Siemens Mobility presents the Mireo Plus B battery train to the public for the first time at InnoTrans 2022. The Landesanstalt Schienenfahrzeuge Baden-Württemberg (SFBW) has ordered 27 Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility in 2020.
It will be the first battery hybrid fleet in passenger service anywhere in Europe when it starts running in Italy later this year – but is suitable to run across the continent.
SKF and Televic GSP have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to explore the possibilities to collaborate to increase customers’ rolling stock reliability and reduce maintenance costs by providing the next generation condition monitoring and data analysis.
TX Logistik AG (Mercitalia Group) has now presented the third generation of its NiKRASA technology. The solution, which also allows non-craneable semi-trailers to be easily loaded onto rail, has been improved once again and successfully tested in advance in rail and terminal operations.
As part of its commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, SMRT Trains has partnered Thales on a key initiative called “The Next-Generation Green CBTC Project”, which aims to reduce electricity consumption and further improve traction energy efficiency of the North-South and East-West lines (NSEWL), which are the oldest in Singapore’s rail network.
The East West Rail (EWR) Alliance, consisting of Atkins, Laing O’Rourke, VolkerRail and Network Rail, has brought Network Rail’s long welded rail train (LWRT) out of retirement, to help deliver one of the largest rail infrastructure projects in the UK.
RESIBLOC® Rail dry-type traction transformer with integrated cooling system is designed to reduce CO2 emissions and total operating costs, while increasing energy efficiency.
Stadler has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the design and delivery of four zero emission hydrogen FLIRT trains for California.
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, will supply the leading national railway operator, Polo Mercitalia (Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato), with 20 new generation Traxx DC3 electric locomotives, named E.494 in Italy. The delivery of these new units is scheduled to start early 2024 and will be completed during that year.
Significantly increasing passenger numbers and a consistent shift of freight traffic to environmen-tally friendly rail will inevitably lead to acute strains on the rail infrastructure.