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Bulgaria may support ETCS vehicle equipment

Bulgaria may support railway undertakings (RUs) in equipping their vehicles with ETCS equipment.

08. Mai 2023

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Budget adjustment: ERTMS title for 2022 confirmed - higher commitment appropriations

More money than originally planned will be available for equipping German infrastructure and rolling stock with the European train control system ERTMS in the 2022 budget year.

25. Mai 2022

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British government promotes ETCS for East Coast Main Line

The British Department for Transport is launching a large-scale modernisation offensive: the government wants to invest more than 1 billion pounds in ETCS signalling technology on the East Coast Main Line.

07. Juli 2022

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Boston South Station track and signalling contract awarded

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has awarded Middlesex Corp a $98m contract to renew track, turnouts and signals at Boston’s South Station.

05. April 2023

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BMDV extends period for GSM-R conversion

The Federal Ministry of Transport has extended the conversion period to the interference-resistant GSM-R standard.

03. Januar 2023

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BMDV commits to ETCS vehicle funding - the "how" should be decided in four to six weeks

The Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) is committed to promoting the upgrade of existing vehicles with ETCS on-board units (ETCS-OBU). This was reported to Rail Impacts from ministry circles.

12. Oktober 2023

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Belgium: 120 locomotives get ETCS-OBU

Alstom has been awarded a contract by SNCB for the design, supply and maintenance of the on-board ETCS Level 2 signalling system (Baseline 3) to equip 120 HLE18 locomotives.

09. November 2022

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BAV develops guideline on cyber security

The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (Bundesamt für Verkehr - BAV) has issued a new guideline on cyber security entitled "Guideline on Railway Cyber Security".

11. Oktober 2023

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Bane NOR receives European Railway Award for ERTMS implementation

For its pioneering role in the introduction of the European train control and management system ERTMS, the Norwegian state railway infrastructure operator Bane NOR has received the "European Railway Award 2022".

10. Februar 2022

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Award procedure for automated commuter trains

Erst kürzlich hatte das dänische Parlament grünes Licht für die Neubeschaffung von S-Bahnfahrzeugen für Kopenhagen gegeben; jetzt haben die DSB auch schon das entsprechende Verfahren eröffnet.

24. Mai 2023

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Automated stabling of traction units

The research project "Stabling automation for multiple units" (SAMU), which was launched by the FH Aachen and in which Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG) - together with the group subsidiaries Trapico GmbH and SWEG Schienenwege GmbH - is participating, is looking into the question of how fully automated provisioning and stabling of multiple units can be implemented.

22. August 2023

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Automated drone missions for the prevention of incidents

ÖBB recently signed an innovation cooperation with Frequentis AG to research hangar-based automated drone flights in Austria.

21. Dezember 2022

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AutoHaul gets interlocking modernisation

Hitachi Rail will soon commence the third and final phase of interlocking upgrades to the AutoHaul™ autonomous heavy haul rail network in Western Australia operated by Rio Tinto, an international mining company headquartered in London and Melbourne.

14. November 2023

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Austrian rail network is being digitised

ETCS Level 2 was recently put into operation on the 57 km long Linz - Vöcklabruck line. The line control centre for this is in Vienna, and the digital monitoring of the trains on this section of line takes place in Linz.

23. August 2023

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Austrian Institute of Technology develops security solution for Network Rail in UK

UK infrastructure operator Network Rail has commissioned the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) to provide a complete solution for the early detection of physical security threats.

12. Oktober 2022