Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a contract with DB Cargo Belgium and DB Cargo Netherlands to provide full-service maintenance for the fleet of 60 DE-6400 locomotives operating in Belgium and the Netherlands. This contract shows the customer’s confidence in our services capacities in the Benelux region.
EMKA’s product portfolio has a recent addition: the emergency hammer compliant with DIN EN 45545-2 HL3. EMKA has developed a robust product specifically for rail vehicles. In trains, in particular, the safety demands are exceptionally high, including the need for the “little lifesavers“. Besides the impact effect, compliance with the European fire protection standard is mandatory. In order to fulfil these systems, EMKA uses a special plastic.
Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), a full-service locomotive leasing company, has ordered 14 Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility on the basis of an existing contract. With this order, MRCE will have a fleet of 147 Vectrons. MRCE plans to use the locomotives in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and the Netherlands.
Knick developed the new signal doubler, P16800, to provide reliable speed data for the increasing number of evaluation systems in rail vehicles, with no need to install extra sensors at the axle ends.
E-mobility is on the rise - and with it new requirements for associated car transporters. DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung is also currently involved in the conversion of car transport wagons.
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has received an additional order for 15 new-generation Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains from SNCF Voyageurs, worth almost 590 million euro.
Railcare has signed a new 2-years framework agreement with Network Rail. Network Rail has overall responsibility for the construction and maintenance of large parts of the UK rail network.
Get into the Flow is the principle guiding Knorr-Bremse, the global market leader for braking systems and other rail and commercial vehicle systems, at InnoTrans 2022, where visitors will be given an in-depth tour of the Group’s innovative, resilient, green and connected solutions.
The first Alstom C-series railcar built in Western Australia (WA) for METRONET has completed high-voltage testing and will move to the Nowergup depot next month for an extensive dynamic validation testing period.