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Israel Railways Trains to Get Alstom ETCS Level 2 Atlas Solution
French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has won a contract with Israel Railways (ISR). The company is to design and fit its ETCS Level 2 on…
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Mumbai Metro to Get Alstom CBTC Signalling System
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd has signed a contract with Alstom for its CBTC signalling system. The system is for the city's metro l…
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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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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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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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9 Must-Read Rail News Stories for Week 46
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week of 12–16 November: all the must-read week’s rolling stock, infrastructure and science and tec…
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German Mobility Award Winner CountryCab – Gyro-Stabilised Monocabs
Every year the initiative 'Germany – Country of Ideas' and the Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) honour digit…
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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 to Implement Germany's Second Digital Interlocking
Deutsche Bahn is creating Germany's second digital interlocking (DSTW) in Warnemünde. The first one has been in operation since the beginnin…
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Alstom to Showcase Digital Mobility Solutions at SmartCity Expo World Congress
The SmartCity Expo World Congress, which will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on 13–15 November, is a rail show that will focus on five key …
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Stadler Presents New FLIRT Akku for the First Time
The media got to see the FLIRT Akku, the battery-powered version of Stadler's FLIRT series, for the first time last week. It is both energy-…
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ProRail to Play Key Role in Implementing ERTMS in the Netherlands
ProRail, which is part of NS Railinfratrust (RIT), the Dutch rail infrastructure owner, will play a central role in implementing ERTMS in th…
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Double-Security STATYS XS Switching Technology from Socomec – High Availability Guaranteed
It is now possible to design-in availability, in part as a result of developments in switching technology that now deliver solutions geared …
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Pepper the Robot Joins Eurostar Team in London St Pancras
Eurostar, the high-speed passenger rail service that runs through the Channel Tunnel between England and France, has a new member of its St …
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Internet from Space for Seamless Connectivity says Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn has announced that its DB Digital Ventures organisation – which was set up to aid Deutsche Bahn's investment in start-ups with…
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Ecuador: Alstom Presents Multimodal Management Programme at Expo Europa 360
Alstom Transport is attending Expo Europa 360 in Quito, Ecuador to present Mastria, a multimodal management solution that incorporates advan…
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UK: Rail Week 2018 Promotes Careers in the Industry
Young Rail Professionals and other organisations in the UK, including Network Rail, are co-ordinating a programme of special events to impro…
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Hydrogen Cells: How Alstom is Building on the Coradia iLint
One of the most effective selling points of rail transport is that it's green. The Coradia iLint was successfully tested in Germany in 2017 …
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The Current Impact of Digitisation on the Rail Industry
Digitisation is impacting every area of the rail industry, from train maintenance through to ticket sales. As the industry looks at ways to …
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Vegetation Management Idea Wins HackTrain InnoTrans
HackTrain hackathons are all about bringing innovation to the rail industry and InnoTrans embodies that idea in its very name. So it was onl…