Six-month pilot test with major European freight train operator shows energy savings of 20-30% at peak and 10.2% on average with potential for further reduction.
Track laying begins on an 8.8 km Rail Baltica section in Lithuania, using 1435 mm European gauge rails as part of the broader €1.77 billion electrification project.
Over 1500 visitors - including local competition winners - enjoyed tours around the modern manufacturing facility, experienced rides on the replica of Locomotion No.1, and explored Railway 200’s Exhibition Train.
A Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) trains modernisation project, led by Alstom Services unit in Spain, has been honoured with the prestigious Brunel Award at a ceremony recently held in London.
Presented at the EXPO Ferroviaria in Milan, the new trains, commissioned by Ferrovie Appulo Lucane, will save a total of over 1,300 tonnes of CO2 per year.
PJ Messtechnik, an accredited test center in accordance with ISO/ IEC 17025, was commissioned by Innofreight to carry out all the necessary steps for the approval of the innovative Y25 bogie.
A British-built Alstom Aventra train fleet for West Midlands Railway has carried more than 12 million passengers since completing its rollout on a popular Birmingham route one year ago.
LISEA has awarded the contract for the construction of a private and independent Maintenance and Stabling Facility in Marcheprime (Gironde) to a consortium led by SPIE Batignolles (project leader) and composed of Colas Rail, Colas Mérignac, INEO, and Briand.