Denmark announces fresh details of ‘historically large’ rail upgrades
Banedanmark is working on a major overhaul of the Danish rail infrastructure in 2023, renewing tracks, electrifying lines and installing digital signalling. In an update released this week, the Danish rail infrastructure manager laid out...Read more
What needs to happen before ERTMS may be implemented in rail?
BackgroundMany years ago, the European Union set itself the ambitious goal of making railways safe and interoperable. One of the key ways of achieving this goal is the implementation of the European Rail Traffic Management...Read more
RFI names suppliers for ETCS onboard equipment in Italian trains
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) named Hitachi, MERMEC STE of France, Caterpillar subsidiary ProgressRail and Alstom earlier this month as the four companies to supply and install ETCS onboard equipment for rolling stock using Italy’s SCMT...Read more
Germany channels an additional 1 billion towards rail digitisation
The Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) and Deutsche Bahn (DB) will direct an additional 1 billion euros towards the modernisation and digitisation of the German railways. Around 2.7 billion euros is now earmarked...Read more
UK East Coast Digital signalling upgrade means January diversions
Enabling work at weekends in early January and mid-February will mean diverted services on the East Coast Main Line. The work will hasten the introduction of digital signalling ETCS to the route famous for the...Read more
Swedish association asks new government to fund all costs on-board ETCS
Swedish public transport association Svenskkollektivtrafik has drawn up a wish list for the new government with an eye on structural reforms to increase travel via public transport travel. Notable wishes for rail include the funding...Read more
Alstom formally signs deal for delivery of ERTMS for southern Italy
Alstom signed the framework agreement with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) for the design, delivery and commissioning of an ERTMS system in Southern Italy on Wednesday. The package is valued at 900 million euros, and the...Read more
Adif plans standard gauge conversion for section connecting to France
Adif has awarded a contract for the preparations for switching the 138-kilometre long Huesca-Canfranc line in Spain to the standard gauge. It is part of an effort to reopen a cross-border railway across the Pyrenees...Read more
Banedanmark completes two more ETCS installations in Jutland
Banedanmark has completed the installation of European signalling system ETCS on two sections in Jutland, between Holstebro and Herning and on to Vejle and Skanderborg.Read more
How Virtual Coupling can bring the needed rail capacity for the future
As railways are viewed as key to sustainable mobility, the increase of rail’s modal share for both passenger and freight transport will cause congestion problems on many national and urban networks. Virtual Coupling promises to...Read more
French transport agency makes recommendations for opening up on-board safety equipment
France’s Autorité de Régulation des Transports (ART) earlier this month issued a report on the obstacles facing new commercial entrants in the country’s high-speed rail segment. The agency highlights that, among other things, new entrants...Read more
Hitachi to deploy RBC Argos for SNCF Réseau in France
SNCF Réseau has tapped Hitachi Rail for the rollout of wayside ERTMS Radio Block Centers (RBC) in France. The technology will first be tested on a pilot track in the South of France before gradual...Read more
Siemens Mobility: we don’t sell anything anymore that isn’t future-proof
Every piece of hardware that leaves the factory floor at Siemens Mobility should be future-proof and ready to collect data, ceo Michael Peter said at a press briefing last week. On the company side too,...Read more