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On the Right Track
Rising passenger numbers, shorter train intervals, and growing freight volume are speeding up railroad track deterioration, and public transport companies are feeling the pressure.
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ALSTOM News
Alstom to provide an additional 64 commuter trains to Hamburg
Alstom and S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH have signed a contract for the delivery of an additional 64 Class 490 S-Bahn trains. The order is an option from a framework contract signed in 2013 and is valued at around 500 million euro
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HS2 News
HS2 trialling fibre optic tech to head off subsidence and ground movement
An HS2 construction site is the test bed for a potentially far-reaching fibre optic technology that can sense minute ground movements in embankments and cuttings, and could help prevent land slips and detect the formation of sink holes.
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Colas rail News
GRAND PARIS: COLAS RAIL SECURES TWO CONTRACTS TO EXTEND THE T3 TRAM IN THE WEST OF PARIS
Colas was awarded two contracts by the RATP* following requests for proposals to build a 3.2-km extension of the T3 tram line between the current Porte d’Asnières terminus and Porte Dauphine as part of the Grand Paris Project.
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Alstom presents its battery-powered multiple unit train in Saxony
Today Alstom’s battery-powered train conducted a technical demonstration journey starting in Chemnitz, Germany.
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Alstom successfully delivers the first two Innovia 300 monorail trains for Cairo Monorail on time
Alstom’s first two Innovia 300 monorail trains for the Cairo Monorail project have arrived in Cairo after being completed at Alstom’s Derby UK factory, with propulsion systems application led by Alstom’s site in Trapaga, Spain
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ZF News
DIGITAL PLUS ON THE TRACKS: ZF AND DB SYSTEMTECHNIK AGREE ON COOPERATION
In a new joint project, ZF and DB Systemtechnik combine existing competencies to increase efficiency in the monitoring of critical infrastructure. Their digital monitoring solution detects potential rail deficiencies at an early stage. This enables predictive and flexible planning of maintenance work, thus reducing unnecessary expenses, preventing delays and breakdowns, and offering a real added value in terms of safety and comfort. A test vehicle will try out the system during an extensive real use application in the fall.
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Alstom's Coradia iLint hydrogen train runs for the first time in France
Alstom's Coradia iLint hydrogen train runs for the first time in FranceAlstom's Coradia iLint train, the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen, took its first turns in France on the tracks of the Centre d'Essais Ferroviaires[1] in Valenciennes (in the north of France) in the presence of Jean-Baptiste Djebarri, French Minister Delegate to the Minister of Ecological Transition, responsible for Transport, and Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, President of Alstom France.
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