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July 2, 2019 | Technology

Network Rail awards drone inspection framework contract

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded drone provider Heliguy part of an Unmanned Aircraft Services (USA) framework agreement worth up to £2.6m.

July 1, 2019 | Technology

Škoda integrates Lokel into new Škoda Digital subsidiary

ŠKODA Transportation has merged Lokel, which the company acquired in 2013, and Škoda’s Superior Control department in Pilsen to establish a new subsidiary, Škoda Digital.

June 27, 2019 | Signalling

Network Rail publishes digital signalling plan

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has published a long-term plan for the deployment of ETCS. The plan is a response to a request last year by the Department for Transport that future signalling renewals should be digital, or at least digital-ready beyond NR’s 2019-2026 Control Period 6 (CP6) investment plan.

June 27, 2019 | Technology

Sydney Trains commissions new incident management system

SYDNEY Trains has fully launched Frequentis’ Incident and Crisis Management (ICM) solution on its network to improve the way it manages and resolves incidents.

June 26, 2019 | News

SNCF aims for zero emissions by 2035

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has announced a plan to eliminate emissions - both greenhouse gases and particulates - by 2035 as part of its contribution to achieving France’s zero net emissions target in 2050. This is despite a 20% forecast increase in passenger and freight traffic in France by 2050.

June 26, 2019 | Technology

New iPhone app supports visually-impaired passengers

A British university student has developed and launched an iPhone app designed to help make rail travel more accessible for blind and visually-impaired travellers by alerting them when they are approaching their station.

June 18, 2019 | Light Rail

Thales to supply CBTC for Ottawa LRT stage 2 project

EAST-West Connectors has awarded Thales a contract to provide the SelTrac CBTC system for the City of Ottawa’s stage 2 O-Train Confederation Line extension project.

June 18, 2019 | Financial

S&T purchases Kapsch subsidiaries

S&T has entered into an agreement with Kapsch-Group Investment, Austria, to purchase 100% of the shares of Kapsch CarrierCom, including its subsidiaries and its operative business area Kapsch PublicTransportCom.

June 14, 2019 | Technology

DB tests AI-equipped customer service robot

GERMAN Rail (DB) has begun testing a Socio Empathic Human-Machine Interaction (Semmi) customer service robot which, using artificial intelligence, is able to answer customer queries.

June 14, 2019 | Freight

Rio Tinto completes rollout of driverless heavy-haul freight system

RIO Tinto has completed the rollout of the $A 940m ($US 648.5m) AutoHaul driverless heavy-haul freight project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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