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HS2 News

HS2 CELEBRATES AS LONGEST TUNNELS REACH HALFWAY POINT UNDER THE CHILTERNS

Two giant tunnelling machines – named ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – pass halfway mark during excavation of the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnels. 1.3 million cubic metres of material – enough to fill more than 500 Olympic sized swimming pools – excavated during first 5 miles.

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Nvidia News

On Track: Digitale Schiene Deutschland Building Digital Twin of Rail Network in NVIDIA Omniverse

Germany’s national infrastructure manager is designing an AI-enabled digital twin to develop the future railway system.

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Clayton Equipment News

CLAYTON EQUIPMENT DEVELOPS A SOLUTION TO PROVIDE AN INTELLIGENT LOCOMOTIVE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The loco simulator uses RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags with distance to calculate a position within the mine simulation.

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MEDIAWORLD

Australian-first technology set to transform the Bankstown Line

Sydney Metro has awarded a contract that will see new mechanical gap filler technology installed at stations between Marrickville and Bankstown as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.

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HS2 News

HS2: FIRST STEPS ON UK’S LONGEST RAILWAY BRIDGE

HS2 minister Huw Merriman became the first person to officially walk on top of the UK’s longest railway bridge, which is under construction at an HS2 site just outside London.

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SKODA News

Škoda trams celebrate their 25th birthday

Even after 140 years of existence, electric trams are still very popular all over the world and demand for them is increasing due to the trend towards green technologies.

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Volker Rail News

Transpennine Route Upgrade’s first electric wires now in place to power greener journeys

The TRU East Alliance of Network Rail, VolkerRail, J. Murphy and Sons, Siemens and Systra, has now installed 37 miles of overhead wire and nine miles of earth wires, along a six mile four-track stretch of line on the East Coast Main Line, as part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade.

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HS2 News

Transport Secretary makes historic first journey through a completed HS2 tunnel

Today [Thursday 1 December] Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport, and HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Mark Thurston went 33 metres below ground for an exclusive end-to-end tour of the first completed tunnel on the HS2 project.

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ARC Infrastructure news

Arc Infrastructure: Westport presents opportunity for autonomous rail

Autonomous rail container wagons were identified as one of the most prospective innovations in Westport's Landside Logistics Opportunities Study.

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VR Group News

VR FleetCare supplied City Transport Ltd with a tunnel cleaning wagon

As the number of kilometres in the metro tunnel has increased fourfold, Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd has invested in more efficient maintenance equipment. Sustainability was the starting point for the procurement of the new tunnel cleaning wagon; it is environmentally friendly as it is built on top of a recycled frame and it uses only biodegradable and ecological washing agents. The new tunnel cleaning wagon was supplied to City Transport Ltd by VR FleetCare.

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Two giant tunnelling machines – named ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – pass halfway mark during excavation of the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnels. 1.3 million cubic metres of material – enough to fill more than 500 Olympic sized swimming pools – excavated during first 5 miles.

Germany’s national infrastructure manager is designing an AI-enabled digital twin to develop the future railway system.

The loco simulator uses RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags with distance to calculate a position within the mine simulation.

Sydney Metro has awarded a contract that will see new mechanical gap filler technology installed at stations between Marrickville and Bankstown as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.

HS2 minister Huw Merriman became the first person to officially walk on top of the UK’s longest railway bridge, which is under construction at an HS2 site just outside London.

Even after 140 years of existence, electric trams are still very popular all over the world and demand for them is increasing due to the trend towards green technologies.

Today [Thursday 1 December] Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport, and HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Mark Thurston went 33 metres below ground for an exclusive end-to-end tour of the first completed tunnel on the HS2 project.

Autonomous rail container wagons were identified as one of the most prospective innovations in Westport's Landside Logistics Opportunities Study.

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