Schaltbau Machine Electrics have recently invested in a new optical measuring system to improve productivity and quality, particularly for parts used in the latest C310 AC & bidirectional DC contactors.

On 14 January six associations presented and signed a Charter on Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) in Hamburg, Germany.

Worldwide there are a significant number of Metro networks that are grappling with overheating problems and the following findings will make all the difference. For London Underground, which originally advertised “IT IS COOLER BELOW” until the 1920s, this has been a 120-year problem and their Cooling the Tube Project has contributed little improvement since its inception in 2005.

A new national timetable was introduced in China on December 30 2019 which increases the number of passenger trains by 263.5 per day to reach 4816.5 daily round trips.

The two new metro sections comprise a 16.6km eastern extension of Line 7 and a 4.5km southern extension of the Batong Line to Huashuang and a common terminal at Universal Studios. The Universal Studios theme park is still under construction and is due to open in 2021.

Etihad Rail has awarded a tender worth 4.6 billion AED (1.1 billion euros1.25 billion USD) to a joint venture between China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) and National Projects and Construction (NPC).

Talgo UK is pleased to announce that Fife Council has approved an application by Scottish Enterprise to transform an old industrial site, following minor certifications, in Longannet.

Over the last quarter-century, Eurostar has expanded its range of destinations, broken several records and transited royals, footballers, celebrities and politicians to the other side of the British Channel.

CAF group’s technological subsidiary CAF Signalling has completed the testing of its Automatic Train Operation (ATO) over ETCS (GoA2) in CAF’s SNG trains.

The UK’s Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has chosen Arup to provide a ‘route map to enter service’ for hydrogen-powered trains