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.
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.
Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway has become the first North American Railroad to operate its entire mainline locomotive fleet on liquid natural gas (LNG).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Staying connected has never been so important. It tops the list of priorities for pretty much everybody today, and this is becoming a very hot issue for train operating companies.