Technology that Alstom originally developed for trams in historic cities has now crossed over and is being used to recharge electric buses. First used in 2003 on trams in Bordeaux, APS (Alimentation par Sol – […]
Germany’s railway infrastructure manager, DB Netz, has chosen Harsco Rail to supply up to 56 catenary intervention and maintenance vehicles for the German railway system. This seven-year contract, the first ever between Harsco Rail and […]
The first of 52 new trains for the Merseyrail network is taking shape at Stadler’s factories in Altenrhein, Switzerland, and Siedlce in Poland. To coincide with its release of a video showing the new trains’ […]
Denmark’s infrastructure manager Banedanmark has awarded Fugro a four-year framework agreement for train-borne LiDAR (Light Detecting And Ranging) scanning of its infrastructure using its award-winning RILA system for quick and accurate digital surveys. Banedanmark manages […]
Franco Beretta has been named as the new president and managing director of Bombardier Transportation Italy. He will hold this position in addition to his existing role as region leader, Mediterranean. Since joining the company […]
It’s not just the UK that has trouble with cable theft. The Belgian network suffered three attacks in August in the area of Gembloux, some 50km southeast of Brussels on the main line to Namur […]
SYSTRA, the French engineering consultancy with a presence in more than 80 countries worldwide, has acquired award-winning UK multi-discipline design and engineering consultancy TSP Projects. TSP Projects was released from the British Steel portfolio last […]
The first five trains for Geneva’s new cross-border CEVA (Cornavin‒Eaux-Vives‒Annemasse) line have been delivered to the SNCF depot in Annemasse. The new trains are from Alstom’s Coradia Polyvalent range and are the first of a […]
Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with Dresden’s transport authority Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB) to supply and maintain 30 Flexity trams, equipped with an Obstacle Detection and Assistance System (ODAS) for preventing collisions. The contract, worth […]
The first painted car body for the X-Car (X-Wagen) metro trains being built for Wiener Linien has been unveiled at the Siemens Mobity plant at Simmering, Vienna. This is the first tangible result of the […]
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