InnoTrans on September 23. In Austria, the group has established a new Central Europe subsidiary as a 75:25 joint venture with local company SMW, whose owner ...
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NewsPermanent magnet motors
CHINA: CSR has developed permanent magnet traction motors for two applications. The TQ-600 synchronous motor has been used on a build of trains for the Shanghai – Kunming high speed line. Rated at 600 kW at a speed of 4 200 rev/min, the motor has a high power density of ...
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NewsShinkansen simulator on show
JAPAN: Opportunities to drive trains on the Shinkansen are rare, but visitors to InnoTrans are able to do just that on a driver training simulator on the JR East stand. Supplied by Ongakukan Co Ltd, the simulator offers a 4K technology screen with an accurate representation of driving an E5 ...