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
Alstom to install ETCS on 120 Belgian SNCB locomotives
Supplier Alstom has won a contract for to equip 120 SNCB locomotives with train control system ETCS level 2. The project to install the system launches in October 2022 and will run for three years.Read more
ETCS testing for UK Network Rail New Measurement Train
Network Rail has successfully completed European Train Control System testing on the power cars of its New Measurement Train. The yellow-liveried engineering inspection train, adapted from a redundant formation of the diesel-powered ‘High Speed Train’,...Read more
‘Traxx locomotive with zero-emission last mile operational in 2025’
A Traxx locomotive with battery traction for the catenary-free last mile will be operational in three years, said Frank Schleier, vice president locomotives at Alstom, to RailTech during Innotrans. Read more
New Spanish operator Iryo starts ticket sale
The ticket for the first journeys with Iryo are on sale from Sunday. Starting 25 November, Iryo will be the third operator on the Spanish high-speed network with its initial service between Madrid, Zaragoza and...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
Last phase of Hungarian TEN-T rail project completed
For the first time in two decades, a completely new section of railway tracks on the main Hungarian network has been constructed. As part of the modernisation of the line from the suburbs of Budapest...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
These ETCS projects are selected to receive European subsidy
The European Commission has selected 135 transport infrastructure projects to receive subsidies from CEF transport, an EU funding instrument with a budget of 5,4 billion euros for this round. Eighteen of the selected projects are...Read more
‘ERTMS deployment is stuck in a vicious circle’
The on-board roll out of ETCS is behind schedule because there is little incentive for operators to invest in the system when they can still run on class-B systems, says Marcin Wojcik, Policy Officer at...Read more