Infrastructure Categories
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Civil Works · Bridges · Tunnels
Civil works, bridges and tunnels form the backbone of railway infrastructure across complex terrain. Suppliers in this category provide design, construction and maintenance services for structural elements such as bridges, tunnels, culverts and embankments. These works support track laying, drainage, access and long-term infrastructure stability.
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Noise Barriers
Noise barriers reduce sound pollution from passing trains, particularly in residential or urban areas. Suppliers in this category design and manufacture acoustic barrier systems that improve environmental compliance, reduce community disruption and support the acceptance of both passenger and freight rail operations.
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Platform Screen Doors
Platform screen doors are safety barriers installed at station platforms to separate passengers from the tracks until a train arrives. Suppliers in this category offer full-height or half-height systems that improve passenger safety, reduce track intrusion and enable climate control within underground and enclosed stations.
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Transport Modelling, Simulation & Planning
Transport modelling, simulation and planning tools help rail operators and infrastructure managers optimise their systems and services. These solutions include passenger flow analysis, timetable planning, capacity modelling, wheel-rail interaction simulation, energy consumption modelling and operational planning. They support decision-making for new infrastructure projects, upgrades and day-to-day operations, improving efficiency, safety and passenger experience.
Infrastructure News
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South Korea: Sudokwon High-Speed Line Opens
The South Korea Sudokwon high-speed line – for which Alstom supplied the interlocking system as well as the associated engineering services …
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New Chinese Signalling Joint Venture Wins First Contract
Bombardier Transportation announced yesterday that its Bombardier and New United Group (NUG) Signalling Solutions Co. Ltd. (BNS) joint ventu…
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Brazil: Salvador Metro Line 2 Opens
Less than two years after the work order that authorised the beginning of the works, Salvador Metro Line 2 received its first passengers. On…
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Alstom Obtains Certification for its Concrete Slab Track Solution
Alstom has received recognition from the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA), the German Railway Federal Authority, for NBT, its concrete slab track s…
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Mumbai Urban Transport Project Phase III Approved
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Mumbai Urban Transport Project Phase-III. The estimate…
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Metro de Santiago Awards €46million Station Construction Contract
Strukton International has been awarded a contract by Metro de Santiago S.A. to construct five underground stations at Line 3, one of...
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Platform 'Gap Fillers' Trial Reduces Incidents at Platform/Train Interface
A trial by Heathrow Express to use platform gap fillers has significantly reduced the number of incidents at the platform / train interface.…
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Increase Railway Depot Safety With the Zonegreen Points Converter
Designed to increase railway depot and workshop safety, the Zonegreen Points Converter allows the automation and remote operation of manual …
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Tram-Train Link Between Glasgow Airport and City Centre Proposed
The £144m Glasgow Airport Access Project, which is the flagship project for the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City deal...designed tram-…
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Clayton Equipment Demonstrates New Tunnelling Locomotive
Clayton Equipment successfully demonstrated the new LoCo™, a low cost, high performance tunnelling locomotive, at the unique Statfold Barn R…
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Autumn Statement: 'Significant Additional Funding' for UK Transport
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced yesterday in his Autumn Statement to Parliament, 'significant additional funding' for…
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Australia Shows Faith in Zonegreen Safety System
Technology developed by Sheffield-based Zonegreen will be protecting the 500-strong workforce at one of Australia’s most advanced rail depot…
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China's High-Speed Maglev Test Line to Complete in 2021
A high-speed maglev test line in Qingdao, with a length of no less than 5 kilometres, is expected to be completed by 2021. Shandong province…
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ERTMS: We've all heard of it, but how does it work?
ERTMS: This tried and tested system will replace traditional railway signals with a computer display inside every train cab, reducing the co…
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Hitachi Intercity Trains Begin Digital Signalling Tests
Hitachi Intercity Trains, bound for passenger service on the Great Western route from 2017, have begun testing digital technology designed t…
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The New Generation of Live Tracking
The New Generation of Live Tracking from Frauscher makes it simpler for system integrators and railway operators to obtain the information t…
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Australia: Three New Stations and up to 3,000 Jobs On Mernda Rail
The Victorian Government will build three state-of-the-art stations at Marymede, Mernda and Hawkstowe as part of the Mernda Rail Extension P…
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Canada: Opening Date for Evergreen Extension Revealed
The $1.43-billion rapid transit Evergreen extension will officially open to the public on Dec. 2, 2016, Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Linda Reime…
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Virgin Trains Unveils Vision for Station of the Future
In a radical new open plan design, Birmingham International’s ticket office has been transformed, the traditional booking window is now a th…
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Hyperloop One: Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 Minutes
Hyperloop One and the United Arab Emirates are on the fast track to building out the first hyperloop system. H1 recently announced it would …
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The Riyadh Metro: Getting the People of Riyadh Moving
One of the challenges all big cities face is moving its people effectively and public transport has a huge role to play here. The Riyadh met…
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Citybanan in Stockholm to open in July 2017
On July 10 2017, the Citybanan cross-city tunnel under Stockholm will open for revenue. Construction of two new commuter rail stations and t…
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Dubai to Abu Dhabi in just 12 minutes... impossible? Not with Hyperloop One!
The journey which is 99 miles long and normally takes about two hours by car, could be done in a mere 12 minutes in the hyperloop; a new tra…
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Tamping Machine Upgrades from Plasser & Theurer
Upgrade your tamping machine with laser devices for surveying work: the levelling and alignment laser for plain track and the curve laser sy…
