The Swedish operator Västtrafik AB, which operates the trams, has awarded Škoda a contract for the revision and repair of trams of type designation M31. The work will take place at the Škoda Group's production facility in Ostrava from this year until 2027. The total volume of the contract is almost € 80 million.
Exela Technologies, Inc. announced a 5-year contract with ÖBB, Austria’s National Railway Company, valued at a Total Contract Value of ~$2.5 million. The Bills and Payments (“XBP”) deal is part of ITPS, Exela’s largest accounting segment.
Plasser & Theurer proudly presents the Unimat 09-8x4/4S BR Dynamic E³, a cutting-edge combined machine for complete maintenance of tracks and turnouts.
The requirement to multi-task while maintaining precise control over a machine (or multiple machines) means a modular PLC construction is more important than ever. The latest IoT Gateway available for Mitsubishi Electric’s advanced iQ-R Series PLC is a perfect example. It makes use of the OPC UA standard designed to provide a direct exchange from smart OT devices to cloud based systems.
Vossloh, one of the world’s leading providers of products and services related to rail infrastructure, has secured an economically and strategically important contract to deliver rail fastening systems for a new high-speed line in northern Egypt.
On May 15, the Moscow Metro celebrates its 87th anniversary. Since 1935, the network has become the recognized architectural masterpiece. With almost 800 km in length and about 67 thousand staff, it is one of the largest, most convenient and efficient metro systems in the world.
Today, VTG AG celebrated 150 years of private-sector wagon leasing in Europe in the Vienna City Hall. At the ceremony under the joint patronage of the Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Dr. Michael Ludwig, and the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Dr. Peter Tschentscher, the European dimension of rail freight transport and its importance for a successful transport transition were highlighted.
Colas Rail has been awarded a contract to build the low-voltage systems for lines T3 and T4 of the Casablanca tramway. This new contract illustrates the historic relationship of trust between the customer, Casablanca Transport en Site Aménagé SA, and Colas Rail and confirms Colas Rail’s rise in the transport systems value chain.
The Mediterranean Corridor is a strategic project to build a standard gauge railway axis between the French border and Algeciras as part of one of the nine corridors of the Core Network of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T).