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Around the world: 1,000 km of fully automated metros
The popularity of driverless metro lines has grown exponentially since the first one was inaugurated in 1981, in Kobe, Japan. Metros built since have had enviable records in safety, flexibility, punctuality, cost efficiency and overall passenger satisfaction, and no city that welcomed an automated metro line has ever reverted back to a conventional system
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Report reveals high-speed EU railways perform below expectations
The European Union’s efforts to build efficient high-speed railway projects across the continent are bringing ‘low added value’ and the services are failing to perform at their potential best, a study by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has revealed.
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DC/DC Converters With Contact-Cooling (BPC Technology) for Rolling Stock
With the series PCMDNI300, MTM Power introduces a new generation of DC/DC converters without galvanic isolation which can be installed as decentralised power supplies in vehicles and for supplying closed sub-systems in rolling stock.
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Tough & tailored labels for automotive industries
Reliable automotive labels can be designed with the highest flexibility in any way you want them. The labels will adhere to smooth, textured or oily surfaces, resist the impact of high temperatures, abrasion or chemicals and will remain legible to communicate key information throughout a component's life cycle.
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Bombardier Transportation inaugurates new assembly hall in Germany
Bombardier Transportation has inaugurated a new €8m assembly hall in Bautzen, Germany.
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Updates to ABB’s Easy Rail Designer-3D software makes terminal block design even faster
ABB has updated its Easy Rail Designer (ERD-3D) software with a new release that will make the company’s Entrelec terminal block solutions easier than ever to work with. The software update provides the enhanced capability required by railway, HVAC and solar applications with personalized drawings and high numbers of rail assembly variants.
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Germany: DB Schenker Starts Using Intelligent Scanning Glove in Eching Warehouse
DB Schenker Logistics, a subsidiary of Deutsch Bahn AG, has announced the adoption of a new innovation at its warehouse in Eching, Germany. ProGlove is an intelligent scanning glove which incorporates a barcode scanning unit into a glove to improve efficiency of order picking.
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Siemens to present Velaro Novo high-speed train at InnoTrans 2018 fair
Siemens has revealed plans to present its latest concept for high-speed trains at the InnoTrans 2018 trade fair for rail technology to be held in Germany in September.
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