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Thales and Alstom cooperate on the Digital Node Stuttgart

At Innotrans 2022, Thales and Alstom have agreed to cooperate on trackside ETCS equipment in Germany for the future project "Digital Node Stuttgart".

22. September 2022

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Thales Deutschland: newly formed subsidiary founded

The rail division of Thales is to be integrated into Hitachi Rail, presumably on 1 January 2023, as Rail Impacts has learned.

05. Oktober 2022

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Thales' seeing train

At Innotrans 2022, Thales will present a system that supports trains in autonomous driving - even at the highest levels GoA 3 and GoA 4.

13. September 2022

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Thales supplies axle counters to Prorail

Thales has signed a framework agreement with Prorail for the supply of new axle counters.

13. Januar 2022

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Thales supplies ETCS Level 2 on-board equipment to Softronic

Romanian locomotive manufacturer Softronic has commissioned Thales to supply and equip five six-axle Lema locomotives with ETCS Level 2 and PZB on-board equipment for cross-border operation in Romania, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia.

21. Juni 2022

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The railway sector has some catching up to do regarding cybersecurity

Companies in the railway sector have deficits when it comes to protecting their digital processes and infrastructure.

13. März 2023

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"There will be a rush for the technology".

Ulf Klaua is Director Sales at the Voith Group, one of the four manufacturers of the future Digital Automatic Coupling (DAK). Klaua describes what companies should do today to prepare.

24. Oktober 2023

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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

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Tilting technology cannot be used under ETCS in Germany

In Germany, the track curve-dependent tilting technology (GNT) is not usable in the areas equipped with ETCS.

28. April 2022

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Transmissions: Joint predictive maintenance solution

A joint solution for predictive maintenance of rail vehicle transmissions is being developed by GGT Gmeinder Getriebetechnik GmbH and Stimio, which specialises in IoT monitoring and predictive maintenance solutions for industry.

04. Januar 2023

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TÜV Nord China certifies autonomous metro for the first time

It is an important milestone for the railway technology business of the TÜV Nord Group: the company's Chinese foreign subsidiary has tested and certified the complete system of an autonomously running underground for the first time.

14. September 2022

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Turnkey metro system for Sydney

System integrator and partner for the delivery of the "Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport" project is Siemens Mobility.

21. Dezember 2022

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Type 5 tests - buffer creation possible

At the beginning of November, the functions of the DAC (Digital Automatic Coupling) Type 5 were tested in the Muttenz marshalling yard near Basel.

13. November 2023

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Unauthorised persons stopped trains by radio signal

At the end of last week, more than 20 trains in Poland were stopped by radio signal.

29. August 2023

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Update on the acquisition of GTS by Hitachi Rail

In August 2021, the proposed acquisition of Thales' Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business by Hitachi Rail was announced.

15. Dezember 2022