Kontron Transportation Unipessoal Lda. has positioned a new solution in the portuguese Railway market - the COM MODULE, to upgrade the existing analog Base Station Controllers for the track-to-train railway telecommunications network.
Humanes-Monfragüe section is part of the conventional gauge line that runs from Madrid to Valencia de Alcántara. It is compatible with the High Speed line that will link the capital with Extremadura.
Yet again, the CAF Group consolidates its position as a global supplier of Zero Emissions Mobility solutions by securing two new contracts in the Balearic Islands. These consist, on the one hand, of the supply of five electric units to Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, and on the other, five hydrogen buses to the capital city of Palma.
HS2 is continuing its commitment to ‘Build the Future’ – the theme for this year’s National Apprenticeship Week – by recruiting for more talented individuals to play a part in the construction of Britain’s new high capacity, zero carbon railway.
ABB has won orders worth around $80 million from Stadler for energy-efficient traction and high-performance battery technologies for high-capacity commuter trains. Many of these trains will strengthen the short-distance transportation network in Spain serving more than one million commuters every day in some of Spain’s largest cities such as Madrid and Barcelona. The orders also include traction equipment for new locomotives.
Driverless trams may be launched in testing mode in Moscow in the end of 2022 – in the beginning of 2023, declared Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport, at the discussion Robots in the City: The Future of Megacities with Autonomous Transport, held by the Noôdome community in Moscow.
CargoBeamer, a European pioneer in decarbonizing freight traffic, accelerates its growth rate. The Supervisory Board appointed Nicolas Albrecht (33) as the Company’s new CEO. Albrecht joined the Executive Board in January 2020 as Chief Business Development Officer.