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Railway-News Industry Insider: 11 Must-Read Rail Stories for Week 44

The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 29 October – 2 November 2018: all the key news from the major industry players such as Alstom…

ProRail to Play Key Role in Implementing ERTMS in the Netherlands

ProRail, which is part of NS Railinfratrust (RIT), the Dutch rail infrastructure owner, will play a central role in implementing ERTMS in th…

Weekly Railway News Bulletin: 17–21 Sep 2018

The weekly railway news roundup for the week 17–21 September 2018: all the news from the rail industry with a focus on InnoTrans 2018, as we…

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…

Norway: Bane NOR Awards Contract for Installation of ERTMS to Alstom

Bane NOR, the Norwegian railway authority, has awarded a contract to equip the entire Norwegian railway fleet with the European Rail Traffic…

Norway's Rail Network Goes Digital With Siemens ETCS Technology

Bane NOR, the state-owned agency responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure, has contracted Siemens to upgrade the signal…

Thales to Provide Next-Generation Rail Traffic Management System to Norway

Bane NOR is planning the procurement of a new signalling system based on the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) standard. The g…

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…

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 …

UK: Hitachi’s New Intercity Trains Pass Digital Technology Tests

Hitachi’s new intercity trains, due to enter passenger service this autumn, have passed tests to run their digital technology required by th…

East Coast Mainline Train First with Baseline 3 ETCS-Compatible Technology

Angel Trains Ltd has delivered the first UK Designated Body (DeBo) certified Class 180 train fitted with the new European Train Control Syst…

State Aid for Danish Rail Freight ERTMS Implementation Approved

All regional and long-distance rail tracks operated by the Danish State will gradually be converted to the European Rail Traffic Management …

Increasing Capacity on the London Underground

Capacity can be improved, especially on busy networks, by switching from fixed block signalling to moving block signalling.

Satellite Technology for Rail Traffic Management Completes Testing

The testing of the ERSAT EAV system, the satellite technology for monitoring and safely managing rail traffic on conventional secondary, loc…

ETCS Technology Installed on Network Rail’s Class 313 Trains

Alstom has completed the upgrade of its ETCS technology, Atlas 200, on Network Rail’s Class 313 test train, so that it is now compatible wit…

European Commission Sets Date for ERTMS Implementation

ERTMS allows trains to run seamlessly across borders by replacing differing national technical systems. The plan sets new targets until 2023…

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…

Alstom Achieves a World First, with Successful Test of ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3 Application in Denmark

Alstom and Banedanmark have successfully tested an ETCS (European Train Control System) level 2 baseline 3 application for the first time ev…

Post-Brexit Britain Railways

A brief look at the impact Brexit would have on Britain's railways – Post-Brexit Britain Railways will lack European regulations, and fundin…

Gotthard Base Tunnel – A Ground Breaking Project

A look at the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel running beneath the alps.

Iberian Rail Development Conference Comes to Madrid

Iberian Rail Development Conference Comes to Madrid on 7 June 2016 to discuss the most pressing issues facing the rail industry in the regio…

Smart Rail Europe 2016 Comes to Amsterdam

MERMEC Group signs contracts for ERTMS/ETCS Signalling on Thénia – Tizi Ouzou line in Algeria

Europe: 12th UIC ERTMS World Conference 2016