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EU Commission: TEN-T Regulation with ERTMS milestones

The EU wants to revise the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) Regulation. On 14 December 2021, the EU Commission discussed a draft submitted by the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament and adopted proposals.

21. Dezember 2021

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Oslo Metro orders CBTC system from Siemens Mobility

Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract by operator Sporveien AS for a CBTC system for Oslo Metro.

21. Dezember 2021

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Siemens Mobility to retrofit Belgian train fleet with ETCS Level 2

Siemens Mobility has received an order from the Belgian state railway SNCB/NMBS to retrofit 390 trains and coaches with ETCS Level 2.

21. Dezember 2021

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CBTC for Frankfurt underground to be networked with municipal traffic computer

Siemens has received a major order worth 250 million euros from the Frankfurt am Main transport company (VGF). As a German pioneer, the municipal company is now getting a digital train control system.

16. Dezember 2021

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GSM-R subsidy applications only until the end of the year

The Federal Government grants a proportional subsidy for the replacement of existing GSM-R radio modules with interference-resistant (hardened) GSM-R radio modules or for the installation of corresponding filters.

13. Dezember 2021

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Editorial - Manuel Bosch

Publishing director Manuel Bosch writes about the digitalisation of rail transport and the new information service Rail Impacts, which takes this new age into account.

10. Dezember 2021

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Frankfurt underground gets CBTC system

Frankfurt's underground network gets a CBTC system ("Communication Based Train Control System")

09. Dezember 2021

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ERA/UIC: Cooperation agreement signed

The European Railway Agency ERA and the International Union of Railways UIC will work more closely together in the future.

03. Dezember 2021

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Stadler supplies ETCS for DB vehicles

Stadler Signalling AG is currently equipping the first vehicles of Deutsche Bahn with its ETCS solution Guardia.

29. November 2021

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Clearsy creates ETCS lab

Clearsy from Strasbourg will create the ETCS laboratory for the DZSF (German Centre for Rail Vehicle Research) on behalf of the Federal Railway Authority. The contract is worth EUR 552 000.

29. November 2021

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Fully automatic GoA4 shunting locomotive: DB Cargo chooses Railergy for development and approval

In order to make rail freight transport more competitive, the activities of the bead breaking locomotives in DB Cargo's train formation facilities (ZBA) are to be fully automated.

27. Oktober 2021

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ATO: Continuous route monitoring

A consortium of twelve partners will develop and test technologies for automated driving on the railways over the next four years in the Berlin Digital Railway Operation (BerDiBa) project.

25. Oktober 2021

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Tests of digital technology on a museum railway

On its own account, Thales will in future increasingly carry out digital techniques on the 13 km long Elmsteintalbahn from Lambrecht to Elmstein.

21. Oktober 2021

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Thales awarded Lisboa signalling contracts

Infraestruturas de Portugal has awarded Thales three contracts to upgrade the signaling systems at Santa Apolónia station in Lisbon and on the Cascais and Oeste lines.

21. Oktober 2021

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VUZ invests in ETCS and autonomous driving

The Czech railway research institute Výzkumný Ústav Železniční (VUZ) is investing EUR 24 million in the expansion of its test track in the coming years.

18. Oktober 2021