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CargoBeamer, Europe's leading logistics service provider for the intermodal transport of non-craneable semi-trailers, is entering the production of intermodal wagons. In Central Germany’s Erfurt, the company will open a facility to produce CargoBeamer’s proprietary freight cars later this year. At the site, which was used to manufacture locomotives in the 20th century, the final assembly of the wagons will initially take place.
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a historic agreement with Sweden’s national rail operator SJ to supply 25 Zefiro Express electric high-speed trains, with an option of 15 additional trains. The contract for the first firm order is valued at around €650 million.
TX Logistik AG is further expanding its intermodal connection between Leipzig and Verona. Starting on April 5, the rail logistics company, part of the Mercitalia Group (Gruppo FS Italiane), will in future operate eight instead of the previous six round trips per week between the two economic metropolises. The reason for the expansion is the current high market demand for rail transport capacity.
With a common ambition to deliver reliable and sustainable rail journeys, Thales and SMRT Trains recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and leverage digital technologies such as data analytics to enhance rail maintenance and operations on the nation’s oldest MRT lines – the North-South and East-West lines, including the Tuas West Extension.
The partnership covers the implementation of renewable hydrogen logistics and refuelling solutions for a fuel cell system that can power electric locomotives on non-electrified sections of the railway network
Société de transport de Montréal (STM) awarded Thales a contract extension to provide new computer based interlocking systems to eight additional metro stations, which will complete the upgrades across all lines of the rapid transit system in Montrea
In the Digital Rail Testbed in Germany’s Ore Mountains, the sector initiative Digitale Schiene Deutschland, Nokia and Kontron Transportation are jointly building a 5G-based communication network to test the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS). Now an important milestone could be reached by realizing one of the first FRMCS test calls worldwide.
Railcare has renewed its agreement with LKAB Malmtrafik relating to iron ore transports. The value of the agreement is approximately SEK 50 million and spans the period until 31 December 2022.