Thales bags contract for modernisation Madrid-Sevilla high-speed line
Thales has won the Adif contract for the renewal of the field cabinets and associated equipment of the Falling Object Detection Systems (DCO) for the Madrid-Sevilla high-speed line, as well as various other modernisation works,...Read more
Global rail supply market to expand by almost 20 percent in coming years
The global rail supply market is expected to expand by 19,5 percent to 211 billion euros in the coming five years, the latest edition of World Rail Market Study by the European Rail Supply Industry...Read more
DB Fernverkehr implements new train control system
DB Fernverkehr has started working with IVU Traffic Technologies’ IVU.Rail system for its vehicle dispatch and train control system. The move comes as part of an ongoing digitalisation effort.Read more
DB to use electric car battery packs from KIA for energy storage
Deutsche Bahn and KIA will cooperate on so-called second-life battery storage systems for green energy in a bid to save electricity. Encore, a corporate start-up of the DB Bahnbau Group, will take the lead in...Read more
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Asset management, predictive maintenance and improving operations all rely on data. An increasing number of stakeholders have the means to analyse and process this data. But what are some of the strategies for turning this...Read more
Rail cars capturing CO2 could make rail carbon-neutral
Capturing CO2 from the air while running a train: it could even make diesel-fuelled train operation nearly carbon-neutral, according to new research. US-based startup CO2Rail Company, together with researchers from various universities, are working to...Read more
Increasing capacity on rail: why not couple moving trains?
InterviewWhat if you could run more trains on a railway by coupling different trains while they are running? That is the aim of Israeli startup DirecTrainSystems (DTS), building on know-how of refuelling airplanes mid-air. This...Read more
Track technology companies launch Digital Railway Solutions Alliance
15 European railway track technology companies announced the formation of the Digital Railway Solutions Alliance (DRS Alliance) at the IAF rail trade fair in Münster, Germany last week. The goal of the alliance is an...Read more
Elon Musk confirms The Boring Company will construct hyperloop
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk on Monday confirmed that The Boring Company, one of its other enterprises, will work to build a hyperloop system “in the coming years”.Read more
UK government makes millions available for rail innovation competition
The UK government has made 7,6 million pounds (9,14 million) euros available for the participants of this year’s First of Kind competition, which challenges organisations to help modernise rail travel.Read more
Fight fire with fire? Wavebreaker dampens traffic noise from railways using noise
Earlier this year, Swedish startup Wavebreaker started operations with the launch of its traffic noise sound damper of the same name. Founder and developer of Wavebreaker Tony Johansson spoke with RailTech.com about the system and...Read more
Nevomo completes first section of EU’s longest passive magnetic levitation test track
Polish company Nevomo has completed the first section of what is slated to become the longest passive magnetic levitation test track in Europe for their MagRail technology. Earlier this month, a 700-metre section was installed...Read more
Europe’s Rail issues this year’s first call for proposals to advance railway technology
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking has issued a call for proposals for Research and innovation activities as part of Europe’s Rail annual work plan and budget. Some 390 million euros worth of projects is expected to...Read more