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December 21, 2022 | Financial

Salcef Group reaches agreement to acquire track works business FVCF

Deal including machinery and qualified personnel will give the group a strong presence in Southern Italy.

September 16, 2022 | Infrastructure

DB awards Vossloh contract for rail grinding on 12,000km of track

Vossloh will deploy its high-speed grinding technology on core network.

September 13, 2022 | Track

Condition monitoring of points to increase in Finland

Measurement technology deployed to optimise maintenance.

August 23, 2022 | Infrastructure

DB estimates faulty sleeper replacement to cost several hundred million euros

Two-month long inspection of 200,000 sleepers to be completed this month.

June 1, 2022 | Infrastructure

Hilton Kommunal shows new road-rail catenary maintenance vehicle at IAF

The supplier says the vehicle is the tallest road-rail vehicle in Europe.

June 1, 2022 | Infrastructure

Matisa shows new measuring trolley at IAF

Matisa has a patent pending for its new inertial measuring trolley.

March 29, 2022 | Infrastructure

ProRail launches lineside sustainable maintenance pilot project 

ProRail has decided to maintain lineside areas separately from the track and has launched a pilot project to outsource this activity.

March 2, 2022 | Infrastructure

Hitachi-led trial to predict track quality in Scotland

Perpetuum sensor equipment fitted to trains expected to be able to predict where track maintenance is required.

September 3, 2021 | Technology

Showcase: Flame cutting on grooved rails

Whenever an axle counter or a wheel sensor needs to be mounted on a grooved rail, the rail sidewall must first be separated.

August 31, 2021 | Technology

Showcase: Ground penetrating radar brings technological leap in track inspection

While ground penetrating radar (GPR) has primarily been used for preventive inspection of the track bed and the substructure in the past, advances in technology are opening new possibilities to use radar technology in track maintenance with Plasser & Theurer now incorporating GPR into track maintenance machines.

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