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Siemens News

Thirty years ago, on May 29, 1991, six ICE 1 trains converged in Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe from different directions and officially inaugurated the era of high-speed rail travel in Germany

A few days later, on 2 June 1991, the first ICE trains officially inaugurated high-speed service in Germany

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HS2 News

Momentum builds as HS2 launches second giant tunnelling machine

HS2 this week launched ‘Cecilia’ - the second of two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines that will excavate the ten mile long tunnels beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London.

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ALSTOM News

Alstom successfully commissioned first 7 freight locomotives in Azerbaijan

One of the most powerful electric locomotives in the world, contributing to regional railway interconnection

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TX Logistik News

TX Logistik expands relation Kaldenkirchen – Malmö

TX Logistik AG is increasing the frequency of its intermodal connection between the Lower Rhine and Sweden by two round trips.

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CAF News

CAF launches its new CAF Startup Station unit

The CAF Group has launched the CAF Startup Station. This is the new Venture Client unit designed for partnering with top tier startups with relevant and innovative solutions in the rail and bus sectors.

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Ricardo News

Swift Express Freight Train ready for service

Ricardo’s design teams have supported Eversholt Rail, a UK rolling stock leasing company, to convert a passenger train into a low-carbon option for transporting parcels direct to town and city centres via the mainline rail network.

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ALSTOM News

Stuttgart Digital Node: Alstom paving the way for automated train operation in the highly frequented Stuttgart network

Alstom has signed a contract with Germany’s Baden-Wuerttemberg State Institute for Rail Vehicles (SFBW) to retrofit 118 regional trains with the European Train Control System (ETCS) Automatic Train Operation (ATO) digital signalling technology

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CEA News

GKD’s Series 2 Rated Capacity Indicator with ‘rail’ upgrade

GKD Technologies has recently ungraded its Series 2 civils system which is now fitted with an ‘Off Rail ALO’ upgrade.

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TMH News

TMH Presents Ivolga 3.0 EMU to Passengers

During Moscow Urban Forum 2021, an international congress on challenges of the growing supercities, TMH presents an end car (“head car”) of its new DC electric train Ivolga 3.0 (Class EG2Tv) to future passengers at the Three Station Square (Komsomolskaya Square).

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PKP Energetyka News

PKP Energetyka has launched Europe's largest traction energy storage facility to power the Polish railway

The energy reservoir, which was built in Garbce, in the commune of Żmigród (50 km from Wrocław in Lower Silesia Region, Poland), can single power a train traveling at a speed of 160 km per hour.

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A few days later, on 2 June 1991, the first ICE trains officially inaugurated high-speed service in Germany

HS2 this week launched ‘Cecilia’ - the second of two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines that will excavate the ten mile long tunnels beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London.

One of the most powerful electric locomotives in the world, contributing to regional railway interconnection

TX Logistik AG is increasing the frequency of its intermodal connection between the Lower Rhine and Sweden by two round trips.

The CAF Group has launched the CAF Startup Station. This is the new Venture Client unit designed for partnering with top tier startups with relevant and innovative solutions in the rail and bus sectors.

Ricardo’s design teams have supported Eversholt Rail, a UK rolling stock leasing company, to convert a passenger train into a low-carbon option for transporting parcels direct to town and city centres via the mainline rail network.

Alstom has signed a contract with Germany’s Baden-Wuerttemberg State Institute for Rail Vehicles (SFBW) to retrofit 118 regional trains with the European Train Control System (ETCS) Automatic Train Operation (ATO) digital signalling technology

GKD Technologies has recently ungraded its Series 2 civils system which is now fitted with an ‘Off Rail ALO’ upgrade.

During Moscow Urban Forum 2021, an international congress on challenges of the growing supercities, TMH presents an end car (“head car”) of its new DC electric train Ivolga 3.0 (Class EG2Tv) to future passengers at the Three Station Square (Komsomolskaya Square).

The energy reservoir, which was built in Garbce, in the commune of Żmigród (50 km from Wrocław in Lower Silesia Region, Poland), can single power a train traveling at a speed of 160 km per hour.

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