All Urban transport technology articles
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Metro Report InternationalTram collects real-world data for driver assistance development
NORWAY: A CAF tram operating in regular service is Oslo has been fitted with sensors and cameras to collect data. This will be used to develop driver assistance technology as part of the EU-backed R2DATO research project. The first round of data collection is planned to ...
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Metro Report InternationalSelTrac CBTC to control street-running trams as Muni resignalling agreed
Photo: Dave Lustig Heritage cars run on the Muni F Line along Fisherman’s Wharf in central San Francisco. USA: Hitachi Rail has won a contract to modernise signalling on San Francisco’s Muni light rail network using its SelTrac communications-based train control equipment. The contract includes a 10-year ...
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Metro Report InternationalPhiladelphia fare payment upgrade contract awarded
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a $211m contract to design, install and operate its SEPTA Key 2.0 next-generation fare payment system. Plans include virtual Key smart cards, enhancing the website, mobile app and call centre and supporting equity-focused fare policies for ...
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Metro Report InternationalMRT Jakarta introduces WhatsApp ticketing
INDONESIA: MRT Jakarta and Route Mobile Ltd have launched WhatsApp-based metro ticketing. Passengers who purchase tickets from MRT Jakarta vending machines can receive three automated messages with instructions on using a QR code, a unique QR code to be scanned for entry at the origin station ...
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Rail Business UKLondon stations added to Google Street View
UK: Google Street View now includes 18 London rail and Underground stations, with a further 18 to be added by the end of the year. Google used 360° backpack cameras to create virtual representations of London’s busiest stations. These will help people plan journeys and more ...
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Metro Report International‘Green’ train control cuts metro traction energy consumption
SINGAPORE: Hitachi Rail and metro operator SMRT say Phase 1 of their Next-Generation Green Communications-Based Train Control project has reduced traction energy consumption on the North-South and East-West lines by 8%, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of about 3 000 households. The technology uses advanced ...
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Metro Report InternationalRobot cleaners deployed at Singapore metro stations
SINGAPORE: Metro operator SMRT Trains has deployed 89 autonomous cleaning robots at its stations. Supplier Simpple says the robots increase the speed and efficiency of strenuous and repetitive work, freeing staff to undertake more complex tasks. Simpple said the tight labour market and ageing workforce in ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi Rail invests C$100m in next-generation CBTC
CANADA: Hitachi Rail is investing C$100m to develop the next generation of SelTrac Communication-Based Train Control signalling technology at its facility in Toronto.
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Metro Report InternationalDigital twin helps optimise Hong Kong passenger flows
CHINA: The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology-MTR Joint Research Laboratory has used artificial intelligence and big data to predict changes to travel patterns and assist MTR Corp’s operations team in implementing appropriate plans. The dynamic simulation digital twin uses daily operational data from metro, ...
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Metro Report InternationalVibrations used to provide tramway safety alerts
UK: Testing on the Sheffield Supertram network has found that the VibeSafe portable track vibration detection system developed by Efficiency Ups Ltd could offer a reliable and cost-effective way of alerting pedestrians to approaching trams.
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Metro Report InternationalEasy-to-use fare gate launched at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Scheidt & Bachmann Fare Collection Systems unveiled its FareGo PG|50 ticket gate which designed to be intuitive for passengers to use, upgradable to handle future developments in ticket media and offer fraud prevention technologies along with low operating costs. An overhead ...
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Metro Report InternationalCairo operator trials sign language services
EGYPT: Operator RATP Dev is trialling sign language services on the Capital Train line which connects Cairo with the New Administrative Capital. Instructional videos with sign language translation will be available at ticket offices and on platforms at Adly Mansour station, enabling passengers with hearing impairments ...
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Metro Report InternationalThird rail current collection monitoring to reduce wear
INNOTRANS: Mersen is demonstrating a digital monitoring system designed to reduce the wear on metro trains third rail current collector shoes. D-CCD monitors the current between the shoe and third rail, measuring the temperature rise in the current collector, the real time force applied on the ...
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NewsAutomated train gangway coupling system to be tested in Toronto
INNOTRANS: Hübner has unveiled its AutoCouple concept for the fully automated coupling and uncoupling of inter-car train gangways. A trial on the Toronto subway is planned for 2025. Rather than being a direct replacement for conventional coach gangways, AutoCouple aims to make it easier for operators ...
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Rail Business UKHitachi to develop multimodal journey planning and booking system for Wales
UK: Transport for Wales has awarded Hitachi a contract to provide a bespoke Mobility-as-a-Service digital planning and booking system covering public transport in Wales. The app and back-office will cover rail, local bus, TrawsCymru regional bus and Fflecsi demand-responsive bus services, as well as micromobility bikes ...
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Metro Report InternationalContactless payment expansion on hold following TfL cybersecurity incident
UK: The expansion of pay-as-you-go contactless payment to 47 more c2c, London Northwestern Railway, Southeastern and South Western Railway stations has been put on hold because of the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Transport for London. TfL is working with the Department for Transport and the Rail ...
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Metro Report InternationalChicago Transit Authority pilots gun detection technology
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has combined its existing CCTV with computer vision and machine learning technology from ZeroEyes in a pilot project which aims to alert security officials if someone is brandishing a gun. If a potential brandished firearm is detected, an image is automatically sent ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens Mobility to replace Europe’s largest light rail interlocking
GERMANY: Ruhrbahn has awarded Siemens Mobility a €180m contract to replace 1970s relay-based light rail signalling and control technology in Essen and Mülheim an der Ruhr with Trackguard digital equipment by 2031. The supplier says this includes digitalising Europe’s largest light rail interlocking at Essen Hbf, ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London says cybersecurity incident does not impact services
UK: ‘There remains no impact to our public transport services and no evidence that any customer data has been compromised’, Transport for London said on September 6 when it issued an update on an ongoing cybersecurity incident. ‘We continually monitor who is accessing our systems to ...
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Metro Report InternationalKarlsruhe tram-trains get smarter operations control
GERMANY: Tram-trains operating around Karlsruhe are to be equipped with the DatNet operations control system from ETC Solutions GmbH, boosting the capability of the existing onboard Intermodal Transport Control System supplied by Karlsruhe-based INIT. ITCS provides constant communication between moving vehicles and the operator’s central control ...