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CRRC Announces Global Release of CETROVO Carbon-fibre Metro Vehicles
Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC has announced the global release of its new generation of carbon fibre metro vehicles, called CETROV…
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InnoTrans 2018: Leading Rail Show Boasts Record Visitor Numbers
InnoTrans 2018 is complete! The largest trade fair in the world for the rail industry closed on 21 September. The organisers have reported t…
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Sweden: Bombardier Tests Its ERTMS Level 2 Interflo 450 Software
Sweden: Bombardier Transportation has completed the first tests of the latest wayside software for the European Rail Traffic Management Syst…
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Nomad Create New App Prototype in Just Two Weeks
(InnoTrans, Berlin, Thursday 20 September 2018) Nomad embrace the future. Nomad Create New App Prototype in Just Two Weeks. When Nomad embra…
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US: FRA Publishes Funding Opportunities for Positive Train Control
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the remaining grants for the installation …
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Coradia iLint: First Hydrogen-Powered Trains Start Services in Germany
The Coradia iLint, the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, designed by Alstom Transport, has started passenger services in Lower Saxony, G…
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Bombardier Reveals New Battery-powered Train in a World First
On 12 September Bombardier revealed its emission-free, energy-efficient, low-noise battery-powered train to the public for the first time. T…
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Hack Partners Launching HackTrain InnoTrans 2018
The last time the team from Hack Partners attended InnoTrans, in 2016, they immediately made an impact and were spontaneously invited to par…
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InnoTrans 2018: Mitsubishi Electric Announces Solutions Showcase
Mitsubishi Electric has announced the solutions that it will be demonstrating at InnoTrans 2018. The company is showcasing a ‘one-stop shop’…
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The Digital Railway: ETCS to be Installed on East Coast Main Line
Great Britain: Network Rail has announced it is looking for a train control partner to help push forward the digital railway. It has said it…
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Bombardier "Banking" on New High-Tech Laboratory
Bombardier Transportation has opened a new high-tech laboratory in Mannheim, Germany. The laboratory will develop and test electronic train …
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Shift2Rail Publishes Preliminary Programme for InnoTrans 2018
Shift2Rail has published its preliminary programme for InnoTrans 2018. The European Union agency is showcasing an extensive range of solutio…
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Netherlands: State Railway Operator Upgrades Trains for Passengers with Disabilities
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the state railway operator in the Netherlands, has contracted a Bombardier-Siemens consortium to upgrade their …
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China: Arched Sound Barrier Protects "Birds' Paradise" from Railway Noise
Guangdong Province-China Railway Guangzhou Co. Ltd has successfully tested a fully-enclosed sound barrier on the Shenzhen-Maoming section of…
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Norfolk Southern Opts for Simulation-Based Training
Norfolk Southern is working with apps developer Heartwood 3D to develop and roll out simulation-based training apps to make its operations e…
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Italian State Railways to Create Zero-Impact Stations
Italian State Railways Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. has announced its objective to create zero-impact railway stations with its Gree…
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DB Cargo UK to Switch to 100% Renewable Electricity
DB Cargo UK has announced that 100% of the electricity which powers its offices and rail sites will become renewable after it signed a 3 yea…
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Germany: Coradia iLint Receives Federal Approval for Commercial Operation
Alstom has announced that the Coradia iLint, the first passenger train in the world powered by hydrogen cells has received approval from the…
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Australian Railway Association Working With Academics on 'Smart Rail Route Map'
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is co-producing a Smart Rail Route Map for the country's rail industry. The map will present a lo…
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Alstom Announces Rolling Stock and Digital Systems for InnoTrans 2018
Alstom Transport has announced the products and innovations which it will be showcasing at InnoTrans 2018. The focus of its display is on su…
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International Rail Conference and SITCE: 2 Weeks to Go!
This year’s International Rail Conference – combined with SITCE for the first time in Asia – will be held under the theme “People at the hea…
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Germany: DB Schenker Starts Using Intelligent Scanning Glove in Eching Warehouse
DB Schenker Logistics, a subsidiary of Deutsch Bahn AG, has announced the adoption of a new innovation at its warehouse in Eching, Germany: …
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A Step Forward for Amtrak and Positive Train Control
Amtrak has been working with BNSF Railway to get Positive Train Control (PTC) in place on a number of track sections (subdivisions) owned by…
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Channel Tunnel: New Cooling System Reduces Energy Consumption by 33%
Eurotunnel releases data which demonstrates that its new cooling system has reduced energy consumption in the Channel Tunnel by 33% in its f…