31 May 2022 at the 28th International Exhibition for Track Technology (iaf) in Münster: the Dutch track maintenance contractor VolkerRail, a company of the VolkerWessels group, has signed a development partnership agreement for the Unimat 09-8x4/4S Dynamic E3 by Plasser & Theurer.
Organised by SNCF Réseau and the UIC, with the support of Network Rail and the University of Birmingham, the fifth edition of the Harmotrack Project Plenary Meeting aims to spotlight the success of international collaboration among railway experts engaging to reach the goals of the Harmotrack project.
The line, which is 14.5 km long and serves 26 stations, is expected to carry between 10 and 11 million passengers every year and takes 42 minutes to connect Tarup, a neighbourhood in the north of the city, to Hjallese in southern suburb of Odense. It will run through the downtown area, serving the main points of interest in the centre including the central station, the hospital, and Odense University. Keolis has recruited 80 local staff for this contract, including 52 drivers.
Wabtec Corporation announced an agreement to modernise locomotives for Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue), representing Wabtec’s delivery of the first fleet of modernised locomotives for an Australian customer.
Travelers benefit from greater reliability – project commissioned after only 18 months. Digital Rail Germany is moving forward. Deutsche Bahn (DB) has just inaugurated the completely renewed signaling and interlocking technology on the Ruhr-Sieg line between Letmathe and Kreuztal.
On 1 June 2022, the Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS announced a public procurement for the Rail Baltica energy subsystem design and construction for the entire Rail Baltica line, covering more than 870 km in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
SENER has joined the Executive Committee of the US High Speed Rail Coalition, that fosters the U.S. high-speed rail industry. "On behalf of the Coalition and the entire Association, we're proud to welcome SENER to the Executive Committee," said USHSR President Andy Kunz.
The Oslo local transport operator Sporveien has ordered an HSG-city grinding machine to combine strategic goals like high customer satisfaction, maximum reliability and safety with an increased capacity of the network. Vossloh wants to strengthen the urban rail transport and not only extend the service life and increase the safety of the track but also drive the reduction of carbon emissions over the entire product lifecycle.