Avelia Euroduplex trains commence services on Madrid-Barcelona route
Alstom has announced that four converted Avelia Euroduplex trains from the SNCF fleet have entered commercial services on the Madrid-Barcelona route in Spain.
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UK rail operators cancel services due to cracks in high-speed trains
Rail operators in the UK have cancelled services following the discovery of cracks on part...
EIB and India sign $182m finance contract for Pune Metro Rail project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a $182m (€150m) finance contract with the Indian Government for the Pune Metro...
Siemens Mobility to deliver CBTC system for Brazilian metro line
Siemens Mobility has secured a contract to deploy a communications-based train control (CBTC) signalling system, named GoA2, on the extension...
UK’s Northern deploys 621 new ticket machines across network
UK-based train operating company Northern has installed 621 new ticket vending machines (TVMs) across its network as part of a...
Alstom to provide automatic train operation support to Paris Metro
The confirmed part of the contract will involve the adaptation and rollout of the I-CBTC solution on lines 10, 7bis and 3bis, covering 44 trains. Alstom will carry out the…
Power Integrations launches new gate drivers for rail applications
The new SCALE-2 plug-and-play gate driver is said to enhance installation efficiency and promote system development. This gate driver encompasses the 1SP0630V2M1R main driver, the 1SP0635D2S1R peripheral driver, and the…
UK travellers to use aviation and railway less post Covid: GHD survey
People in the UK are expected to travel less by air as well as railway, according to a country-wide survey. According to professional services company GHD, out of 1,000 respondents,…
RB Rail launches public tender to procure cableway components
The $55.35 (€46m) contract will come under the first phase of the initial public consolidated material framework procurement. The public procurement will cover the delivery of the cableway materials and…
Rail Vision to support Australia’s Rio Tinto Railway Network
As the project integrator, Hitachi Rail STS will supply a model of Rail Vision’s Collision Avoidance System to Rio Tinto for the demonstration and viability testing for a proof-of-concept project.…
Wabtec to deliver critical components for Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor
US-based Wabtec has received an order to provide major components for the new rolling stock, which is being built by Alstom for the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transport Systems (RRTS). The…
