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The ioki Mobility Network Symposium: More Mobility, Less Traffic
German mobility solutions provider Deutsche Bahn says the future of mobility will be connected, shared, environmentally friendly and partial…
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UK: New Faster Safer Isolations Technology to Save Time and Improve Worker Safety
Network Rail is rolling out new railway technology across the South Western Railway line. This technology is called Faster Safer Isolations …
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UK: Lincoln Gets New Siemens Bogie Service Centre
Lincoln celebrated the opening of the Siemens Bogie Service Centre. The official ribbon cutting ceremony occurred on Friday. The event was a…
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DB Supervisory Board Supports Managing Board's Objectives to Get the Company Ready for the Future
The DB Supervisory Board spent two days taking an in-depth look at the situation in the rail network. The topics at the heart of the discuss…
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Stadler GUARDIA Train Control System to be Installed on Swiss FLIRT Trains
Stadler and its joint venture ANGELSTAR together developed the GUARDIA train control system. Today, Stadler has announced that FLIRT trains …
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2 Billion Euros for Digital Services Says Russian Railways
Russian Railways Digital Services Investment: Russian Railways has announced its intention to invest around 150 billion roubles (2 billion e…
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Allianz pro Schiene Criticises Rail Provisions in German 2019 Budget
The German organisation that works towards increasing rail's market share, both for passenger and for freight transport, Allianz pro Schiene…
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Stadler to Supply New Regional Diesel-Electric Trains to FNM
Stadler has signed a framework agreement with FNM for the supply of regional diesel-electric trains. This agreement follows the call for ten…
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Siemens Mobility to Design and Manufacture Next-Generation Trains for London Underground
Siemens Mobility has signed a contract with London Underground Ltd to design and manufacture 94 new trains for the city's subway system. Thi…
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80 Percent Green Electricity by 2030 Says Deutsche Bahn
Germany's national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, which is already the country's largest consumer of green electricity, has announced that 80…
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Austrian Federal Railways Investing in Next-Generation Vehicle Maintenance
Austrian Federal Railways (OEBB) Technical Services are investing in next-generation vehicle maintenance. OEBB will spend 12 million euros t…
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Morocco High-Speed Rail Line Between Tangiers and Kenitra Opens
The inauguration of the high-speed rail line between Casablanca and Tangiers took place on 15 November 2018. The inauguration was attended b…
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Deutsche Bahn Celebrates 15 Successful Years of Kids on Tour
In 2003 Deutsche Bahn launched its Kids on Tour service, allowing around 100,000 children travelling alone on DB trains to reach their desti…
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Second TBM Enters Service for Sydney Metro Project
The second of five tunnel boring machines (TBMs) has begun working. Tunnel boring machine Mum Shirl will now help the first TBM put to work,…
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Signalling Change: How New South Wales is Digitalising its Rail Network
Stephen Lemon, Programme Director, Digital Systems, Transport for New South Wales, tells Railway-News how digitalisation will improve the sa…
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Deutsche Bahn and China Railways Deepen Their Working Relationship
Deutsche Bahn and China Railways will intensify their working relationship in several areas, DB has announced. Deutsche Bahn and China Railw…
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Alstom Delivers First Metropolis Trainset to Dubai Metro
The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) has received the first of fifty Metropolis trainsets for the Red and Green metro lines in t…
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Alstom-Bombardier Consortium to Supply 153 AZUR Metro Cars to Montreal
A Bombardier and Alstom consortium has signed an amended version to a previous contract signed in October 2010. This contract is for the con…
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Anti-Graffiti Film: A New Layer of Defence from Vandalism
Every year operators spend millions of dollars cleaning defaced rolling stock. In this article Steve Sorrentino, Director of Speciality Film…