In preparation for the construction of the northern section of HS2’s Phase One route between London and the West Midlands, main works civils contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) have successfully demolished a disused bridge in Saltley near Birmingham.
ILSA, Spain’s leading private high-speed rail operator, has awarded Hitachi Rail España with the maintenance of its fleet, comprising 20 new ETR 1000 trains, through a EUR 737 million contract that will cover a 30-year period, until 2052
HS2 Ltd today shortlisted bidders to become the Phase 2a Design and Delivery Partner (DDP) for the new section of Britain’s high speed rail network, connecting the West Midlands and Crewe.
Our state-of-the-art, efficient and versatile 119m³ gas railcar has already proven to be a favorite among customers. Since its launch just a few years ago, GATX has leased over 500 cars of this type with more than 20 customers. Given the high demand, we will continue to assemble new 119m³ railcars at our in-house workshop in Ostróda, Poland.
More than 75% of all workshop revisions on GATX railcars are already handled digitally. This marks an important milestone in the two-year roll-out plan by GATX Rail Europe, which started in March 2020. The plan targets all 46 maintenance shops in the GATX Rail Europe partner network to be operating with the digital workshop portal by the end of 2022.
Working with SNCF and TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The first real-time video protection system for use on board trains has produced conclusive results. Honouring its commitments, ACTIA Telecom, the telecommunications division of the ACTIA Group, has successfully tested its system on around a hundred TER regional trains in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, in partnership with SNCF.
The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) offers the necessary conditions for uninterrupted, safe, efficient and fast railway services. Fast railway services, in particular the creation of a high-speed rail network as part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), offer an attractive alternative to more polluting transport modes
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering and Alstom - global leader in smart and sustainable mobility and biggest Polish manufacturer, exporter and employer in the railway industry - signed a cooperation agreement on educating and developing the competences of future engineers in the railway sector in Poland.
Infraestruturas de Portugal is taking another important step in the continuous modernization of the Portuguese railways by awarding to Thales with three new contracts for the modernization of the Signalling systems in Cascais Line, West Line (between Meleças and Caldas da Rainha stations) and Santa Apolónia Station in Lisbon region