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Spain may subsidise on-board equipment for ETCS

The European Commission has authorised, under EU state aid rules, a Spanish scheme worth EUR 30 million to remove obstacles to the interoperability of rail freight services in Spain.

14. Februar 2022

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Singapore: Service contract awarded by SBS Transit Rail

Alstom and SBS Transit Rail have signed a long-term service support (LTSS) contract for the Urbalis signalling system on the 21.6km North-East Line (NEL) in Singapore.

09. November 2022

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Signalling enhancement to support automated reversals

Alstom has signed a contract with ViaMobilidade for the modification of the signalling systems of suburban line 9 in São Paulo, the company announced.

16. Mai 2023

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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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SBB suffers from hackerattack - software supplier files charges

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have become the victim of a hacker attack. The perpetrators belong to the so-called Play Group, which is already held responsible for other hacker attacks in Switzerland.

14. Juni 2023

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Rostock: IT attack at RSAG

Rostocker Straßenbahn AG (RSAG) has fallen victim to a cyber attack on its IT systems, as the company announced on 18 November 2023.

21. November 2023

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Ricardo becomes AsBo for automation of the Copenhagen S-Bane

Ricardo Certification has been appointed as the Assessment Body (AsBo) for the transformation of Copenhagen’s S-Bane railway into a fully automated system.

29. März 2022

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Railway regulations modernised

Poland has amended regulations on railway traffic.

01. November 2023

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Railway industry demands reliable financing perspectives for ETCS expansion

The VDB has criticised the lack of reliable financing perspectives for the expansion of ETCS and other digitisation projects in the rail sector.

12. September 2023

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Rail Vision: Order on train sensor systems

Das israelische Unternehmen Rail Vision wird Passagierzüge von Israel Railways mit elektro-optischen Sensorsystemen ausstatten.

15. Februar 2023

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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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Problems with ETCS

After several trains were unable to run on the new Wendlingen - Ulm line due to problems with the ETCS system, DB has now admitted to the problems.

13. September 2023

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Premises for the success of DSD

In October, nine transport associations and Deutsche Bahn (DB) presented a key points paper "Premises for a successful rollout of Digital Rail Germany (DSD)".

15. Oktober 2021

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Passenger service of digital S-Bahn Hamburg to start later

The passenger deployment of the four digital S-Bahn trains on Hamburg's S-Bahn is currently planned for the month of March. This was announced by Deutsche Bahn upon request.

15. Februar 2022

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Paris: metro line 4 fully automated

After a test run without passengers that began in June, the automation of Paris' metro line 4 is now complete.

14. September 2022