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Knorr Bremse News

KNORR-BREMSE ACQUIRES EVAC BUSINESS AND BECOMES A WORLD LEADING SUPPLIER OF INTEGRATED SANITARY SYSTEMS FOR PASSENGER TRAINS

Knorr-Bremse, the global market leader for braking systems and other rail and commercial vehicles systems, is expanding its position in the field of on-board systems by acquiring the Evac business, a world leading manufacturer of fully integrated sanitary systems for passenger trains. In 2020, the company achieved sales of around EUR 45 million.

Porterbrook News

Network Rail announces HydroFLEX at COP26

Network Rail and Porterbrook to showcase Britain’s green trains of the future at COP26.

TSL-ESCHA news

TSL products in use in the spectacular Metro Moscow

The Moscow Metro is one of the largest and most important metro systems in the world. Well over 10,000 products from the German company TSL-ESCHA are installed on the 14 different lines

Siemens News

Cooperation on the use of LOHC technology in rail transport planned

Siemens Mobility and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energy agree on joint research for the use of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology in rail transport

JUMO News

JUMO- Technology for French high-speed trains Sensors measure axle temperature in new TGV generation

The French JUMO subsidiary based in Metz supplies temperature sensors for the axle bearings of the bogies of the new Alstom Avelia Horizon high-speed trains. The French state railroad company SNFC (Société nationale des chemins de fer français) has ordered 100 of these trains, which will be used from 2023 as part of the TGV fleet, the equivalent of the German ICE series.

Talgo News

Talgo secures 281.5 million-euro contract with Renfe

Renfe has awarded Talgo the manufacture of up to 40 new variable gauge and 330 km/h commercial speed powerheads (locomotives), for a maximum amount of 281.5 million euros, with a contract for 26 powerheads for 195.5 million euros, as the last step in transforming 13 conventional trains into very high-speed trains.

Porterbrook News

HybridFLEX on test in Derbyshire

Senior managers from Porterbrook and Chiltern Railways yesterday visited the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire to see the testing of Britain's first hybrid-powered train.

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