During the health crisis, contactless ticketing has become one of the safest ways to pay for travel. Smartphones are also rewriting the rules of urban mobility, with passengers increasingly expecting to use their phones as tickets
Alstom has signed a contract with Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) DB Regio AG to equip 215 of Stuttgart, Germany’s S-Bahn trains with the European Train Control System (ETCS) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO) signalling technology. Part of the landmark rail project known as Stuttgart 21, the contract will see Alstom retrofit the BR 423 and BR 430 trains operating in the greater Stuttgart area’s S-Bahn and conventional railway lines. The contract is worth around 130 million euro.
Alstom, the global leader in green and smart mobility reduces lead times for spare parts from 45 days to 48 hours using F370 3D Printers. Company also saves Sétif Tramways around 6,000 euros by 3D printing spare parts on demand in favour of traditional production methods.
The publicly listed STRABAG SE Group has been awarded the contract to upgrade a 30 km section of railway in south-eastern Hungary via its Hungarian railway construction subsidiary STRABAG Rail Kft. The contract, which is worth a total of € 364 million, will be executed in a consortium with a Hungarian partner (STRABAG share: 66 %).
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Kombiverkehr have now established a service between Budapest and Neuss that runs six times a week and another that stops off at Wels and Wien Süd that runs three times a week, which between them save the CO2 emissions of 17,000 truck journeys.
Following on from the 5-year framework contract between Stimio and the French passenger operator, SNCF VOYAGEURS is ordering 140 additional MELI communication gateways. This new order is in line with the large-scale industrialization objectives of the AVISE1 project.
Train Control Networks (TCNs) are facing new technological challenges since there are growing demands from the Train Operators and the Passengers alike