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HS2 News

World’s first solar and hydrogen powered cabins to dramatically cut carbon on HS2 construction sites

In a major step towards greener construction sites, HS2 has trialled solar and hydrogen powered welfare cabins across its work locations run by enabling and main works civils joint ventures CSjv (Costain, Skanska) and SCSjv (Skanska Costain STRABAG) including Camden, West Ruislip and Uxbridge.

Bombardier News

Bombardier presents its first monorails for Bangkok’s Pink and Yellow lines in Thailand

Global rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has celebrated the delivery of the first state-of-the-art BOMBARDIER INNOVIA monorail 300 vehicles for Thailand. The monorails will run on Bangkok’s new Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT) Pink and Yellow Lines, which will provide 64-kilometres of new rail-based urban transportation links across the city.

Wabtec News

WABTEC BEGINS TRIAL OF TRANSIT RAIL INDUSTRY’S FIRST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) begins trial of the transit rail industry’s first air conditioning system using natural R290 refrigerant, a clean and environmentally friendly option. This Wabtec Green Air technology is part of the company’s initiative to bring clean, sustainable solutions to the transit market.

Ricardo News

Ricardo helps prepare UK’s first hydrogen powered train for mainline testing

HydroFLEX, a project led by rolling stock owner Porterbrook, in partnership with the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE), has successfully undertaken its first mainline test of the UK’s first hydrogen powered train – with support from Ricardo in the key area of safety case development and certification.

Rail Cargo Group News

Concrete parts for windmills on the rails

Precast concrete parts transported by the Rail Cargo Group for the Max Bögl Group are helping expand the wind farm in Pannonia-Gols and increase its green electricity output threefold.

Bombardier News

Bombardier achieves delivery milestone for FLEXITY trams in Gothenburg

Global mobility solution provider Bombardier Transportation has handed over the first BOMBARDIER FLEXITY tram to Gothenburg’s transit authority Göteborgs Spårvägar in Sweden. The vehicle is the first of the new fleet of 40 trams which will replace a part of the current fleet on the city’s 160-kilometre light rail transit system, which is the largest in Sweden.

ALSTOM News

Design of the future metros for lines 15, 16 and 17 of Île-de-France revealed by Île-de-France Mobilités, Société du Grand Paris and Alstom

Valérie Pécresse, President of Île-de-France Mobilités and of the Île-de-France Region, Thierry Dallard, Chairman of the Management Board of the Société du Grand Paris, and Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chairman and CEO of Alstom, revealed the design of the future metros for lines 15, 16 and 17 of Île-de-France at the inauguration of the exhibition Les lignes du design (Design Lines) which opens at the Fabrique du Métro where visitors will be able to see a model of the future metro.

MTM POWER News

Railway DC/DC converters as defined by EMV 06

In addition to the existing certificates for the compliance of EMC characteristics according to EN 50121-3-2, MTM Power can now also prove the compliance with the technical regulation EMV 06 - verification of the radio compatibility of rail vehicles with railway radio communication services - through certificates from an accredited laboratory.

Rail Cargo Group News

RAIL CARGO GROUP RECEIVES ISO 45001 CERTIFICATE

The Rail Cargo Group’s successful management system for occupational health and safety will be awarded the ISO 45001 certificate this year for the first time.

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