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December 31, 2018 | Freight

Rio Tinto completes automation of Pilbara rail network

RIO Tinto announced on December 28 that it has successfully completed its $US 940m AutoHaul project to automate the operation of its 1700km heavy-haul rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, which it says is now the “world’s largest robot and first automated heavy-haul, long-distance rail network.”

December 20, 2018 | Signalling

Dutch launch main line Automatic Train Operation trials

DUTCH infrastructure manager ProRail began testing Automatic Train Operation (ATO) on the country’s main line rail network on December 19, when an ETCS Level 2-equipped V100 diesel locomotive operated by Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) ran in ATO mode on the freight-only Betuweroute.

December 18, 2018 | Signalling

Swiss ATO pilot set for December 2019 launch

SWITZERLAND’s Southeastern Railway (SOB) announced on December 17 that a panel of judges has selected a winning concept for an Automatic Train Operation (ATO) pilot, which SOB is implementing as part of the Swiss Smartrail 4.0 programme.

December 13, 2018 | Technology

SNCF selects Hastus solution for TGV resource management

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has begun deploying the Hastus solution developed by Giro to manage material and human resources for the TGV high-speed network, following the rollout of the software on Transilien lines in the Paris region.

December 5, 2018 | Policy

AAR calls for pro-innovation approach to rail freight automation regulations

THE Association of American Railroads (AAR) filed comments with the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) on November 3, calling on the agency to extend the same pro-innovation approach to private freight railroads that is afforded to highway vehicles when preparing regulations on automation.

December 4, 2018 | Technology

Netinera signs contract for IVU.rail platform

ITALIAN State Railways’ (FS) German subsidiary Netinera signed a four-year contract with IVU Traffic Technologies in Berlin on December 4, to deploy the IVU.rail platform for fleet and staff planning and dispatch.

November 29, 2018 | Technology

Light rail speed and position supervision system on test in Hong Kong

MTR Corporation has begun trialling an integrated speed and position supervision system (iSPS) developed by MTR engineers on three light rail routes in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong, which enables real-time speed monitoring of LRVs.

November 27, 2018 | Technology

3D Pantograph monitoring system installed on Heathrow Airport line

CAMLIN Rail, Britain, has installed its Pantobot 3D pantograph monitoring system on the branch line serving London’s Heathrow airport.

November 21, 2018 | Technology

Russian Railways to invest Roubles 150bn in digitalisation by 2025

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has indicated it intends to spend up to Roubles 150bn ($US 2.2bn) on digitalisation up to 2025.

November 2, 2018 | Main line

EU research project unlocks the potential of under-utilised lines

Dr David Fletcher and Dr Jon Paragreen from the University of Sheffield explain the results of the NeTIRail-Infra project, which studied solutions to improve the productivity of conventional lines.

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