New Matisa machine breaks cover in Münster
IRJ at IAF Münster: Matisa has unveiled its new B66U track machine which is available in continuous and non-continuous versions and includes a number of new innovations aimed at improving performance and reducing operation times.
BRITAIN's Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) published its 2013 Periodic Review of Network Rail (NR) on June 12, which sets out how the regulator expects how the infrastructure manager to reduce costs by £2bn during...
Reducing ground-borne noise and vibration remains a major challenge for railways aiming to increase freight traffic volumes.The International Union of Railways' (UIC) Railway Induced Vibration Abatement Solutions (Rivas) project is identifying and implementing mitigation methods...
IRJ at IAF Münster: Matisa has unveiled its new B66U track machine which is available in continuous and non-continuous versions and includes a number of new innovations aimed at improving performance and reducing operation times.Aided...
TRANSLINK Northern Ireland Railways is carrying out a trial with Irish Rail's Plasser & Theurer RM-90-IR ballast cleaner on the Newry – Poyntzpass section of the Belfast – Dublin line.
The self-propelled machine has a maximum...
EDMONTON Transit has awarded Axion International Holdings, United States, a contract to supply its Ecotrax 100% recycled composite sleepers for use on the city's light rail network.
Axion says that more than 68 tonnes of plastic,...
EIFFAGE Rail Express, the PPP contractor responsible for designing, building and maintaining the 182km Bretagne – Pays de la Loire high-speed line between Le Mans and Rennes, has awarded Vossloh Cogifer a contract to supply...
Billed as the world's largest track technology event, this month's IAF exhibition in Münster, Germany, will play host to more than 200 exhibitors from 21 countries. David Briginshaw gives a taste of what visitors can...
An onboard track monitoring system developed by Ensco, United States, is helping to eliminate the use of track geometry recording vehicles and on-track inspectors, potentially saving time and money. Jeff Stevens, deputy division manager at...
Tests of a new continuous rail turnout concept, which was recently commissioned on a BNSF line in Texas, has the potential to reduce maintenance costs and improve safety, as David Davis, senior scientist and Rafael...
PREQUALIFICATION bids are invited by Quito Metro by May 27 for phase 2 of a $US 1.5bn project to build the first metro line in the Ecuadorian capital. Construction is underway of the 22.5km, 15-station...
