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Alstom to supply CBTC for Turin Metro

Alstom will equip Line 1 of the Turin Metro with a CBTC system. The contract with the municipal company Infra.To includes the development, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of the control system.

15. Februar 2022

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ProRail wants to accelerate ERTMS introduction through innovations

The Dutch railway infrastructure operator ProRail is currently working at full speed on the introduction of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

16. Februar 2022

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Hitachi Rail's DSTW receives German approval

The German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) and Deutsche Bahn (DB) have approved and accepted Hitachi Rail's digital interlocking system (DSTW). The tests were carried out in the Hitachi laboratory in Munich.

16. Februar 2022

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"Ways for more speed urgently sought"

Intelligent ways to bring more speed into the ETCS rollout are urgently needed, says publishing director Manuel Bosch and looks at current approaches in Germany and the Netherlands.

17. Februar 2022

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Moscow: Driverless trams and taxis from 2023?

At a congress on the future of autonomous means of transport, Moscow's deputy mayor Maksim Liksutov said that driverless trams could go into test operation in the Russian capital at the end of 2022 or beginning of 2023.

24. Februar 2022

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Siemens supplies signalling technology for Northumberland Line

The British infrastructure manager Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply signalling and control equipment for the Northumberland Line project to reintroduce passenger services on the freight line between Newcastle and Ashington from 2024.

25. Februar 2022

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EU Transport Commissioner calls for own resources from the sector

EU Transport Commissioner Adina Valean dampens expectations of the rail industry that the public sector will provide more and more funds to finance new technologies such as the European train control system ERTMS or the Digital Automatic Coupling.

28. Februar 2022

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Mitsubishi wins CBTC contract for Metro New York

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract to supply a CBTC system for the eastern section of Metro New York's Queens Boulevard Line (QBL).

01. März 2022

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Hitachi supplies ERTMS components for Swedish maintenance trains

Hitachi Rail has signed a contract to install new digital signalling technologies on board of two maintenance trains operated by Swedish rail maintenance company Infranord.

01. März 2022

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Alstom to supply CBTC system for M12 metro line in Istanbul

Alstom will supply a CBTC system and the electromechanical infrastructure for the new M12 Ümraniye – Ataşehir – Göztepe metro line in Istanbul.

02. März 2022

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"Rail operators lack incentives to convert"

Matthias Ruete has been the European coordinator for the introduction of ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) since 2019. In an interview with Rail Impacts, he talks about the state of expansion, problems with the roll-out and measures with which the EU wants to accelerate the introduction.

02. März 2022

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"The EU will push the fast rollout of ERTMS"

Looking at the statements of EU Transport Commissioner Adina Valean and ERTMS coordinator Matthias Ruete, it becomes clear: The ERTMS equipment of the European rail network is being pushed by Brussels, says publishing director Manuel Bosch.

03. März 2022

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Kontron installs and operates radio system for Grand Paris Express

Kontron Transportation has been awarded a contract by La Société du Grand Paris (SGP) to supply, install and maintain the operational radio system for Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express project.

03. März 2022

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Spanish Adif awards GSM-R and ESTW contracts

Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has awarded the contract to install and maintain a GSM-R mobile radio system on the Torralba - Soria and Aranda - Aranda de Duero branch lines to a consortium made up of Kontron Transportation España and Sistemas y Montajes Industriales.

03. März 2022

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Tilting technology and ETCS active simultaneously on German ICE trains

On 02.02.2022, for the first time in Germany, a timetable operation took place in which both the track curve-dependent tilting technology (GNT) and the train control system ETCS were active.

08. März 2022