Smart trams are now running through the city of Florence in Italy, as part of the innovative computing infrastructure developed by the EU-funded project ELASTIC. A set of sensors has been recently installed on three...Read more
Siemens Mobility will sign a contract with Dutch Railways NS and public transport companies HTM and RET, the three carriers that together form the joint venture RiVier, for the development of a national Mobility as...Read more
The planning approval procedure for the extension of the M10 tram line in Berlin has been completed. With the building permit, the first work on the 2.1 kilometre extension can start this year. According to...Read more
The city of Lund is gearing up to launch a tram network in the mid-December. Two Urbos 100 light rail vehicles have been already delivered from Spain for tests and adjustment works. Lund will be...Read more
Ukrainian tram manufacturer Tatra-Yug will deliver 17 low-floor light rail vehicles to the Romanian city of Craiova. The company won the first procurement proceeding in Romania. This country will become the second foreign market for...Read more
Dutch travellers will be able to use a new multimodal digital platform for planning their trips across the country from 2021. They can do this by combining various modes of transport. It will be launched...Read more
After testing the autonomous tram, the Polish city of Kraków has introduced another innovation on its public transport network. It is the Stadler Tango tram that is able to run by powering from the overhead...Read more
No sooner had China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation completed the deal with Vossloh Group than it achieved another success in Europe. CRRC Tangshan, a part of the Chinese manufacturing state-owned holding, has won the procurement...Read more
The first tram has been delivered to the Finnish city of Tampere. In the coming weeks, it will start the test runs and will help to train the future tram drivers. Tampere plans to launch...Read more
There was no light relief for light rail, as metro systems across the UK suffer precipitous lockdown downturns in patronage. However, a belated support package may safeguard services in a number of UK cities in...Read more
In the earliest days of railways, steam was energy for the first locomotives. Now, the railway and public transport operators are deeply focused on disinfection its rolling stock to provide safe journeys for their customers....Read more
German railway supplier Siemens Mobility is stepping up in the US market, especially in California. The company has concluded a new order for its low-floor trams. 20 vehicles of type S700 will be delivered to...Read more
After successful tests of the autonomous tram in Moscow, Russian company Cognitive Technologies is planning to develop an AI-based computer vision system for the Chinese market. This needs for testing and launching the self-driving trams...Read more
Railway operators in Poland are tackling the coronavirus pandemic by implementing various, sometimes extraordinary, solutions. Meanwhile, the public transport companies are also trying to keep pace with the trend. Among them is MPK Kraków that...Read more
Public transport operator MPK Kraków is testing the first Tango tram from Stadler Rail. It is a new type of low-floor light rail vehicle to be operated in the Polish city. By the end of...Read more
