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Levitating trains - Nevomo reports successful tests

The Swiss-Polish start-up Nevomo claims to have levitated a vehicle over tracks for the first time. A driving speed of 135 km/h was achieved, the company announced during a press conference in Brussels, which was broadcast live on the internet. At the event, the company also showed a video of a vehicle hovering a few millimetres above the tracks. This success was achieved on the company's test track in Nowa Sarzyna, Poland.

11. September 2023

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Locomotive conversion to ETCS becomes urgent

Railway companies in Germany should prepare themselves for the fact that they may have to have ETCS-capable locomotives sooner than expected in order to be able to operate on the network.

01. Dezember 2022

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Lower energy consumption with Green CBTC

With the SelTracTM G8 solution, known as Green CBTC, Thales aims to save energy and emissions in times of skyrocketing prices.

22. September 2022

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LTE coverage achieved on all German ICE routes

Full coverage with LTE (4G) is now said to be guaranteed along the ICE routes in Germany. This is shown by the Federal Government's answer to a parliamentary question from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.

02. Februar 2022

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Luxembourg: ETCS solution put into operation on northern line

On the Luxembourg northern line between Luxembourg via Ettelbrück to Goebelsmühle, scheduled operation of a special ETCS solution started last Monday, 29 August 2022, at 5.07 am.

31. August 2022

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Major contract awarded to supply digital commuter rail system

Hitachi Rail has been awarded a major contract, designated CP04, worth approximately JPY 114 billion (approximately EUR 785 million) by the Department of Transportation of the Philippine government.

22. November 2022

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Major contract from New York for Thales consortium

A consortium of Thales and TC Electric has secured a major contract from New York. The companies are modernising the metro line between Brooklyn and Queens.

13. März 2023

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Major order for Siemens from Egypt

Siemens Mobility and its consortium partners Orascom Construction and The Arab Constructors have been awarded the contract for the construction of the world's sixth-largest high-speed system with a length of around 2000 km.

03. Juni 2022

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Metrô BH receives ATO

Metrô BH, a company of the Brazilian Grupo Comporte, has signed a contract with Alstom for the supply of a new signalling system and operations control centre (OCC) for Line 1 and its extension, as well as for the new Line 2 of the metro in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the state of Minas Gerais in south-eastern Brazil.

16. Oktober 2023

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Metro Copenhagen: Digitisation completed

On the last weekend of September, Banedanmark also put the new CBTC system into operation on the last three sections of the Copenhagen S-Bahn, the lines to Frederikssund, Høje Taastrup and Køge.

07. Oktober 2022

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Metro line 13 to be fully automated

The Paris transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités (IDFM) and the operator RATP have given the go-ahead for the automation of metro line 13.

15. Dezember 2022

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Mitsubishi wins CBTC contract for Metro New York

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract to supply a CBTC system for the eastern section of Metro New York's Queens Boulevard Line (QBL).

01. März 2022

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Modernisation of logistics centre

On behalf of the Spanish railway infrastructure authority Adif, Thales is modernising the Vitoria-Gasteiz intermodal logistics centre in northern Spain.

15. Februar 2023

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Monitoring systems for 147 light rail vehicles

Transport for Manchester is implementing a recommendation from the national Rail Accident Investigation Branch for light rail systems, which includes two additional monitoring systems in the vehicles to prevent serious accidents.

12. Juli 2023

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Moratorium on TSIs for ETCS necessary

At a discussion event organised by the LTE Group during the Transport Logistic trade fair, Steffen Bobsien, Vice President Locomotives & Passenger Coaches at Siemens Mobility with global responsibility for locomotives and passenger coaches, spoke in favour of a moratorium on changes to ETCS in the EU's Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI).

23. Mai 2023