IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: Linsinger, Austria, showed a prototype self-propelled grinding machine suitable for use in metros, and trials are planned later this year on the Berlin U-Bahn.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: SIEMENS says it has delivered eight of the 19 Avenio QEC low-floor LRVs for Qatar’s Education City light rail line, while the remaining 11 vehicles are at the company’s Wildenrath test centre in northwest Germany.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced its new brand for overnight services as well as further details of its plans for night trains, some of which will be taken over from German Rail (DB) in December 2016.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: German Rail (DB), French National Railways (SNCF) and Italian State Railways (FS) have agreed to establish a permanent governance structure for the exchange of timetable and fares data.
THE governor of the US state of Connecticut Mr Dannel Malloy has confirmed that Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will purchase 60 additional M-8 EMU cars from Kawasaki by 2019 to meet surging ridership demand on Metro North Railroad's New Haven Line.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: Despite not having any trains on show at InnoTrans this year, Bombardier unveiled two new trains along with a system to improve infrastructure management.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: STADLER CEO Mr Peter Spuler and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) CEO Mr Andreas Meyer jointly unveiled SBB’s new 250km/h RABe 501 Giruno EMU at InnoTrans on September 21.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: SIEMENS presented the first driverless Inspiro metro train for Riyadh metro Line 1 (Blue Line) to representatives of Arriyadh Development Authority (ARA) at InnoTrans on September 20.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: ALL of China's new metro line projects are now required to utilise long term evolution (LTE) as the basis for their communications network, with many set to host CBTC for metro train operation over the platform.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: POLISH tram and bus manufacturer Solaris and Stadler Rail announced on September 20 that the two companies will launch a new strategic partnership to bid for contracts to supply light rail vehicles in Poland and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe.
