SNCF Réseau has signed a multi-tender innovation partnership (involving 3 consortiums) for new-generation computer signalling facility research, development and deployment. The programme known as Argos will enable obsolete signal boxes to be renewed
Significant planting and landscaping enhancements have now started on the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade, a Network Rail project being delivered by the VolkerRailStory joint venture, that will see new railway infrastructure and track built to enable faster and more reliable passenger journeys between Manchester and Sheffield.
Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) announced today it was awarded a contract from Central Organisation For Modernisation Of Workshops (COFMOW), Indian Railways for its Online Monitoring of Rolling Stock (OMRS) project.
Czech Railways has ordered fifty Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The contract also includes service for fifteen years. With a maximum operating speed of 230 km/h, the locomotives are suitable for operations on conventional as well as high-speed lines in fast cross-border passenger traffic. Delivery will start from December 2025.
Kontron Transportation France has officially been awarded the Transilien SNCF Voyageurs OTN project.In a cooperation with Ribbon, Kontron Transportation will integrate OTN (Optical Transportation Network) technology at Transilien SNCF Voyageurs.
Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) is introducing a new locomotive model to Brazil’s freight rail market with deliveries to Suzano, MRS and Rumo in late March and early April.
Ricardo Certification and DB Systemtechnik have agreed to intensify their partnership so that they are able to provide a complete one-stop shop in testing and approval services of new and modernised rail vehicles and infrastructure across European territories
The UC3M master's degree aims to broaden the academic offer available in the field of railway engineering, targeting industrial, telecommunications and computer engineers
Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer: Masayuki Hyodo) and Japan Transport Engineering Company (Head Office: Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Takao Nishiyama; hereinafter, “J-TREC”) have received an order from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of the Republic of the Philippines to supply 240 train cars for the contract package CP107 of the country’s Metro Manila Subway Project Phase 1 (between Quezon City in the north and Parañaque City in the south).