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Rail Baltica to Scan Former Military Site for Unexploded Ordnance
An ex-military site in Latvia is being scanned for unexploded ordnance as part of a Rail Baltica greenfield railway infrastructure project.
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KCS Calls CN Bid 'Superior' as the US DOJ Says CN-KCS Merger Poses Greater Risk to Competition
Kansas City Southern has called Canadian National's acquisition bid superior to that made by Canadian Pacific, but the US DOJ has concerns.
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Sydney's Newest Metro Stations Announced
The Sydney Metro West project has announced two new stations – Pyrmont, and Hunter Street in the city's central business district.
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UK Rail to Extend Timetables as Travel Restrictions Ease
UK rail companies have added more than 2,500 daily services to their timetables, which come into play today.
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Captrain Subsidiary Orders New Siemens Vectron Dual Mode Locomotives
Captrain subsidiary ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft has ordered two Siemens Mobility Vectron dual mode locomotives to be delivered in 2021.
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HS2 Launches First Giant Tunnelling Machine
HS2 has deployed the first of 10 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will be used during phase one of the UK’s new high speed railway.
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Alstom on Track for a Successful Integration of Bombardier
Alstom has published its 2020-21 results and provided an update on its continuing integration of Bombardier Transportation.
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ORR Concerned about Siemens and Alstom Market Dominance
In its update paper into the state of the British railway signalling market, the ORR has expressed concern about Siemens / Alstom dominance.
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Hitachi Rail Issues Class 800 Recovery Plan
Hitachi Rail has issued a service recovery plan for reintroducing the Class 800 trains back into service, following the detection of cracks.
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Loss of Power Equals Loss of Data? Not with the intreXis DC Power Manager
With four main functions, the DC Power Manager from intreXis offers fail-safe operation for uninterrupted power supplies.
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Alstom Adapts Euroduplex Trains for Spanish Network
Four Avelia Euroduplex trains have come into service on Spain’s high-speed rail network after conversion by Alstom and SNCF.
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FirstGroup Agrees Termination Fee with DfT for TransPennine Express
FirstGroup, the company that owns the train operating company TransPennine Express, has agreed a termination fee with the DfT.
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Reviewers Appointed for Rail Baltica Technical Design in Latvia
RB Rail AS has appointed reviewers to assess the detailed technical design of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway line in Latvia.
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Network Rail and RIBA Announce Railway Station Design Competition Winner
Edinburgh-based 7N Architects has won a Network Rail and RIBA competition to shape Britain’s future railways.
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Artificial Intelligence to Increase Rail Track Safety
The project will investigate the use of an innovative track monitoring system that uses AI to detect anomalies on the track infrastructure.
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Mace and Dragados Wins HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street Station Contract
HS2 has confirmed that a team made up of Mace and Dragados will build Birmingham’s new city centre high speed railway station.
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Cracks in Bogies of Hitachi-Built Class 800 Trains Sees Them Withdrawn from Service
The UK's Class 800 high-speed trains have been withdrawn from service after cracks were found in their lifting blocks on the bogies.
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Connecting Europe Express to Visit 26 Countries as Part of the European Year of Rail
The European Commission has announced the route of the Connected Europe Express as part of the European Year of Rail.
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Case Study: Delivering Bespoke Elevated Cable Management
PACE Infrastructure Solutions were contracted to provide a bespoke elevated cable management system for a London Bridge Thameslink project.
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Stadler and Siemens Mobility Consortium Wins Contract to Upgrade Lisbon Metro
A Stadler and Siemens Mobility consortium has won a contract to provide the Lisbon Metro with a signalling system and fleet of new trains.
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Smart Sensor Systems for a Strong Railway Infrastructure
Intelligent sensor systems enable realistic simulations. Optimal timetables can be calculated on the basis of digital twins, for example.
