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Kontron News

Kontron Transportation MCx solution - the future of GSM-R train radio functionalities for Secondary Lines

Based on the future FRMCS standardization (3GPP, ETSI), the Kontron Transportation MCx solution extends obsolete analog radio communication means with modern "state of the art" train radio functionalities, without the need to develop an own infrastructure.

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ALSTOM News

Alstom wins €220 million contract to design and manufacture 234 metro cars for Mumbai Metro Lines 4 & 4A

First major order for company’s extended Indian portfolio

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Deutschebahn News

Artifical Intelligence at DB

Trains, switches and escalators with smarts

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GB Freight News

GBRf partners with Porterbrook to build 100 new wagons

Following an extended commercial exercise, GB Railfreight (GBRf) has chosen to partner with British rolling stock company, Porterbrook, for the build of 100 Greenbrier 60’ intermodal twins.

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ALSTOM News

Alstom to manufacture 152 high-capacity X’Trapolis commuter trains for Spanish operator Renfe

A strategic contract worth more than €1.4 billion

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Hummel News

VariaPro is extremely tough

Hard impacts, sudden shocks and permanent vibrations - nowhere else are components exposed to harsher conditions than in rail transport. That is why the approvals for parts and components for railway vehicles are among the toughest of all.

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Transfesa News

CoolRail reaches Denmark travelling all the way by rail

CoolRail has sent its first container full of fresh fruit and vegetables to Denmark, travelling all the way there by train from Almussafes (Valencia).

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Rail Cargo Group News

NEW TRANSFER SERVICE BETWEEN VERONA AND HANNOVER

We’re launching our new TransFER Verona–Hannover on 29th March. This new connection is extending our range of intermodal services between Italy and Germany and making an important contribution to relieving the Brenner Axis of traffic congestion.

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ALSTOM News

Alstom’s forward-looking technology making Germany’s railways fit for the future

Alstom to install digital interlocking in Coburg for Deutsche Bahn

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Siemens News

New innovative Brake Monitoring System for freight trains

Siemens Mobility GmbH and VTG Rail Europe GmbH signed a contract to test the innovative Brake Monitoring System (BMS) for automated brake testing of freight trains to prove the system’s operational capability. The BMS ensures an automatic brake test on each wagon of a train. The expected efficiencies generated for freight operators will result in a great market potential across Europe.

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Based on the future FRMCS standardization (3GPP, ETSI), the Kontron Transportation MCx solution extends obsolete analog radio communication means with modern "state of the art" train radio functionalities, without the need to develop an own infrastructure.

First major order for company’s extended Indian portfolio

Trains, switches and escalators with smarts

Following an extended commercial exercise, GB Railfreight (GBRf) has chosen to partner with British rolling stock company, Porterbrook, for the build of 100 Greenbrier 60’ intermodal twins.

A strategic contract worth more than €1.4 billion

Hard impacts, sudden shocks and permanent vibrations - nowhere else are components exposed to harsher conditions than in rail transport. That is why the approvals for parts and components for railway vehicles are among the toughest of all.

CoolRail has sent its first container full of fresh fruit and vegetables to Denmark, travelling all the way there by train from Almussafes (Valencia).

We’re launching our new TransFER Verona–Hannover on 29th March. This new connection is extending our range of intermodal services between Italy and Germany and making an important contribution to relieving the Brenner Axis of traffic congestion.

Alstom to install digital interlocking in Coburg for Deutsche Bahn

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