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September 12, 2019 | Europe

Shift2Rail selects 17 projects from 2019 call for proposals

THE European Union’s Shift2Rail (S2R) joint undertaking (JU) has selected 17 projects worth €148.6m under the 2019 Call for Proposals for Research & Innovation Activities. S2R will co-fund up to €74.8m of the project costs.

September 11, 2019 | Fleet

Next-generation TGVs to have improved braking

ALSTOM has awarded a framework contract to Knorr-Bremse to supply a faster-reacting design of braking system as well HVAC for installation on the next-generation high-speed trains being supplied to French National Railways (SNCF).

September 6, 2019 | Europe

Banedanmark to develop digital twin of railway infrastructure

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark has awarded Fugro, the Netherlands, a four-year framework agreement to produce digital surveys of infrastructure using the supplier’s Rila train-border lidar scanning system.

September 3, 2019 | Technology

Smarter power grids open up new opportunities

As electrification systems become more complex, ABB is looking to create tools that allow infrastructure managers to have better control of their networks. David Burroughs talks to ABB’s Claus Vetter about the company’s strategy to develop a line protection suite.

August 29, 2019 | Fleet

TMH unveils hybrid shunting locomotive

IRJ at Pro/Motion Expo, Shcherbinka, Russia: Transmashholding (TMH) unveiled its TEM5X concept hybrid shunting locomotive on August 28, which it says is the first such locomotive developed in Russia.

August 29, 2019 | Technology

DB Cargo intelligent freight wagon programme reaches halfway mark

DB Cargo has reached the halfway mark in a programme to equip its entire fleet of 68,000 freight wagons with telematics and sensors.

August 28, 2019 | Technology

Russian Railways demonstrates driverless EMU at Shcherbinka

RUSSIA’s deputy prime minister Mr Maxim Akimov and the chairman of Russian Railways (RZD) Mr Oleg Belozerov took a test trip on Russia’s first driverless passenger train, a Lastochka (Swallow) EMU, on the Shcherbinka test track near Moscow during a railway exhibition on August 28.

August 28, 2019 | Fleet

ÖBB battery-electric train to carry passengers next month

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) confirmed on August 24 that its prototype Siemens Desiro ML battery-electric multiple unit will be tested in passenger service next month.

August 28, 2019 | Middle East

CAF supplies remote condition monitoring for Saudi passenger fleet

SAUDI Railway Company (SAR) has awarded CAF a contract to roll out its LeadMind remote monitoring and condition-based maintenance system on the North - South Railway passenger train fleet.

August 26, 2019 | Fleet

DB Cargo and Siemens sign condition-based maintenance contract

GERMAN Rail (DB) rail freight subsidiary DB Cargo has signed a contract with Siemens to carry out condition-based and predictive maintenance on more than 250 electric locomotives.

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