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November 17, 2020 | Technology

IRJ In-Brief - Technology: Shenzhen Metro tests smart windows; Bombardier's predictive maintenance service for signalling; Rumo start-up programme winners revealed

China: Shenzhen Metro, in collaboration with Wabtec and CRRC Nanjing Puzhen, will install and test six Wabtec Smart Windows in one of its six-car Type A trains which operate on metro Line 6.

November 17, 2020 | Infrastructure

LTG Infra to upgrade rolling stock control systems

LITHUANIAN infrastructure manager LTG Infra has launched a market sounding exercise to develop a new Automated Rolling Stock Control System (Raks), which will include gauge monitors and hot box detectors.

November 17, 2020 | Tenders

Rail Baltica seeks CCS supervisory contractor

RB Rail, which oversees the Rail Baltica project, has issued a tender for an engineering services contractor to supervise the design, procurement and installation of control, command and signalling systems on the line.

November 17, 2020 | Financial

Alstom renews brake supply contract with Knorr-Bremse

ALSTOM has extended its existing framework contract with Knorr-Bremse for the supply of the KBGM-P braking system until the end of 2025.

November 17, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom unveils new trains for Montreal REM

THE first four-car driverless metro train for Montreal’s Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) automated light metro project were unveiled by Alstom on November 16.

November 17, 2020 | Policy

Welsh government unveils draft 20-year transport strategy

THE Welsh government has released its draft 20 year transport strategy, which aims to reduce transport emissions by 2040 and reshape travel options by embracing a new sustainable transport hierarchy that favours investment in greener transport options.

November 16, 2020 | Europe

Fehmarn Belt tunnel project lawsuits dismissed

THE Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has dismissed six appeals against the construction of the German section of the Fehmarn Belt tunnel project between Denmark and Germany.

November 16, 2020 | Policy

French rail budget to increase in 2021

FRENCH transport minister Mr Jean-Baptiste Djebbari presented the 2021 provisional rail budget to parliament on November 10, in advance of the budget being debated and signed into law in December.

November 16, 2020 | Asia

Pakistan Railways to open first section of Karachi Circular Railway

PAKISTAN Railways (PR) will resume services on a restored 14km section of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) on November 19.

November 16, 2020 | Financial

SNCB secures grant for ETCS pilot upgrade

BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) has received a €2.4m grant from the European Union (EU) to support a pilot project to upgrade onboard ETCS signalling and control systems from ETCS Level 2 Baseline 2 to ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3.

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