Serco Caledonian Sleeper (SCS) is the overnight sleeper train service between London and Scotland. The fleet links the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William with London and looking after the comfort and safety of their passengers overnight is one of the main objectives for the team.
Following on from the success of the first high-speed railway line in Africa, the Tangier–Kenitra line (200 km), Morocco is pursuing plans to continue to develop its network of high-speed lines. In this perspective, ONCF (the Moroccan national railway company) has appointed Egis as general consultant for external control on the HSL from Kenitra to Marrakesh.
TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the TDK-Lambda CN-110B series of half-brick DC-DC converters for railway power systems. An input range of 43 to 160Vdc enables their use with 72V or 110V nominal DC inputs..
Metrolinx, the transit authority for the Greater Toronto region (Ontario, Canada) has awarded VINCI Construction Grands Projets the civil contract for the design-build-finance of a major portion of the new Ontario Line, in a 50/50 joint venture with Ferrovial.
Inductive sensors from Micro-Epsilon are based on the eddy current principle and designed for non-contact measurement of displacement, distance, position, oscillation and vibrations.
Clayton Equipment has secured a contract to supply a fleet of twelve hybrid locomotives to the Shougang Group, the parent company for an iron ore mining operation at Macheng Mine in China.