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How to Achieve Reliable Pneumatic Performance in Extreme Operating Conditions

Dave Walker outlines some key considerations when selecting pneumatic solutions for extreme environments.

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Alstom to Equip Adif’s Laboratory Trains With Latest ERTMS Technology

Alstom has been awarded a project by the Spanish railway infrastructure manager Adif to equip three laboratory trains with its latest ERTMS technology solution Atlas.

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Digitalisation Drives Automation in Track Maintenance

A massive innovation boost increases the level of automation, expands data networks and, ultimately, raises efficiency and working quality in mechanised track maintenance and construction.

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Alstom Delivers its Longest Ever Citadis Trams to Dublin

Alstom has successfully delivered the first longest Citadis trams ever to Dublin from its factory in La Rochelle, France.

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Pioneering the use of Liquid Natural Gas as Locomotive Fuel

Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway has become the first North American Railroad to operate its entire mainline locomotive fleet on liquid natural gas (LNG).

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Increased Sales for Alstom in the first half 2017/18

Between 1 April 2017 and 30 September 2017, Alstom booked €3.2 billion of orders.

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Trenitalia Orders More “Jazz” Regional Trains for Italy

Alstom will start delivering from summer 2018, 27 additional Coradia Meridian “Jazz” regional trains to Trenitalia, the Italian national train operator for the Italian regions. This new order is worth €170 million and is exercised as an option to the contract signed in 2012, brings Trenitalia’s fleet of “Jazz” trains to 118 units.

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World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Tram Enters Service

Rolling stock manufacturer CRRC has announced that the world’s first hydrogen-powered tram has been put into operation in Tangshan, North China’s Hebei province.

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‘Railless Train’ Begins Testing in China

Passengers in Zhuzhou, Central China’s Hunan province, are a step closer to the arrival of the ‘world’s first railless train’, after testing began on Oct 23, 2017.

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Large diameter pipeline inspection and measurement: Custom designed explosion-proof laser triangulation sensor includes camera system

Laser triangulation measurement specialists Riftek are represented in the UK by Ixthus Instrumentation Ltd. As an example of the Belarus-based company’s wide experience in the application of laser triangulation sensors, they recently completed the supply of custom designed 2D measurement scanners that included a high resolution video camera and LED lighting.

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