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Irish Rail S3 Passenger Environment Now Migrated to AWS Cloud
Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail successfully migrated to the Sqills S3 Passenger SaaS cloud environment as of 24 March 2021.
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Alstom Wins 1.4 Billion Euro Contract in Spain
Spain: Renfe has signed a contract with Alstom for 152 high-capacity X'Trapolis commuter trains worth in excess of 1.4 billion euros.
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HS2 High-Voltage Power Supply Systems Suppliers Shortlisted
HS2 Ltd has published its shortlist of companies it has asked to tender for the high-speed railway's high-voltage power supply systems.
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Chicago Transport Operator Orders 200 Alstom Push-Pull Railcars
Metra, Chicago's rail operator, has ordered 200 push-pull railcars from Alstom. The board approved a procurement of 500 units in total.
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Hitachi Rail Uses Knorr-Bremse for Turin Trams
Hitachi Rail has contracted Knorr-Bremse and two of its subsidiaries to provide braking, entrance and HVAC systems for 30 trams for Turin.
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Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern Propose Merger
Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, two Class 1 railroads, have agreed on a merger deal worth 29 billion USD.
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SENSIT Sensors – Now Available in a White Box!
SENSIT sensors are now available in a new white box, RAL 9003 white, helping the sensors blend in with their surroundings.
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Greenbrier to Build 100 Intermodal Twin Wagons for GBRf
Greenbrier will build 100 60' intermodal twin wagons for GB Railfreight. Porterbrook will purchase the units and lease them to GBRf.
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Transport Committee Calls for Rolling Programme of Electrification
The Transport Committee has published a report, Trains Fit for the Future?, which calls for a 30-year rolling programme of electrification.
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Siemens Mobility and VTG Rail Europe Test Automated Brake Testing for Freight Trains
Siemens Mobility and VTG Rail Europe will test the Brake Monitoring System which can perform automated brake testing for freight trains.
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The Railway-News Magazine Issue 1 2021 Is Here!
We've published our first issue of 2021 with a new, intuitive look and more interactive features such as embedded videos.
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HS2 Casts First of 112,000 Chiltern Tunnel Wall Segments
HS2 has cast the first of 112,000 wall segments for the high-speed railway's 10-mile Chiltern tunnel outside of London.
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Webuild Wins Billion Euro Railway Contract in Sicily
Webuild has won a railway contract in Sicily worth €1 billion. The contract is for doubling the railway line between Messina and Catania.
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Pinpointing Core to Earth Faults for a Safer Rail Network
Bender’s Rail Signalling Power Monitoring systems have been the principal method of tracking and locating faults on railways for two decades…
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Siemens Mobility Wins Sydney Rail Modernisation Contracts
Siemens Mobility has been awarded two contracts by the New South Wales Government to upgrade the signalling technology on the Sydney metro.
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Network Rail Publishes Railway Resilience Report following Stonehaven Derailment
Network Rail has published an updated report on the resilience of the railways following the Stonehaven derailment.
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Hitachi Rail Wins Major Railcar Contract with WMATA
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has awarded Hitachi a contract for 256 8000-series railcars with options for 544 more.
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HS2: Work Begins on UK's Longest Rail Viaduct
Work has begun on what will be the UK's longest rail viaduct – the Colne Valley Viaduct to the northwest of London, measuring 3.4km.
