From seat cover to tote bag: upcycling initiatives in the rail industry
Over the past few months, a number of rail companies have launched upcycling and recycling initiatives aimed at tackling climate...
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Blue-sky thinking: could autonomous drones help save the HS2 project?
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Mercitalia Fast: the world’s first high-speed rail freight service
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Connecting communities: the role of rail in tackling loneliness
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c2c: sitting down with the UK’s Rail Operator of the year 2018
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Eurostar: a casualty of Brexit?
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Issue 69 | January 2019
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Company releases
Pickersgill-Kaye Safety System Keeps Railway Passengers Safe
Pickersgill-Kaye has been a key supplier in the rail industry for generations often winning repeat business, so when the firm’s...
KOLTECH Announces Product Showcases at Railway Industry Exhibitions
Bel Magnetic Releases USB 2.0 Combination MagJack® ICMs
Bel Magnetic Solutions has released a complete solution, combining an RJ45 Ethernet port with USB-A 2.0 connectors.
Harsco Rail Awarded Contract by Singapore LTA
TE Connectivity Expands M12 Series with Connectors for PCBs and Panels
TE Connectivity (TE) is expanding its range of M12 connectors.
Company whitepapers
Railway Connectivity
HUBER+SUHNERModern Wheel Detection and Axle Counting
Frauscher Sensor TechnologyTetraFlex for Rail and Metro Communications
DAMM Cellular SystemsService Solutions for the Rail Industry
SulzerHandheld AEI Tag Readers and Ruggedised Tablet PCs
ATBDReal-Time Monitoring of Rolling Stock, Track and Electrification
OSIsoftWorkstation for Overhead Line and Track Surveying
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Projects
Stockholm Metro Expansion
Stockholm metro rail network in Sweden is being expanded with 20km of new track and 11 new stations on four sections in the region.
Siemens ICE 4 High Speed Train
Bayswater Station Upgrade, Perth
Noida Metro
Washington-Wabash Loop Elevated Station, Chicago
High-Speed
PerceptIn launches 1,000m perception device for high-speed trains
Full-stack visual intelligence company PerceptIn has launched a 1,000m visual perception module designed for semi-autonomous high-speed trains.
Amtrak to introduce Acela high-speed trains in 2021
Siemens and Alstom plan additional divestments to win merger approval
China plans to invest in 6,800km of new rail track this year
BST secures $453m high-speed train car supply contract in China
Passenger
WMRE publishes rail investment strategy for West Midlands
The West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) in the UK has published a 30-year investment strategy to transform rail services in the region.
China Railway selects Amadeus to sell tickets outside the mainland
Study finds London Underground more polluted than city roads
Deals and M&As this week: Porterbrook, Vossloh, Sphera
Four killed and hundreds injured as trains collide in Pretoria, South Africa
Rolling Stock
Alstom secures €125m rolling stock maintenance contracts from Renfe
Alstom has secured three contracts worth €125m from Spanish national rail operator Renfe to maintain 15 Avelia Pendolino high-speed trains and 106 suburban trains.
US DOJ closes review of $11bn Wabtec-GE Transportation merger
Hitachi wins $1.44bn contract to supply 600 train cars to Taiwan
Siemens and Alstom plan additional divestments to win merger approval
Sweden’s Skånetrafiken receives last Coradia Nordic train
Technology
PerceptIn launches 1,000m perception device for high-speed trains
Full-stack visual intelligence company PerceptIn has launched a 1,000m visual perception module designed for semi-autonomous high-speed trains.
Deals and M&As this week: ESG, Hitachi, Mott McDonald
Strukton Rail acquires remaining stake in Italian contractor CLF
China Railway selects Amadeus to sell tickets outside the mainland
TfL selects ESG to install automatic braking system on London trams
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