RailTech Europe ’24: A new signalling system for the New York City subway
RailTech Europe 2024The New York City subway system is getting a makeover. Specifically, a team composed of Nordic Signals and two major US-based engineering companies is in the process of helping the MTA replace the old signalling...Read more
Cybersecurity for rail systems – how to maintain it in the digital age
Although in fairly moderate steps, the rail industry is moving towards the digital age without a return ticket. What does rail need, to be comprehensively secured on the verge of the digital age? Read more
Milan M4 metro extension reduces journey time to airport to 12 minutes
The new M4 ‘Blue Line’ in Milan since this Tuesday reaches San Babila station, cutting journey times from Milan city centre to Linate airport from 33 to just 12 minutes. The metro’s autonomous trains and...Read more
Danish S-Bahn runs with record punctuality with help of new signalling
New signalling system CBTC on the S-bahn in Denmark has increased this year’s punctuality so far by 2,1 percent compared to the same period last year. “We can see that even more passengers arrive on...Read more
Unique metro station right on the beach opens in the Netherlands
The Rotterdam metro RET made its first trip to the new station on the Hoek van Holland beach on Friday. The station had been finished for a some time, but setbacks meant services could not...Read more
Hochbahn, Siemens to upgrade U-Bahn lines
German rail operator Hamburger Hochbahn has partnered with Siemens Mobility to upgrade train control systems for the U2 and U4 lines in Hamburg’s public transport system.Read more
Switch of Copenhagen S-Bahn to CBTC signalling system completed
Banedanmark has put a new signalling system into use on the three remaining section of the S-Bahn lightrail system in de Danish capital of Copenhagen, the infrastructure manager said on Monday.Read more
Fully automated metros introduced on line 4 in Paris
Since this week, passengers on metro line 4 in Paris can board fully automated metros. Equipped by Siemens Mobility, four automated vehicles with CBTC signaling at GoA 4 have entered service, and more will be...Read more
Ricardo to assess Copenhagen’s planned S-Bane conversion to GoA4
Ricardo Certification will be the Assessment Body (AsBo) for railway operator DSB as it works to convert Copenhagen’s S-Bane to Grade of Automation 4 (GoA4). The S-Bane is expected to be under GoA4 operation in...Read more
Mitsubishi becomes first non-European CBTC supplier in New York
The Mitsubishi Electric Corporation earlier this week announced a contract award for communications-based train control (CBTC) wayside equipment for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The agreement, valued at 62,65 million dollars, is Mitsubishi’s first CBTC...Read more
Alstom gets on board Turin’s metro development with contract for trains and CBTC
Alstom has signed an agreement with Turin transportation company Infra.To for its driverless train-to-train communications-based train control (CBTC) system, as well as four Metropolis trains. The deal announced last Friday is valued at 156 million euros.Read more
Copenhagen S-train starts using CBTC signalling
Banedanmark has taken the digital train control system CBTC into use on Copenhagen’s S-train. More than half of the S-tog now runs with the new digital signalling system.Read more
Amsterdam metro faces troubles with new train control system
The persistent metro disturbances since the introduction of the new CBTC safety system do not seem to be solved for the time being. The older metro trains from the 1990s are not actually suitable for...Read more