
High Speed 1 (HS1), United Kingdom
The High Speed 1 railway project was implemented in two phases, involving Section 1 and Section 2.
With its cutting-edge technology and broad range of capabilities, Continental is globally known as a mobility expert, serving the needs of the worldwide railway market.
As technology experts, we are continuously working on new, improved and innovative products and service solutions in the railway segment to complete our offer for railway costumers worldwide.
Continental develops trendsetting mobility concepts and tests each of its developments under authetic and real-life conditions in its certified testing laboratories. This is essential to guarantee maximum performance under extreme strain such as heat, cold or high speed.
Our new company-wide business and innovation platform enables and facilitates collaboration of all Continental divisions with partners in the railway sector. In addition, we use our global customer focus through an on-site presence in all important markets.
Together as ‘one Continental’, our business units combine the company’s expertise in automotive, rubber, sensorics, and services applications. We are shaping the future of mobility and have the possibility to open new tracks for innovations in the railway business.
In our world the presence of topics and trends such as population growth, connectivity and globalisation are main drivers for change.
The increase in international trade and the emergence of mega cities require new concepts for safe, efficient, sustainable and comfortable transport solutions. Railway transport will be furthermore of growing importance.
That is why our experts are working on new, improved transport solutions for people and goods. Continental provides products for original equipment manufacturers within the railway market, as well as the aftermarket worldwide.
We offer complex solutions combined with an individual expert consultancy. Products by Continental are durable, reliable and safe. They are designed for driving comfort, less maintenance time and mininmal abrasion.
With the knowledge of applications also in automotive and other industries, Coninental works on radar sensors and cameras that could help in reducing the number of serious or even fatal accidents in urban rail traffic.
Cameras can be used to detect obstacles that are difficult to recognise such as pedestrians, cyclists or crossing vehicles. They can send information directly to the train driver through visual signals, including head-up displays, or initiate automated braking.
For more efficiency and sustainability Continental has lighter products such as air springs and surface materials for the rail transport. They reduce weight and the energy needed to drive the vehicle.
Continental contributes development, technological and solution expertise from the automotive sector and other key industries.
For more than 90 years, Continental has been providing products designed to offer increased safety, comfort and fire protection in high-speed, local, regional and goods trains, as welll as reducing rail traffic noise. The technology company collaborates across divisions on products, systems and service solutions for passenger compartments, driver workplaces, drive units, bogies and railway vehicle bodies. For more information, fill out the enquiry form on this page.
The High Speed 1 railway project was implemented in two phases, involving Section 1 and Section 2.
The modernisation of the 399-mile (641.6km) rail route between London and Glasgow and its key divergences to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, was the largest rail project to date in the UK.
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An upgrading programme for the 393-mile (632km) East Coast Main Line (ECML) route between London and Edinburgh, and its key divergences serving Leeds, Bradford and Glasgow, was thrust into a new context during 2007.
Boosted by hosting the 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona on Spain's north-east coast has continued to grow in reputation and
After several delays including legal challenges, the 190km (118-mile) 1,435mm gauge Botniabanan mixed-use high-speed lin
Dutch capital Amsterdam is midway through the Noord-Zuidlijn construction project, a new north-south metro line. To be d
After 12 years of planning and two years of construction, the French town of Caen in Normandy, with 250,000 inhabitants,
Rennes is a small city in Western France, but with a population of just under half a million is Brittany's largest dwell
Ranging from hired bicycles to a rack-assisted metro and shortly to add a tram-train operation, the city of Lyon has a wide range of public transport modes.
Over 20 years in development, the Ligne à Grande Vitesse (LGV) Est project originated in 1985, just five years after France's first scheduled TGV services began.
Leeds is one of the fastest growing cities in the UK and suffers from chronic road congestion at peak times. It has an e
Metro construction authority, Subterráneos de Buenos Aires SE (locally called Subte) is expanding the Buenos Aires metro system by adding three new lines, to bring 70% of the population within 400m of a metro station.
Switzerland and Great Britain are the latest European countries to introduce new trains using tilt technology to increas
In 1989, Puerto Rico's Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) proposed to build a mass-transit system call
One of the fastest-growing cities in France, the south-western conurbation of Montpellier has jumped from the country's
The French city of Nantes extended its light rail system by 50% in August 2000 to 27km. Nantes claims to be the city which invented public transport when, in 1826, it saw the first public hackney cab.
In 1994, a merger took place between Atac, the authority operating surface transport, and Cotral, the operator of metro,
Spain's capital Madrid, home to over three million people, has one of the most extensive metro systems anywhere in the w
Gatwick Express, the first dedicated city centre to airport rail link in the UK, has undergone a major service transformation with the introduction of a fleet of brand new trains at the end of 2000. However, February 2006 saw the UK Government announce its likely demise because it is using up valuable line capacity.
The 1,318km Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line connects the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, travelling across the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.
The new era of light rail in the UK was ushered in by the first phase of the Tyne & Wear Metro. The metro is based aroun
The £800m Thameslink 2000 scheme will transform services across the whole of the south-east of the UK when it is complete, expected to be 2006. It requires upgrading most of the principal commuter routes feeding into London, the country's largest city.
By the early years of the new millennium, the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan will have the first rapid transit system in the Caribbean. Known as Tren Urbano, the route will be a double-track, 10.6-mile line, serving 14 new stations, running from Bayamon to Santurce.
Nottingham in England's East Midlands forms the core of the UK's seventh largest and third fastest-growing urban area.
In the 1980s, rail corridors through the Swiss Alps were running near capacity, and traffic connections in the densely p
The Heathrow Express is a high-speed service link offering the fastest journey time between Heathrow Airport and central London of 16 minutes and 21 minutes to Terminal 5.
Construction of the extension of London Underground's Jubilee Line from Green Park, through south London and Docklands to Stratford, proved a troublesome project.
After two decades of steady progress, the start of the 21st century has witnessed major progress in South Korea in the development of a new, dedicated high-speed rail route to the progressive European design.
Thalys is a cross-border, high-speed passenger service that centres on the Brussels Midi station, linking the Belgian capital to Amsterdam, Paris and Cologne among others. The service is offered jointly by the Belgian, French, Dutch and German railways.
Passenger train operations in Norway underwent a massive reorganisation during the late 1990s. The state-owned railway operator, NSB, made huge investments in new rolling stock and upgrading the infrastructure, as the country aimed to ensure that rail plays a growing role in meeting national transport needs.
Massive growth in Hong Kong's importance as a trade and business centre brought about many problems for the island's existing infrastructure.
The Italian city of Turin is regarded as the industrial heart of the country, and is home to Fiat, one of the country's
The Spanish Railways' (RENFE) summer 1999 timetable marked the introduction of the first tilting trains on the busy rout
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the neighbouring Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in southern China repres
The economic boom in Shanghai, which has a population of around 19 million and growing (U.N. estimates 23.4 million by 2
Finland's rail administration underwent a substantial reorganisation in 1995, when the Ratahallintokeskus (RHK), or Finnish Rail Administration, was created as a civil service department, under the aegis of the country's Ministry of Transport and Communications.
SBB/CFF/FFS, the operator of Switzerland's rail network has implemented major improvements in the services it offers to
Having first sanctioned a 160km/h (100mph) maximum speed as recently as 1986, Spain moved quickly to get high-speed rail
Although Deutsche Bundesbahn raised speeds and passenger standards with Class 103 hauled InterCity services from 1971, even with extensive track upgrading, 200km/h (124mph) would be the ceiling for reducing journey times.
Grenoble opened its first tramway in 1987. With the opening of Line D in October 2007, the system had grown to four lines with a combined length of 34.2km (21.4 miles).
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From its first service in September 1981, the French train à grande vitesse (TGV) has set a pace in European high-s
New purchase or industrial reconditioning? Every few years, the time comes to replace components in trains and rails, including the secondary suspension.
7 August 2020Continental has secured long-term business for railway engineering components with a follow-on order for future metro projects in Shanghai, China.
29 January 2019Continental is taking part in promoting the development of advanced logistics and is involved in Hyperloop development.
25 September 2018Continental is developing innovative materials to improve comfort for passengers while travelling and provide a host of practical new functions for passengers.
18 September 2018Continental has created a sensor that uses ultrasound for the measurement of the height and pressure of air springs.
13 September 2018European sustainable energy innovation company InnoEnergy will be investing up to €5m the Hardt Hyperloop project.
6 September 2018Continental provides products and solutions that meet particularly high rail transport standards, including fire protection.
29 August 2018Rapid-response vehicles have been able to travel to maintenance sites of China's high-speed rail service in record time by making use of Continental's air spring systems.
15 August 2018Continental is developing systems to ensure the future of safe mobility in rail transport, ensuring a reduction in rail transport accidents with its innovations and technologies.
4 July 2018Jochen Vennemann joined ContiTech's Continental Group media and public relations team at the beginning of the year.
1 February 2018Rail transport in the US is also being expanded outside major cities with millions of inhabitants. An example of this is the Brightline intercity express passenger rail project that will ultimately connect Miami and Orlando. Continental air springs will also travel with the high-speed trains used, providing a pleasantly comfortable ride, even at top speeds of 200km/h.
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