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November 10, 2020 | Signalling

JR East to trial ATO and 5G on Joetsu Shinkansen

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) has announced plans to test Automatic Train Operation (ATO) at GoA 4 and 5G telecommunications on E7 series trains on a section of the Joetsu Shinkansen.

November 6, 2020 | Rolling stock

Athens Metro awards Line 4 construction contract

ATHENS Metro has awarded a $US 1.8bn contract for the construction of the first phase of its 38.2km Line 4 metro project to an Avax-led consortium, which also includes Alstom and Ghella.

November 4, 2020 | Signalling

University of Birmingham completes new digital rail systems research facility

BRITAIN’s University of Birmingham has announced the completion of work on a new purpose-built research centre for the development of digital rail technologies.

November 3, 2020 | Policy

ERA becomes European Union’s sole certification authority

THE European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has become the sole authority for the certification and authorisation of rolling stock across the entire European Union (EU), following the expiry of a deadline for member states to transpose the Technical Pillar of the Fourth Railway Package into national law on October 31.

October 30, 2020 | Telecoms

Panama Metro Line 3 rolling stock and systems contract signed

A consortium of Hitachi, Hitachi Rail STS and Mitsubishi has signed an $US 883m contract with HPH Consortium, the prime contractor for the Panama Metro Line 3 monorail project, to supply rolling stock and equip the 25km line.

October 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Egypt awards contract for Alexandria light rail line modernisation

EGYPT’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) awarded a contract on October 27 for the design and supervision of the €360m rehabilitation of Alexandria’s 13.8km Raml light rail line to a Systra-led consortium.

October 29, 2020 | Signalling

CRRC Zhuzhou Institute releases fully automatic signalling system

CRRC Zhuzhou Institute released its fully automatic operation (FAO) tSafer-UC3000 signalling system during last week’s 2020 Beijing International Metro Transit Exhibition, which the company says provides a more comprehensive urban rail signalling solution.

October 28, 2020 | Signalling

Norway begins testing of onboard ETCS

NORWAY has begun testing of onboard ETCS ahead of introducing trains equipped with the system into commercial operation from 2021.

October 19, 2020 | Telecoms

Europe boosts spectrum allocation for Intelligent Transport Systems

THE European Commission (EC) has agreed to adopt the 5.9GHz band for the exchange of real-time information on safety conditions in connected transport. The ruling effectively doubles the level of available spectrum for safety-critical communications used by intelligent transport systems (ITS) in metro, light and suburban rail networks as well as by road vehicles.

October 13, 2020 | Signalling

Czech Republic approves ETCS rollout timetable

THE Czech Ministry of Transport’s (MDCR) Committee to Increase Traffic Safety has approved a timetable for the rollout of ETCS on all Czech core Trans-European Network for Transport (TEN-T) lines by 2030 during a meeting on October 8.

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