Thameslink first with ATO over ETCS 20 Mar 2018 UK: Working with Network Rail and Siemens,commuter operator Govia Thameslink Railway has successfully operated its first passenger-carrying train using ATO over ETCS Level 2. On March 17 a southbound eight-car Thameslink train to Three Bridges operated automatically through the cross-city core between St Pancras, Farringdon, City…
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Canadian Minister of Transport Marc Garneau (center) announced the funding yesterday. Photo – Transport Canada’s Twitter account The Canadian government will provide the funding to…
Euroest presents battery hybrid locomotive 20 Mar 2018 ROMANIA: Euroest has unveiled its first LHy-M battery hybrid shunting locomotive, which is to be tested by Tehnotrans Feroviar at the Black Sea port of Constanta. Based on an extensively rebuilt LDH1250 diesel-hydraulic locomotive, the 72 tonne four-axle LHy-M has a 400Ah lithium ion battery powering two…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/19/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation NY officials seek to rename Rochester Amtrak station after Slaughter U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter Photo – louise.house.gov New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have called on Amtrak to rename its intermodal station in…
Built by Stadler, the unit was unloaded in Grapevine, Texas. Photo – Trinity Metro's Twitter account The Fort Worth Transportation Authority earlier this month took delivery of the second trainset for its TEXRail commuter-rail system.Built by Stadler, the unit was unloaded in Grapevine, according to a tweet from the agency, which has been rebranded as…
Italian booking technology for c2c 17 Mar 2018 UK: London commuter operator c2c is working with developer IBM to bring the Italian state railway group’s PICO multi-channel and medium-independent ticket retailing technology to the UK market this year, Trenitalia UK Chairman & Managing Director Ernesto Sicilia told the Transport Ticketing Global 2018 conference. PICO enables…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/16/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Operation Lifesaver 'alarmed' at hike in rail trespass, crossing deaths Fatalities caused by railroad trespassing soared 22.3 percent and deaths at grade crossings climbed 7.4 percent in 2017 over the previous year, Operation Lifesaver Inc. (OLI) announced yesterday.Citing recently released Federal…
Heavy haul rail fastening contract awarded 16 Mar 2018 CHINA: Shanxi Jingshen Railway Co has awarded Pandrol a contract to supply almost 880 000 Fastclip FC-16 rail fastening sets for 232 track-km of heavy haul line under construction in central China. The line will connect with a 400 track-km section of the Menghua heavy haul railway where Pandrol…
Don’t believe the hype about Hyperloop 14 Mar 2018 | by Gareth Dennis Policymakers around the world have been beguiled by the prospects of Hyperloop technology providing a paradigm shift in inter-city transport, potentially at the expense of rail investment. However, Gareth Dennis sounds a note of caution about the technical and commercial hurdles facing this…
Indian Prima locomotives equipped with Saft batteries 09 Mar 2018 INDIA: Back-up power for the control and safety systems on the 800 twin-section WAG12 Prima T8 electric locomotive which Alstom is building for Indian Railways will be provided by batteries which Saft is supplying under its largest-ever order in the rail sector. Saft has increased…