SCNF, DB Cargo and KLM complete programme of Intelligent Rail Summit
With the addition of DB Cargo, SNCF and KLM/Air France, the programme of the Intelligent Rail Summit 2019 has been completed. During the rail conference that takes place from 19 to 21 November at the...Read more
New Russian railbus expands geography of routes
After introducing on the Sakhalin island network, the brand new railbuses of RA-3 type have started to run on the Briansk – Orel route. The latter provides connection between the administrative centres of Briansk and...Read more
First large contract for Stadler in Pacific region
Stadler Rail will supply 34 diesel-electric locomotives to Taiwan. It is the first large contract for the Swiss rolling stock manufacturer in the Pacific region. The vehicles will be produced at the Stadler’s plant in...Read more
Turkish company equips its trams with Polish pantographs
Krakow-based technology company EC Engineering has manufactured the first pantograph of 120EC type for the Turkish supplier Durmazlar. Totally, the Polish producer should assemble 24 pantographs for the Turkish partner. They will be installed on...Read more
New inspection train will monitor high-speed rails in Spain
Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo will supply the new inspection train to the country’s rail infrastructure manager Adif. The vehicle costs 39 million Euros. It will be used by Adif to monitor the high-speed rails...Read more
Germany will test first autonomous tram in automated depot
Six German companies and institutions led by Siemens Mobility will provide the joint research project. It is devoted to exploring the options for the autonomous tram in a fully automated tram depot. The study is...Read more
Finnish Railways develops solution to monitor bogies
VR FleetCare, a subsidiary of Finnish national railway company VR Group, intends to develop and introduce the data-driven solution for bogie maintenance. It will allow the company to monitor and predict the malfunctions of the...Read more
Tashkent Metro upgrades train fleet
Uzbek public transport company Toshkent Metropoliteni has received five new metro trains of 81-765 type. The four-car vehicles were produced and delivered by Russian manufacturer Metrovagonmash. In the coming future, 45 more metro trains of...Read more
Škoda Transportation expands its presence in Germany
The first two ForCity low-floor trams have started the regular service in Chemnitz, Saxonia. It is the second German city operating light rail vehicles manufactured by Czech company Škoda Transportation. 12 other ForCity trams will...Read more
Second test with autonomous passenger train in Groningen
In the coming period, there will be a second test with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. This time the passenger train of Arriva will run between the Groningen...Read more
From locomotive to scrap in 36 hours
Waste processing firm Beelen is working on the disassembly of 35 locomotives from the 1700 series previously operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). On average, four locomotives per week are made into scrap. This involves all...Read more
New maintenance vehicles on Polish railway network
Polish railway infrastructure manager PKP PLK continues renovation of its fleet. It has already introduced 22 new track motorcars for maintenance works on the country’s railway network. Six more vehicles will be purchased in the...Read more
Alstom retrofits German high-speed trains with ETCS
French technology company Alstom will upgrade 17 ICE3 high-speed trains with its Atlas ETCS onboard system. The vehicles are operated by Deutsche Bahn on both domestic and international routes. The deal costs over 30 million...Read more