The latest content updates from the railway-technology.com web site http://www.railway-technology.com/ en-us http://www.railway-technology.com/ http://www.railway-technology.com/content/images/logo_big.gif http://www.railway-technology.com/downloads/whitepapers/brakes/brake-equipment-railway-rolling-stock-underground/ http://www.railway-technology.com/downloads/whitepapers/brakes/brake-equipment-railway-rolling-stock-underground/ Open joint-stock company MTZ TRANSMASH develops and produces brake equipment for all types of freight and passenger cars, locomotives, electric multiple-unit rolling stock, high-speed trains and underground rolling stock. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:15:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsenergy-floors-vniizht-partner-apply-sef-technology-railways http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsenergy-floors-vniizht-partner-apply-sef-technology-railways Netherlands-based Energy Floors, a developer of the Sustainable Energy Floor (SEF), has entered into a five-year collaboration with the Russian Railway Research Institute (VNIIZHT) to explore ways to apply its technology on platforms and in railway s… Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsspain-opens-albacete-alicante-high-speed-line http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsspain-opens-albacete-alicante-high-speed-line Spain has opened a new 165km high-speed rail link between Albacete and Alicante, built at a cost of €1.9bn. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsthales-wins-santos-light-rail-signalling-contract-brazil http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsthales-wins-santos-light-rail-signalling-contract-brazil Thales has secured a contract from Trans Sistemas de Transportes, a member of the VLT RMBS consortium, to provide signalling and communications systems for the new Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in the city of Santos, Brazil. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsrussia-north-korea-sign-deal-complete-khasan-rajin-railway-reconstruction http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsrussia-north-korea-sign-deal-complete-khasan-rajin-railway-reconstruction Russian Railways (RZD) has signed an agreement with the North Korean Ministry of Railways (MOR) to complete the reconstruction of the rail line from Russia's border town of Khasan to the North Korean port of Rajin. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsus-fra-recommends-new-rail-safety-standards-high-speed-trains http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsus-fra-recommends-new-rail-safety-standards-high-speed-trains The US Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) has recommended the implementation of new crashworthiness performance standards on high-speed trains that will be introduced in the country. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newssydneys-north-west-rail-link-open-2019 http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newssydneys-north-west-rail-link-open-2019 The New South Wales (NSW) government in Australia has confirmed that the North West Rail Link (NWRL) will cost A$8.3bn ($7.95bn) and is scheduled to open by the end of 2019. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newshelsinki-low-floor-tram-unveiled-finland http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newshelsinki-low-floor-tram-unveiled-finland Transtech has inaugurated the first of 40 low floor trams to be delivered to Helsinki City Transport (HKL) at its Otanmäki rolling stock plant in Finland. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsnsw-allocates-develop-rail-infrastructure-around-sydney http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsnsw-allocates-develop-rail-infrastructure-around-sydney The New South Wales government in Australia has earmarked A$6.4bn ($6.12bn) in its latest budget to execute the 'big six' public transport infrastructure projects, the majority of which involve rail network expansion around Greater Sydney. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsuk-finalises-siemens-led-consortium-16bn-thameslink-deal http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsuk-finalises-siemens-led-consortium-16bn-thameslink-deal The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has finalised the £1.6bn Thameslink rolling stock contract with the Siemens-led Cross London Trains consortium. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/computer/pep/pressembedded-mini-itx-motherboard.html http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/computer/pep/pressembedded-mini-itx-motherboard.html Kontron announced today the new embedded Mini-ITX motherboard KTQ87/mITX based on 4th generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors and the Intel Embedded Q87 chipset. The new motherboard offers engineers leading-edge embedded processing performance as w… Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:45:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news21net-introduces-new-system-high-speed-broadband-trains http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news21net-introduces-new-system-high-speed-broadband-trains Rail broadband provider 21Net has introduced its new Telematics 2.0 system at the BWCS Train Communication Conference in London. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsstadler-deliver-20-flirt3-trains-abellio-rail-germany http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsstadler-deliver-20-flirt3-trains-abellio-rail-germany Stadler Pankow has signed a contract with Abellio Rail NRW to deliver 20 five-car Flirt3 electric multiple units (EMUs) for operation on the Lower Rhine rail network in Germany. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsnanjing-sr-puzhen-supply-198-train-cars-shenzhen-metro-line-3-china http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsnanjing-sr-puzhen-supply-198-train-cars-shenzhen-metro-line-3-china Midas Holdings' joint venture company Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport (NPRT) has secured a RMB1.26bn ($205m) contract from China's Shenzhen Metro Group to deliver 198 train cars. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/operation/televic-rail/presshitachi-rail-europe-iep-programme.html http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/operation/televic-rail/presshitachi-rail-europe-iep-programme.html Televic Rail has been selected by Hitachi Rail Europe as supplier for the new Super Express Trains for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) which will operate in the UK. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:19:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newshitachi-wins-electrical-mechanical-equipment-order-vietnam-metro-rail-project http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newshitachi-wins-electrical-mechanical-equipment-order-vietnam-metro-rail-project Japanese infrastructure firm Hitachi has secured a JPY37bn ($384m) order from the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to provide electrical and mechanical equipment for the under-construction urban railway Line 1 between Ben Thanh and S… Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsnetwork-rail-start-rebuilding-finedon-station-road-bridge-northamptonshire http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsnetwork-rail-start-rebuilding-finedon-station-road-bridge-northamptonshire Network Rail is about to start the reconstruction of Finedon Station Road bridge in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, as part of a £70m programme to cut journey times on the Midland Main Line between London and Sheffield in the UK. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newskiwirail-improve-rail-performance-ttg-energymiser http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newskiwirail-improve-rail-performance-ttg-energymiser New Zealand's national rail operator KiwiRail has signed an agreement with TTG Transportation Technology to use its Energymiser connected driver advisory system (C-DAS) to reduce energy consumption and environmental emissions, as well as improve the … Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/electrification/absopulse/pressdcdc-converters-feature-20kv-isolation.html http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/electrification/absopulse/pressdcdc-converters-feature-20kv-isolation.html ABSOPULSE Electronics' DIO 120 Series of dc/dc converters were developed for powering electronic circuits floating on several kilovolts of operating voltage. They are typically used for high power gate drivers and similar applications in oil and gas,… Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:31:00 GMT http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/electrification/absopulse/press2kva-frequency-converter-clean-sine-wave-voltage.html http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/electrification/absopulse/press2kva-frequency-converter-clean-sine-wave-voltage.html The FC 2KP-EW/A modular ac-ac frequency converter system was designed to deliver a clean sine-wave output from ""dirty"" generator voltage under extreme environmental conditions. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:26:00 GMT