SWISS Port Railway (HBSAG), which operates two River Rhine ports in Basle, one of the most important junctions on the Rotterdam - Genoa TEN-T rail corridor, opened a new railway control centre in Kleinhünigen on July 3.

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has become the 11th member of Europe’s Eulynx Initiative which was formed in 2014 by railways and infrastructure managers to standardise signalling architecture and interfaces.

ITALIAN Rail Network (RFI) has awarded Ansaldo STS a two-year €100m technical assistance and maintenance contract for its train control solutions installed across the Italian main line and high-speed network.

SWITZERLAND’s Southeastern Railway (SOB), has announced it is planning a pilot project to study the viability of automatic train operation (ATO) on a mixed traffic line, the first application of such technology on a Swiss mainline railway.

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded a £9m contract to Atkins to upgrade signalling on a section of the Cornish Main Line.

RESEARCHERS at the University of Huddersfield have developed a new software tool which harnesses big data to reduce the risk of Signals Passed at Danger (Spad) incidents.

BELT Railway of Chicago (BRC) has signed a $US 22m contract with Wabtec for the design, installation, testing and commission of Positive Train Control (PTC), which will be completed in 2018.

SWEDISH traffic management specialist (CTC) Cactus Rail has won an order to deliver CTC for a test track on the Åby - Katrineholm line as well as interchanges at Strångsjö and Simonstorp.

SOUTH Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) has awarded Wabtec a contract worth around $US 40m to design, install and commission Positive Train Control (PTC) on the 114km Tri-Rail commuter line from Mangonia Park to West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami.

ACCORDING to a global study of railway infrastructure suppliers by SCI Verkehr, while Siemens and Voestalpine are still the market leaders, Chinese manufacturers are catching up, which SCI says is due to advancing digitalisation in signalling and train control and profound changes in the international steel market.