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Alstom Signs New Five-Year Services Contract with Govia Thameslink Railway
Alstom has signed a new services contract with UK rail franchise Govia Thameslink Railway valued at £256 million.
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Chicago Metra Awards Contract to Renovate Homewood Station
Metra has awarded a 14.5 million USD contract to IHC Construction to renovate Homewood Station in Chicago.
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Czech Republic: Škoda to Deliver ForCity Smart 45T Trams to Brno
The Brno Public Transport Authority has contracted Škoda to supply up to 40 ForCity Smart 45T trams, with five vehicles currently ordered.
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US: Metrolink Arrow to Commence Service in San Bernardino County
SBCTA and Metrolink are hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Arrow service, which is scheduled to commence on Monday 24 October.
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Alstom to Equip 120 SNCB Locomotives with ETCS Level 2 Technology
Alstom to design, deliver and maintain the latest-generation ETCS level 2 signalling system (Baseline 3) for 120 SNCB HLE18 locomotives.
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Hitachi Rail Shares Final Designs of New Maryland Factory and Test Track
Hitachi Rail has unveiled the final designs for its new Washington County, Maryland train factory and 800-yard test track.
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Valley Link Rail to Construct Hydrogen Production Facility in California
The Valley Link Rail project is purchasing 200 acres that will be the site of its green hydrogen production facility.
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Installing ARCOSYSTEM® on Noise Barriers
Recent installations show how CCS's elevated cable troughing, ARCOSYSTEM® can be securely attached to trackside noise barriers.
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DB to Set Up 150 Pop-Up Digital Automatic Coupling Workshops Across Europe
Deutsche Bahn plans to complete the equipping of freight wagons with digital automatic coupling (DAC) at pop-up workshops across Europe.
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US: Aventura Station Nears Completion with Placement of Pedestrian Skybridge
Brightline and contractor Lemartec have topped off Aventura station in Florida with the placement of a 131-foot-long pedestrian skybridge.
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Accessible to All: Overcoming Barriers to Passenger Transport Use
Icomera explores how digital technologies can overcome the physical and linguistic barriers to passenger transport use.
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Network Rail to Strengthen Merseyrail Underground Tunnel
Network Rail is using 21st century technology to fix the Merseyrail underground tunnel in Liverpool without disrupting passenger services.
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CO2 Sensor to Air Condition Ducts
Sensit introduces its CO2 Sensor for temperature, humidity, CO2, level, flow and position under the designation KSC 520 and KSC 122.
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KfW IPEX-Bank Finances 40 New Light Rail Vehicles for Stuttgart
KfW IPEX-Bank is financing 40 new light rail vehicles to replace the oldest ones in the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB) fleet.
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Berlin’s S8 Line Converts to New 483/484 Series Trains
Deutsche Bahn has completely converted Berlin’s S8 line to its newest generation of trains; the 483/484 series.
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US: Metra Unveils New Addition to Locomotive Fleet
US railway operator Metra has unveiled the latest addition to its locomotive fleet; a remanufactured EMD SD70MAC.
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The Indirect Way of Getting from London to Liverpool by Train
Due to Avanti West Coast's ongoing problems, Jonn Elledge travels from London to Liverpool via the TPE to see what trains are like up north.
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Tallysman Introduces the SSL990XF Antenna
Tallysman® Wireless has announced that it has added the housed SSL990XF full-band survey-grade GNSS antenna to its line of GNSS products.
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UK: Javelin High-Speed Trains to Receive £27 Million Upgrade
Eversholt Rail, Southeastern and Hitachi Rail are upgrading the Class 395 high-speed Javelin trains that operate between London and Kent.
