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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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Locomotive conversion to ETCS becomes urgent

Railway companies in Germany should prepare themselves for the fact that they may have to have ETCS-capable locomotives sooner than expected in order to be able to operate on the network.

01. Dezember 2022

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LTE coverage achieved on all German ICE routes

Full coverage with LTE (4G) is now said to be guaranteed along the ICE routes in Germany. This is shown by the Federal Government's answer to a parliamentary question from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.

02. Februar 2022

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Metrô BH receives ATO

Metrô BH, a company of the Brazilian Grupo Comporte, has signed a contract with Alstom for the supply of a new signalling system and operations control centre (OCC) for Line 1 and its extension, as well as for the new Line 2 of the metro in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the state of Minas Gerais in south-eastern Brazil.

16. Oktober 2023

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Metro line 13 to be fully automated

The Paris transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités (IDFM) and the operator RATP have given the go-ahead for the automation of metro line 13.

15. Dezember 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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Monitoring systems for 147 light rail vehicles

Transport for Manchester is implementing a recommendation from the national Rail Accident Investigation Branch for light rail systems, which includes two additional monitoring systems in the vehicles to prevent serious accidents.

12. Juli 2023

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Moratorium on TSIs for ETCS necessary

At a discussion event organised by the LTE Group during the Transport Logistic trade fair, Steffen Bobsien, Vice President Locomotives & Passenger Coaches at Siemens Mobility with global responsibility for locomotives and passenger coaches, spoke in favour of a moratorium on changes to ETCS in the EU's Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI).

23. Mai 2023

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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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Network agency postpones LTE switchover to 2024

The Federal Network Agency has prohibited the introduction of another 4G radio frequency for better mobile phone reception in trains, planned for the timetable change on 11.12.2022, and postponed it until December 2024.

02. Dezember 2022

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New control system for the SOB

The Berlin-based company PSI Software SE has received an order from the Swiss Südostbahn AG (SOB) to supply the PSIcontrol 4.9 control system.

02. November 2023

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New diagnostic tool for trams in test operation

In Kocaeli, a turkish province east of Istanbul, with around 1.9 million inhabitants in the conurbation, the local transport operator UlasimPark is currently testing ZF's connect@rail condition monitoring system for the first time in Turkey.

12. Juli 2023

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New interlocking and ETCS for Cork Area Commuter Rail

Irish rail operator Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) has signed a contract worth around EUR 78.5m with Alstom for new signalling equipment for the Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) network.

25. August 2023

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New York: Reliability overrides capacity at rush hour

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is looking to revise its programme to implement a CBTC solution across the underground network by proposing changes to its 2020-24 investment plan.

25. August 2022

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No Czech DAC support

The Czech Ministry of Transport will not implement the use of subsidies recently approved by the EU Commission to support the conversion to a Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC).

14. August 2023