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Lower energy consumption with Green CBTC

With the SelTracTM G8 solution, known as Green CBTC, Thales aims to save energy and emissions in times of skyrocketing prices.

22. September 2022

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Levitating trains - Nevomo reports successful tests

The Swiss-Polish start-up Nevomo claims to have levitated a vehicle over tracks for the first time. A driving speed of 135 km/h was achieved, the company announced during a press conference in Brussels, which was broadcast live on the internet. At the event, the company also showed a video of a vehicle hovering a few millimetres above the tracks. This success was achieved on the company's test track in Nowa Sarzyna, Poland.

11. September 2023

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Kontron Transportation wins GSM-R project

In a consortium led by Siemens Mobility, Kontron Transportation is to provide a turnkey GSM-R system for the "Egypt High Speed Rail Project".

12. Januar 2023

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Kolkata Metro: Siemens consortium wins order

Lines 3 and 6 of the Kolkata Metro will be equipped with state-of-the-art railway automation technology from Siemens.

15. August 2022

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Škoda Group enters signalling industry

Škoda Group has acquired 93.9% of The Signalling Company, a Belgian developer of vehicle safety software and signalling systems for railway operators.

21. Februar 2023

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Škoda Group and Speno International cooperate on ETCS integration

The Škoda Group has entered into a strategic partnership with the Swiss company Speno International SA, a manufacturer of track machines for reprofiling tracks and switches.

06. November 2023

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Knorr-Bremse tests DAC under real conditions in Sweden

Knorr-Bremse's Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) will be on a Trafikverket CFL train until 2025.

06. April 2023

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Knorr-Bremse concludes cooperation and investment agreement with Nexxiot

Knorr-Bremse and TradeTech pioneer Nexxiot have signed a strategic cooperation and investment agreement.

02. Juni 2022

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Key for the future: scalable software solutions for critical infrastructures

As recently as October 2022, fibre optic cables belonging to Deutsche Bahn were sabotaged, plunging northern Germany into traffic chaos. Such acts of sabotage and accidents at critical infrastructures are not only tragic, but can also have devastating consequences for public safety.

24. Mai 2023

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Integrated metro system for Cluj-Napoca

Alstom has signed a contract with the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca) for the construction of metro line 1 in the Transylvania region of Romania as part of a consortium with civil engineering companies Gulermak and Arcada.

07. Juni 2023

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Innovative wildlife detection solution

Alstom and Flox Robotics, a Swedish provider of WMaaS (Wildlife management as a Service) solutions, have presented a joint strategy to tackle a major problem in the railway sector: Collisions with wildlife.

07. November 2023

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India's first semi high-speed regional train inaugurated

In India, the so-called NaMo Bharat was inaugurated last week. This is the first section Duhai - Sahibabad (17 km) of a corridor between Delhi and Meerut.

24. Oktober 2023

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IEC 62443: Siemens Mobility certified

Siemens Mobility has received three new certifications by Germany’s TÜV SÜD for meeting the international cybersecurity standard IEC 62443.

27. September 2022

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Hungarian railway corridor gets ETCS L2

The Czech company AŽD has signed a contract with the Hungarian construction company V4SIL (part of the V-Híd holding) for the supply of modern signalling and ETCS L2 for the Soroksár - Kelebia project as part of the Budapest-Belgrade connection.

06. Juni 2023

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Hitachi to continue operating fully automated metro for Riyadh Women's University

Hitachi Rail will continue to operate and maintain the fully automated metro system at Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

24. Januar 2022