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July 29, 2020 | Financial

Shift2Rail approves €75.4m funding for 19 projects

THE Shift2Rail (S2R) joint venture (JV) has announced that it will provide up to €75.4m in funding for 19 projects worth a total of €147.7m under the 2020 call for proposals for research and innovation (R&I) activities.

July 29, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Konux improves switch monitoring

KONUX has released its predictive maintenance system for switches, which is designed to help infrastructure managers increase network capacity, prolong asset lifetime, and make maintenance more efficient.

July 28, 2020 | Technology

Construction launched for Bremervörde hydrogen train filling station

CONSTRUCTION of the first hydrogen filling station for passenger trains in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, will begin in September, following a ground-breaking ceremony on July 28.

July 28, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Weld sealing automated with Autoseal

PANDROL has developed an Autoseal mould, which eliminates the need for manual sealing of rail aluminothermic welds.

July 26, 2020 | Technology

VDE study finds battery trains 35% cheaper than hydrogen

A study of the cost-effectiveness of battery electric multiple units (BEMU) and hydrogen electric multiple units (HEMU) as alternatives to diesel found that BEMUs could be up to €59m (35%) less expensive to buy and operate compared with their hydrogen fuel cell equivalents.

July 23, 2020 | Technology

Construction begins on Calais intermodal terminal

WORK on a new €31m intermodal terminal in Calais began on July 9, following a ceremony attended by officials from Leipzig-based freight operator CargoBeamer, Calais city council and the Hauts-de-France regional government.

July 23, 2020 | Technology

Adif hit by cyberattack

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has been hit by a cyberattack in which hackers have claimed to have taken 800GB of data including correspondence and contracts.

July 20, 2020 | Technology

Adif awards €53m systems contract for Pajares New Line project

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has awarded a €53m contract to a consortium of Alstom, Indra and San José Construction Group to supply tunnel safety and security systems for the Pajares New Line project.

July 20, 2020 | Passenger

Controlling occupancy levels in real-time

With public transport operators currently adapting to social distancing guidelines, new technologies are helping to reassure passengers that services are safe to use, as Init project manager Georg König explains.

July 17, 2020 | News

Siemens secures CBTC contract for Buenos Aires metro Line D

SIEMENS has been awarded contract by Buenos Aires metro authority (Sbase) for the installation of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) on the 11km Line D of the Subte network.

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