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Amtrak awards contract for preliminary design of railroad infrastructure
Amtrak have awarded a contract for preliminary designs that will support the first New York Penn Station expansion in more than a century.
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High-Speed Rail
High-speed railways provide an efficient mode of transport, but they are highly complex systems and must combine various elements if they are to operate successfully.
Our high-speed rail content explores projects currently under construction, projects at planning stages and how their vision is taking shape, the funding and financial issues around building new high-speed lines, the importance of understanding what passengers want from high-speed rail services, and how established high-speed lines can help boost economies.
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UK government make £1 billion digital signalling investment
The new investment in the East Coast Main Line will result in a more reliable and sustainable rail network.
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Northern’s Class 333 trains the latest to undergo digital upgrades
Northern’s programme of digital upgrades has continued with its Class 333 trains becoming the latest to offer an improved experience to customers.
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World first as GWR high-speed trains’ wheelsets now digitally-monitored live
Cutting-edge live monitoring technology is being installed across Great Western Railway’s high-speed fleet of 93 intercity trains, set to boost fleet availability by over 100 days per year.
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Etihad Rail and CAF sign 1.2 billion AED agreement for passenger trains
Etihad Rail has signed an agreement with CAF, valued at 1.2 billion AED, to supply and maintain passenger trains for the Etihad Rail project.
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DB and German Federal government announce new high-performance network
Deutsche Bahn and the Federal government will work together to develop a high-performance network that increases the reliability and growth of rail.
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Hitachi Rail and HyperloopTT complete proof of concept for cloud based ERTMS signalling system
Hitachi Rail co-developed the digital simulator, which allows for the integrated testing of the traffic management and the signalling requirements of the hyperloop system, with HyperloopTT.
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Amtrak order additional 50 Charger Locomotives from Siemens Mobility
Amtrak’s order builds on the initial order of 75 locomotives in 2018, with the first having entered service in February 2022.
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Get on the right track to Industry 4.0
A new, more efficient digital railway is now possible, fuelled by breakthroughs in automation and analytics, but the most valuable innovations can’t run on today’s connectivity. They need private LTE and 5G, the networks that power Industry 4.0. Fai Lam, Head of Transportation Marketing at Nokia, explains more.
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Wabtec acquire Collins Aerospace’s ARINC Rail Solutions
Wabtec acquired Collins Aerospace’s ARINC rail solutions business segment to extend their rail optimisation portfolio.
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Alstom agree to supply 20 new Traxx DC3 locomotives for GTS Rail
Alstom have signed an agreement with GTS Rail to provide 20 Traxx DC3 electric locomotives named E.494, with the first locomotive set to be delivered in early 2024.
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Network Rail to use hi-tech weather stations to monitor heat on railway
Network Rail are using the hi-tech weather stations during hot weather to reduce rail delays and the risk of damage.
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ORR finds number of post-pandemic rail journeys doubled over last year
ORR figures have found that 990 million journeys were made in Britain over the last year, a huge increase from 2020-21 where only 388 million journeys were made.
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SBB announce purchase of seven additional Giruno trains from Stadler
SBB have purchased the additional seven Giruno trains from Stadler to run on Deutsche Bahn’s high-speed lines between Switzerland and Germany.
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Great Western Railway awarded National Rail Contract
The Department for Transport have awarded a National Rail Contract to Great Western Railway to continue operating the Great Western network until at least 21 June 2025.