At the beginning of the month, Siemens Mobility and the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB successfully implemented ETCS Level 2 operation on the 57-kilometre route between Linz and Vöcklabruck.Read more
The Iricav Due consortium consisting of Italian industrial group Webuild (82.95 percent) and Hitachi Rail (17.05 percent) has won a new 1.8 billion euro digital signalling contract for a high-speed line between Verona and Padua,...Read more
The billion-pound plans to improve rail travel for passenger and freight operations to and from London have progressed further. Critical work took place over the last weekend in June to prepare for a digital future....Read more
Pledge, a UK-based climate-tech company has launched an open-access freight emissions calculator. The free-to-use calculator provides accredited calculations, offering freight forwarders valuable insights into how they can assist their customers in meeting emissions compliance regulations...Read more
Hitachi’s 1.7-billion-euro proposed acquisition of the Thales’ Ground Transportation (GTS) business could lead to a “substantial lessening of competition in the supply of digital mainline and urban signalling rail systems, impacting cost and service quality...Read more
No trains, late trains and cancelled trains. The British commuter is prepared to put up with a lot. Then the government said we’ll cancel your wifi. That has proved to be a signal passed at...Read more
Since the arrival of ECTS two decades ago, Europe’s rail sector has seen a remarkable shift, with the transformation of signalling systems and the ubiquitous roll-out of digital technology. But despite this many areas still...Read more
Instead of filling out a paper form, railway workers can now fill out a digital and dynamic form after welding works on the track. RailApp recently introduced an improved, dynamic welding registration form in the...Read more
Hitachi Rail UK is set to test new British-built trains, battery technology and digital solutions at a world-leading testing facility in Wales. Hitachi will use the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE), a new 400-million...Read more
Lithuanian railways (LTG) will test internet provided by Starlink satellites on its trains. The three-month pilot on a LTG Link train is scheduled to start in the second quarter of this year, making use of...Read more
Alstom has won a contract to design, supply and maintain onboard ETCS Level 2 signalling systems for 37 SNCB HLD77 locomotives over a period of 10 years.Read more
How does Metro Bilbao benefit from a fully integrated monitoring approach including sensors, software & analytics? Helmut Liebminger, CEO of voestalpine Signaling and Walter Serno, customer manager for Spain, talk about the modular product concept...Read more
From 11 April 2023 onwards, trains on the line between Copenhagen and Ringsted via Køge Nord will run on a new ERTMS-based digital signalling system. The system being rolled out by Danish infrastructure manager Banedanmark...Read more
It may be easier to win the National Lottery than to see inside an iconic example of 1960s brutalist railway architecture. Network Rail, the organisers of one-off public tours of the former Birmingham New Street...Read more
AnalysisDDoS attacks have increased in the past year, mainly targeting railways, and ransomware is the most common type of cyber attacks, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) finds in its first cyber threat landscape...Read more