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November 2, 2018 | Main line

EU research project unlocks the potential of under-utilised lines

Dr David Fletcher and Dr Jon Paragreen from the University of Sheffield explain the results of the NeTIRail-Infra project, which studied solutions to improve the productivity of conventional lines.

October 31, 2018 | Technology

DB invests in satellite technology start-up

GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced that its Digital Ventures business unit will make a strategic investment of several million Euros in Canadian start-up satellite telecommunications firm Kepler Communications.

October 17, 2018 | Technology

Bentley launches station design software with pedestrian modelling

BENTLEY Systems has announced the acquisition of pedestrian simulation software provider Legion, which will be integrated into its new OpenBuildings Station Designer software to enable designers to fully model pedestrian movements through stations.

October 10, 2018 | Technology

Transmashholding to use blockchain for data management

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) announced a partnership with blockchain developer Vostok on October 4, to enable the verification and distributed storage for its locomotive data collection and analysis system.

October 4, 2018 | Signalling

Siemens and Thales to supply signalling for Grand Paris Express

SOCIÉTÉ du Grand Paris (SGP), which is implementing the Grand Paris Express metro project, has awarded a consortium of Siemens Mobility and Thales a contract to deliver Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC), as well as the operating control centres for the future lines 15, 16 and 17, which will be completed by 2030.

October 4, 2018 | Technology

RZD CEO sets out vision for automation and digitalisation

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) CEO and chairman of the executive board, Mr Oleg Belozyorov, has outlined what he sees as the major developments that will affect the railway by 2050, including automation and digitalisation.

September 28, 2018 | Technology

SNCB launches real-time "Train Map"

BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) launched “Train Map” on September 25, an online map offering a real-time overview of nearly all passengers services running on the Belgian rail network.

September 28, 2018 | Technology

Automatic for the people: unlocking the benefits of automated operation on the main line

Automatic train operation (ATO) has been employed on metro networks in various forms for decades, but increasingly main line railways are opening up to the efficiency and reliability improvements on offer. Kevin Smith examines where ATO applications are today, what the future automated main line might look like, and how the industry plans to get there.

September 20, 2018 | InnoTrans 2018

Rail can be a winner of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

IRJ at InnoTrans 2018: GERMAN Rail (DB) hosted a high-level debate and presentations on the third afternoon of InnoTrans at the DB Innovation Forum, which addressed the theme of shaping intermodal mobility together.

September 20, 2018 | Rolling stock

MTU to develop hybrid powerpacks for Britain and Germany

IRJ at InnoTrans 2018: THE CEO of rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook, Ms Mary Grant, and Rolls Royce vice president for industrial business, Mr Lars Kraft, signed an MoU at InnoTrans on September 19 for the delivery of MTU Hybrid Powerpacks for tests on two class 170 Turbostar DMUs in use in Britain.

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