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
Spain’s CAF Group has inked a new deal with Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR). While the bulk of the contract involves maintenance work on trains, it also includes setting up a joint engineering department and a...Read more
OpinionGetting a single ticket on a journey made up of various rail parts still is out of reach in 2021. Even though ease of choice and payment could be the number one reason for people...Read more
Deutsche Bahn will invest a record sum of 13,6 billion euros in rail infrastructure in 2022, some 900 million euros more than in 2021. The company will channel investment towards tracks, switches, bridges and stations....Read more
In April, a demo project will kick off in the Netherlands, where autonomous rail noise remote sensing devices will be installed as part of the Noise and Emissions Monitoring and Radical Mitigation (NEMO) initiative.Read more
HS2’s infrastructure will be fitted with real time monitoring sensors, the project team announced last month. The data from these sensors will not only inform the construction method and performance of the line but will...Read more
The National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS) has ordered an additional 98 double-deck M7 multifunction train cars from Alstom to the tune of 268 million euros.Read more
Mark Prescott is rail technology provider Dual Inventive’s new international business development director, the Dutch company announced on Monday. Prescott joins the firm from Network Rail. He will be tasked with capitalising on growth opportunities...Read more
Siemens Mobility will work with Frankfurt transportation company VGF in refurbishing the city’s metro network with a Communication Based Train Control System (CBTC). The contract marks the first major rollout of a CBTC system in...Read more
Railway engineering company Prose and consultancy Ricardo will join forces in developing a new set of requirements for Freight Automatic Train Operation (ATO) for DB Cargo, the two entities announced earlier this week.Read more
The new German coalition will invest ‘considerably more in the railways than in the roads’. The SPD, Greens and FDP presented their plans in a coalition agreement on Wednesday, which include plans to lower infrastructure...Read more
The railway signalling market in the United Kingdom has too little suppliers, high costs, and Network Rail does not have the procurement practices in place to benefit from its considerable buyer power. That says the...Read more
The two company heads of Russian Railways and Uzbekistan Railways met during a three-day working visit of a delegation of Uzbekistan Railways to Moscow. The companies plan to work together more on digitalisation and create...Read more
Partner articleInfrastructure managers can just buy IoT sensors to collect data and try to do the rest themselves, but this is not the most optimal way, says Thomas Böhm, Head of Product at KONUX. The company...Read more
Partner article“Digitalisation in the railway sector is often about technology, such as automatic trains, ERTMS and predictive maintenance. Those are very interesting developments, but where digitisation can also play a major role are the daily operational...Read more
