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Cool runnings: is white paint the perfect solution to overheated tracks?

By Julian Turner

Deutsche Bahn (DB) has painted around 1km of the track on the Hanover...

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Furrer+Frey Overhead Contact Lines

HiRAIL Corporation Rubber-Grade Crossing Systems for the Railway Industry

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Holland Flash-Butt Rail Welding Equipment

DAMM Cellular Systems TETRA Communications System

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Cool runnings: is white paint the perfect solution to overheated tracks?

Deutsche Bahn (DB) has painted around 1km of the track on the Hanover and Würzburg high-speed line with environmentally friendly white paint to see whether it could prevent the serious problem of overheating rails and warped tracks during heatwaves.

Rafamet Machine Tools for Railways

RAFAMET provides a broad range of machine tools for railway wheels and wheelsets.

Zonegreen to Supply DPPS to Second Australian Facility

Zonegreen has been chosen by Australia’s Downer Group to supply worker protection technology at a second train maintenance facility.

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Cracking open the story of London’s Oyster Card

The London Oyster contactless railcard is rightfully hailed as a visionary technological leap in the way passengers pay for rail travel, and throughout the last decade, user numbers have soared. But with the use of contactless bank cards now on a similarly steep trajectory, are the Oysters days numbered? And what effect do security issues, like a recently disclosed cyber-attack, this technology?

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Denmark plans to trial battery-powered trains on two railway lines from next year. Credit: Ministry of Transport and Housing, DSB/Rene Strandbygaard

Denmark to trial battery-operated trains on two railway lines

The Danish Ministry of Transport and Housing has announced that it will begin trials of battery-powered trains on two railway lines in Denmark next year.

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Île-de-France chooses Alstom-Bombardier consortium for metro trains

Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP have given a €530m contract for the delivery of 44 metro trains to a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier.

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Siemens Mobility will provide signalling system to the two new stations at terminal three of Taoyuan Airport along with 20 trains. Credit: Cheng-en Cheng

Siemens Mobility to deliver signalling system for Taoyuan Airport stations in Taiwan

Siemens Mobility has received a contract for the delivery of signalling and communications systems to Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan.

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Alstom will develop, supply and install the operating system and equipment for the Marseille metro’s automatic operation. Credit: Alstom

Marseille metro to be automated by Alstom in €430 contract

Alstom has won a €430m contract from the Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence for the renewal and automation of Marseille metro in France.

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Watching the clock: can AI help with train timetabling?

Toshiba Digital and Consulting Corporation and Mitsui are providing a digital twin software package to help Greater Anglia (GA) plan UK timetabling more effectively and optimise its new fleet of rolling stock. We get the lowdown from GA’s head of performance and planning Keith Palmer.

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Canadian National Railway meets US requirement for PTC implementation

The Canadian National Railway (CN) has met the federal requirements to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) in all 35 of its subdivisions in the US.

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Cool runnings: is white paint the perfect solution to overheated tracks?

Rafamet Machine Tools for Railways

Zonegreen to Supply DPPS to Second Australian Facility

Cracking open the story of London’s Oyster Card

Denmark to trial battery-operated trains on two railway lines

Île-de-France chooses Alstom-Bombardier consortium for metro trains

Siemens Mobility to deliver signalling system for Taoyuan Airport stations in Taiwan

Marseille metro to be automated by Alstom in €430 contract

Watching the clock: can AI help with train timetabling?

Canadian National Railway meets US requirement for PTC implementation

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Denmark to trial battery-operated trains on two railway lines

Île-de-France chooses Alstom-Bombardier consortium for metro trains

Siemens Mobility to deliver signalling system for Taoyuan Airport stations in Taiwan

Marseille metro to be automated by Alstom in €430 contract

Canadian National Railway meets US requirement for PTC implementation

Kansas City Southern deploys CloudMoyo OTS for railway safety

Network Rail to trial an energy-efficient predict-and-prevent maintenance system

JR West Railway selects E Ink for smart signage trial

SNCF chooses Klas Telecom for onboard train communications systems

Alstom Spain updates signalling of Recoletos Tunnel

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