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Notice of funding for H-Bahn in Dortmund

The NRW Ministry of Transport intends to fund the feasibility study for a new automation system for the further expansion of the H-Bahn in Dortmund with EUR 500,000.

16. September 2022

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Numerous ETCS projects in the CEF programme

The EU Commission announced on 29 June 2022 that 135 transport infrastructure projects have now been selected from 399 project proposals submitted for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

01. Juli 2022

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Oslo Metro: CBTC with GoA2 via public network

Oslo has become the first city in the world to decide to control its metro via the public mobile network. This decision is based on a determination by the Oslo City Council in 2019 to replace the signalling system based on conventional relay technology with a signalling system using CBTC technology.

20. Januar 2022

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Oslo Metro orders CBTC system from Siemens Mobility

Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract by operator Sporveien AS for a CBTC system for Oslo Metro.

21. Dezember 2021

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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

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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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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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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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"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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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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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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Railway regulations modernised

Poland has amended regulations on railway traffic.

01. 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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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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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