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Chandigarh Metro rail project in India may begin in 2013
Government of Chandigarh in India is planning to start construction of a new Metro rail project from February 2013 which will cost about Rs.83.88bn...
FCC led consortium wins Romanian rail deal
Romania's national railway company (RFC) has awarded a €246m contract to Spanish construction company FCC to refurbish and upgrade the Sighişoara-Atel section of the Simeria-Braşov railway line,...
Network Rail approves TT electronics plug and play connectors
TT electronics said Network Rail has approved the ABCIRH connector range after a two year programme of testing, assessment and trials at...
HIT Rail unveils integrated multichannel rail information system
Netherlands-based information and data communications firm HIT Rail has launched a multichannel interconnected information system which will provide integrated rail message brokering...
Russian Railways, Indonesia sign MoU to build $2.4bn rail line
Russian Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indonesian Government to build a railway line in the East Kalimantan province at a cost of around...
Indian Railways launches first mobile vehicle to test locomotive emissions
Indian Railways has introduced a first-of-its kind emission test car (ETC) to test emission levels of diesel locomotives at maintenance and manufacturing depots across the...
Philippines to seek bids for $1.4bn LRT-1 extension in 2012
Light Rail Transport Authority of the Philippines is planning to seek bids for Metro Manila's PHP60bn ($1.4bn) Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) project by the first half of...
Michigan University joins national rail research, education centre
Michigan Technological University has been selected as one of seven members of a research university consortium that has been awarded a $3.5m grant from the US Department of Transportation...
Qatar Railways to award six major contracts for $37bn rail project
The Qatar Railways Development (QRC), which is implementing a $37bn integrated rail system in the country, is set to award six major contracts in April...
Israel approves Tel Aviv-Eilat railway
Israel has approved the construction of a 350km high-speed Tel Aviv-Eilat railway line, which will offer a new Asian-European trade route to compete with the Suez...
Press Releases
Rhomberg Rail Reports Progress of Largest Project in Austria
The works carried out by Rhomberg Rail's joint venture partner, Arge Alptransit Brenner are still going according to plan and are entering the final...
Kontron's New 4U Industrial Rackmount Server Features 2nd Generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processors and a New System Design
Kontron has announced the availability of the KISS 4U Short Q67Flex, the latest addition to the Kontron industrial silent server (KISS) family in the 4U short 19in rack...
KEYMILE Presents Flexible FTTx Broadband Expansion Solutions
In a live showcase at this year's CeBIT from 6 to 10 March, KEYMILE will present its MileGate multi-service access platform for flexible FTTx broadband...
OEM Technology Solutions Partners with DEUTA Werke
OEM Technology Solutions and DEUTA-Werke have signed a distribution agreement that licenses OEM to market, promote, sell, service and support DEUTA's range of...
OEM Technology Solutions Wins NSW Technology Export Award
Sydney company OEM Technology Solutions has won the major technology export prize at the 2011 NSW ATS Patrons Awards held recently in Sydney,...
HBL Wins Prestigious Order from Alstom Transport to Supply Onboard Battery Systems for Citadis Trams
One of the world's leading rolling stock manufacturers, Alstom Transport has awarded HBL Power Systems a contract for the design and manufacture of onboard sintered plate nickel cadmium...
IRIS and Welding and Adhesive Bonding Certifications Lift Joptek Composites to a New Level
Joptek Composites has been awarded the railway industry's IRIS certification, the international railway vehicles adhesive bonding certificate DIN 6701-2 Class A2 and international railway...
Firstco Awarded Tyne and Wear Metro Framework Agreement
Firstco has been awarded preferred supplier status, becoming one of three contractors to undergo further competitive competition to design and build a 10G IP network linking the sixty stations...
Austrak’s Dubai Factory Open for Business
Austrak's newest factory, their twelfth worldwide and the first in Dubai, produced its first pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers last...
Time Over Ethernet: State-of-the-Art for IP-Based Time Distribution
Technology of time distribution systems has evolved over time. In the last century synchronisation of slave clocks was based on minute or second impulses in a two-wire cabling installation....
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