All Urban transport technology articles – Page 6
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NewsStadler sees growth amid the turmoil
Continuing the remarkable expansion of recent years, Swiss-based Stadler remains profitable as it pivots towards the signalling sector. Toma Bačić reports from the company’s headquarters in Bussnang.
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Metro Report InternationalLondon tram overspeed prevention system certified to SIL2
UK: London Trams’ overspeed prevention system has been independently certified to Safety Integrity Level 2. In January 2019 Transport for London awarded DB’s rolling stock technical consultancy DB ESG a contract to develop, design, install and commission a Physical Prevention of Over-Speeding tool. This followed the ...
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Metro Report InternationalHong Kong ticket gates modernised ahead of contactless launch
CHINA: MTR Corp is spending more than HK$1·3bn to upgrade Hong Kong’s automatic fare collection systems as part of a long-term asset renewal plan. Work has begun to install more than 2 400 ticket gates being supplied by a joint venture of ...
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Metro Report InternationalCitymapper acquired by New York company Via
INTERNATIONAL: New York-based transport service planning software company Via has acquired UK-based journey planning app maker Citymapper. Via said the acquisition announced on March 16 would accelerate its vision ‘to build the end-to-end digital infrastructure for transit systems’, by adding Citymapper’s ‘intuitive and beautifully designed’ real-time ...
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Metro Report InternationalMultiple passengers can travel with one ticketing app
TICKETING: Fairtiq is rolling out a function on its check-in/assisted check-out ticketing app allowing multiple people to travel together. This follows frequent customer requests, and will enable groups such as families with children to travel on one ticket. The ‘companion mode’ was tested in Switzerland and ...
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Metro Report InternationalCalypso ticketing guides aim to ensure scalability, interoperability and vendor independence
TICKETING: Contactless ticketing body the Calypso Networks Association has published a handbook describing the role, content and governance of its smart ticketing standards, along with a guide to support transport authorities and operators in drafting tenders for cards, NFC mobile ticketing and terminals. CNA was established ...
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NewsHostel chain integrates transport ticket sales
GERMANY: A&O Hostels is using Vesputi’s Mobilitybox platform to sell train and bus tickets alongside room bookings on its app and website, removing the need for travellers to register for and use external platforms. ‘With the integrated ticketing, we offer our guests a convenient and sustainable ...
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Rail Business UKArriva UK Trains appoints partner to develop ACE digital customer platform
UK: Arriva UK Trains has formed a strategic partnership with Nagarro to further develop its Arriva Customer Engine digital ticket retailing and real-time information platform. ACE launched at Arriva’s Chiltern Railways business five years ago and according to the company is now ‘a feature-rich, mature platform’ ...
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Metro Report InternationalMosaiq brings together fragmented data to create a bigger picture
INTERNATIONAL: Snapper Services launched its Mosaiq data and analytics platform at the Transport Ticketing Global conference in London on March 7. The Mosaiq’s Transit Intelligence Suite includes together several cloud-based products which can bring together and process multiple streams of public transport data in one system ...
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NewsTrain operating and simulation specialists team up to improve timetable development
INTERNATIONAL: A joint venture offering sophisticated timetable planning and optimisation services to ensure proposals are workable and robust has been formed by specialist Italian software and consultancy firm Trenolab and MTR Group’s British subsidiary. Graham Cross, Commercial Director of MTR UK, said Trenolab is ‘a company ...
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Metro Report InternationalCrosstown Partners awarded New York Subway CBTC contract
USA: New York MTA has selected the Crosstown Partners consortium of Thales and TC Electric to supply CBTC for the Subway’s Crosstown Line (G).
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Metro Report InternationalMetro operator opts for better mobile signal instead of wi-fi
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro operator Nexus has chosen to eliminate mobile phone connectivity ‘not spots’ instead of deploying on-train wi-fi as previously planned. ‘Research with customers shows that people now value a good connection for their phone, using their own data, rather than wanting to ...
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Metro Report InternationalDigital wayfinding to help visually impaired passengers use tram services
ISRAEL: The 114 CAF trams that are scheduled to begin entering service in Jerusalem later this year will be equipped with technology from digital wayfinding company Step-Hear which is designed to make it easier for blind and visually impaired people to travel. The Jerusalem Transportation Masterplan ...
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Metro Report InternationalMTR Corp orders Robel mobile maintenance train
CHINA: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has awarded Robel Bahnbaumaschinen a contract to supply a ROMIS mobile maintenance train to increase worker safety and optimise the use of limited track possessions on the Tuen Ma and East Rail lines. It comprises two units. ...
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Metro Report InternationalIntegrated transport tool to cover six Spanish cities
SPAIN: Indra is to develop and implement an integrated mobility-as-a-service platform enabling people to plan and pay for public and private transport services including trains, buses, taxis, bicycles, car-sharing, parking and access to low-emission zones in València, Valladolid, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Gijón, Logroño and Fuenlabrada. The €11m contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalKnorr-Bremse wins metro train coupler contract
ITALY: Knorr-Bremse has announced its entry into the international passenger rolling stock coupler market, as part of a contract to supply subsystems for metro trains which Milano operator ATM has ordered from Hitachi for use on lines M1, M2 and M3. Hitachi was awarded a framework ...
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Metro Report InternationalReal-time train occupancy data smooths S-Bahn boarding
GERMANY: Passengers in Hamburg can now get real-time train occupancy data using technology developed by S-Bahn Hamburg in-house using an existing communication system supplied by PSI Transcom. Sensors scan passing trains to collect information on the occupancy of individual coaches, which is sent through the PSI ...
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Metro Report InternationalPassenger trust, digital expectations and changing travel patterns will drive transport innovation in 2023
Making accurate predictions in an increasingly unpredictable world can be a fool’s errand, but Galen Chui, Senior Vice-President of Engineering & Products at Cubic Transportation Systems, looks at the trends that will shape public transport in the coming year.
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Metro Report InternationalPhiladelphia launches mobile ticketing for up to five people
USA: Philadelphia transport operator SEPTA has launched a mobile ticketing pilot programme, offering families and occasional travellers the ability to purchase a QR code ticket for up to five people travelling together using its smartphone app. Key Tix is not intended to replace SEPTA’s Key Cards, but ...
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Metro Report InternationalContactless ticketing to be rolled out in Venezia
ITALY: Venezia transport operator AVM has awarded a contract for the deployment of an EMV contactless payment system covering its network of 149 water buses, speedboats, motorboats and ferries, more than 150 wharfs, 540 buses, 20 guided buses and a peoplemover, which carry up to 120 ...