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DfT Invests £3.6 Million to Support Innovation in Rail
Funding from the Department for Transportation and Innovate UK has been offered to 10 projects that will transform rail passenger travel. Su…
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CRRC Debuts New Generation of Driverless Monorail Trains
On February 01, Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC introduced a new generation of driverless monorail trains that increase passenger ca…
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New Rail Welding Technology Proves Successful Worldwide
Plasser & Theurer has many years of experience in rail welding. Flash-butt welding machines offer technological advantages for the durable j…
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£680,000 Project to Transform the Maintenance of Rail Vehicles
Experts at the University of Huddersfield are playing a central role in a £680,000 project designed to transform the maintenance of rail veh…
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Transport for NSW Integrates with Alexa for Real-Time Information
Now Transport for NSW customers will be able to hear an answer to that question in a flash with Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service av…
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ByteToken’s Innovative Ticketing Technology Wins Prestigious Industry Award
ByteToken, Ltd in association with its parent company Bytemark Inc. were the big winners at the recent Transport Ticketing Global Awards in …
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ClearSy Installs Innovative Platform Screen Doors Control System in Stockholm
In Stockholm City and Stockholm Odenplan stations, COPPILOT, the platform screen doors control system designed by ClearSy, is now in charge …
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UK Transport Industry Warned to Boost Cyber Security or Face Hefty Fines
Bosses of Britain’s most critical industries are being warned to boost cyber security or face hefty fines for leaving themselves vulnerable …
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WiFi SPARK to Provide Friendly WiFi Option to All Customers for No Extra Cost
As a certified Friendly WiFi provider, WiFi SPARK’s new proposition gives businesses peace of mind that their customers’ online experience i…
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Positive Train Control in the US: A Vital, Complex and Expensive Technology
Positive Train Control (PTC) is a train protection technology we have heard a lot about in the past few years. After a series of accidents i…
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Revolutionary Maintenance Machine for Overhead Lines Passes the Ultimate Endurance Test
The revolutionary Plasser & Theurer maintenance machine for overhead lines, the HTW 100 E³, passed the ultimate endurance test in the Climat…
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Baselland Transport Tests Collision Warning System for its Trams
The light rail collision warning system used combines a video camera and a radar sensor with a control unit. The radar sensor detects the sp…
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Congestion Monitoring and Project Performance for the Latest 48-Hour HackTrain Hackathon
120 software developers, data scientists, designers, policy makers and entrepreneurs from all over the world were invited to join HackTrain …
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Dutch Freight Line to Trial Automatic Train Operation
Alstom has signed an agreement with the Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) to perform Automatic Train Op…
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Search for Lighter Train Bogies Turns to Carbon Fibre and 3D Printing
Research at the University of Huddersfield could lead to new generations of railway vehicles with carbon fibre frames and key components mad…
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Virgin Hyperloop One Publicly Unveils its First-Generation Travel Pod
Virgin Hyperloop One, the only company in the world that has built a full-scale hyperloop system, is sharing its vision for a seamless trave…
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New Adidas Trainers Double as a Public Transport Pass
German operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) has partnered with Adidas Originals to release a very unique shoe, the Adidas EQT Support 93…
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Handheld Launches the NAUTIZ X9 Outdoor-Rugged Android PDA
Handheld Group, a leading manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, today announced the new NAUTIZ X9: an ultra-rugged enterprise handheld bu…
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Freight Trains in Britain to be Upgraded With New Digital Technology
A major multi-million pound contract that will ultimately see freight trains in Great Britain upgraded with technology to make them safer...
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Plasser & Theurer Launch New SmartCatalog App
In addition to the printed spare parts catalogues, Plasser & Theurer now offer a modern option to find original spare parts: the new SmartCa…
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Amtrak Launches FindYourWay App for New York's Penn Station
Amtrak has launched FindYourWay, a real-time customer information beacon technology-enabled app, for exclusive use inside New York Penn Stat…
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Alstom to Equip Adif's Laboratory Trains With Latest ERTMS Technology
Alstom has been awarded a project by the Spanish railway infrastructure manager Adif to equip three laboratory trains with its latest ERTMS …
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Pioneering the use of Liquid Natural Gas as Locomotive Fuel
The locomotives utilise a liquid natural gas “kit” that allows for dual fuel capabilities. FEC’s LNG-Diesel engine technology burns 80% less…
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New Joint Facility to Develop Augmented Vehicle Technology
In the short term, the research undertaken by Surferlab will focus on "the augmented vehicle" to produce connected, cooperative, and autonom…