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CER publishes fourth progress report on Ticketing Roadmap
CER reports progress on its Ticketing Roadmap, including digital advancements and the roll-out of OSDM in Sweden, while calling for further harmonisation of ticketing across Europe.
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RAILPOOL appoints Magnus Klaar as Regional Director for Scandinavia
Magnus Klaar has been appointed as RAILPOOL’s new Regional Director for Scandinavia, bringing over 25 years of railway industry experience to lead the company’s expansion in the region.
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Gothenburg welcomes first of 60 new M34 trams
Gothenburg has received the first of 60 new M34 trams, which, at 45m long, will nearly double passenger capacity and enhance the city’s public transportation system.
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Riding the ‘Metaverse Express’: the future of railway transportation in a virtual world
Luleå University of Technology professors Diego Galar and Uday Kumar explore the concept of the metaverse for railway asset management activities, including how the interaction between digital twins of rolling stock and infrastructure in the metaverse can improve the efficiency, safety and reliability of railway transportation.
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Tackling the issue of safety at Sweden’s level crossings
Helena Rådbo, Senior Advisor for Railway Safety at Trafikverket, discusses the new campaign that the agency is planning for ILCAD 2021 and how it is working to improve safety at level crossings on the country’s rail network.
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Robotics and industrial AI for track maintenance
Diego Galar and Uday Kumar, Professors at Luleå University of Technology, explore how more sophisticated inspection, condition monitoring, analysis and maintenance technologies can facilitate cost effective and efficient rail asset management.
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Lund Tramway: Comfortable public transport made available as a natural choice
The official opening of the Lund Tramway - connecting the city centre of Lund, Sweden, with a completely new part of the city in the North East - is planned for 13 December 2020.
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Green Cargo to test digital automatic coupling to improve efficiency
By introducing DAC on its wagons, Green Cargo will improve capacity, punctuality, the working environment, efficiency and profitability.
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Bombardier announces rail and e-mobility Innovation Centre in Sweden
The Railway and e-Mobility Test and Technology Centre will focus on next generation of electric propulsion technology in pursuit of a cleaner future for transportation.
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Stadler receives order for 12 double-decker trains from AB Transitio
Taking advantage of an option from a contract originally signed with Stadler in 2016, AB Transitio has ordered an additional 12 double-decker trains for Mälab.
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Working together to advance Additive Manufacturing in rail
SJ AB – Sweden’s leading train operating company – is already benefitting from the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM), but its Digital Project Manager, Andreas Stjernudde, writes that, to truly realise the potential of this technology, industry collaboration is vital.
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TX Logistik expands rail freight service for Coop in Sweden
TX Logistik AG has doubled the number of freight trains between Stockholm and Malmo for the Swedish retail chain Coop, a connection that is supplying food to the supermarkets in the south of the country.
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Collaborating with staff and passengers to be digital number one
With SJ aiming to be the number one digital company in Sweden, we spoke to Claes Lindholtz, Head of Digital Transformation at SJ about what digital initiatives the operator is conducting to reach this goal and how it encourages its staff and passengers to aid it on its digital journey.
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MTR experts share passenger experience knowhow at Metro Melbourne
Metro Trains Melbourne hosted the experts from MTR Elizabeth Line and MTR Nordic Group to share expertise, gain insights and experiences into passenger experience initiatives across their respective countries.
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New tram fleet in Lund to be equipped with TSA motors
New bidirectional trams operated by Skånetrafiken, will have modern low floors and will have a specific focus on passenger accessibility.