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September 22, 2022 | Fleet

Spotty the robot aids DB train maintenance

IRJ at InnoTrans 2022: DB’s new train maintenance inspection robot is being deployed in workshops.

May 10, 2022 | Infrastructure

DB breaks ground for new Cottbus ICE 4 maintenance workshop

Two maintenance workshop halls are being built in Cottbus, with the first opening in 2024 and the second two years later.

April 19, 2022 | Rolling stock

New maintenance methods improve train availability

Marco Caposciutti, Paolo Masini and Alessandro Valentini from Trenitalia, Gareth Tucker from the Institute of Railway Research at the University of Huddersfield, and Luisa Moisio from the Rail Safety and Standards Board share progress on new technologies and approaches to rolling stock maintenance and refurbishment.

January 4, 2022 | Fleet

Alstom awarded €500m Bucharest Metro maintenance contract

The contract will be extended to include new Alstom trains being delivered next year.

May 22, 2021 | Fleet

Finland introduces automatic detection of train exterior faults

Currently, a large part of Finland’s rolling stock maintenance is inspected manually, but in June the exterior of trains will start to be inspected automatically.

February 13, 2021 | Light Rail

MTR introduces real-time dynamic track performance monitoring system

The system will be introduced following a derailment in August 2020.

October 6, 2020 | Fleet

DB to build €400m ICE maintenance centre in Nuremberg

GERMAN Rail (DB) has launched a €400m project to build a new ICE maintenance facility in Nuremberg which should open in 2028.

September 20, 2020 | Fleet

Robel delivers Mobile Maintenance Unit for JR East

ROBEL Railway Construction Machines has delivered the first Mobile Maintenance Unit (MMU) to East Japan Railway (JR East), with test operation due to be conducted on the Joban Line this autumn.

August 24, 2020 | Europe

ÖBB to invest €40m in Vienna Simmering Nightjet depot

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) will invest €40m to upgrade its Vienna Simmering depot to accommodate the operator’s expanding fleet of Nightjet trains.

August 13, 2020 | Passenger

Responding to the ‘new normal’

From railway operation and station management to infrastructure maintenance and manufacturing, the entire railway industry has had to adjust to new social distancing protocols introduced to combat the spread of Covid-19. Kevin Smith speaks to a cross-section of the industry to find out how they have adapted.

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