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Hungarian railway line equipped with ETCS Level 2

On behalf of the Hungarian-Austrian railway company GYSEV (Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurt-Bahn), Thales has equipped the 110 km single-track line between Sopron and Szentgotthárd with ETCS Level 2.

01. Juni 2023

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Award procedure for automated commuter trains

Erst kürzlich hatte das dänische Parlament grünes Licht für die Neubeschaffung von S-Bahnfahrzeugen für Kopenhagen gegeben; jetzt haben die DSB auch schon das entsprechende Verfahren eröffnet.

24. Mai 2023

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Gauteng resignalling project completed

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has completed the resignalling of its suburban rail network in Gauteng province, serving Johannesburg and Pretoria.

16. Mai 2023

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Signalling enhancement to support automated reversals

Alstom has signed a contract with ViaMobilidade for the modification of the signalling systems of suburban line 9 in São Paulo, the company announced.

16. Mai 2023

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DSB allowed to order trains for fully automated operation

Das dänische Parlament, Folketing, hat der DSB die Genehmigung erteilt, neue Fahrzeuge für die S-Bahn Kopenhagen zu bestellen.

09. Mai 2023

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Successful test run for the digital freight train

In the past one and a half years, a total of 10,000 km were covered in seven European countries, with 25 different marshalling yards, in different terrain and under extreme weather conditions from -25 to +40 degrees.

08. Mai 2023

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Train Control and Signalling System for Delhi Metro Phase-IV

Alstom has been awarded contracts worth EUR 54 million for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the train control and signalling solution for Delhi MRTS Phase-IV Mukundpur – Maujpur (Line 7 (pink) extension, 12.6 km) and Aerocity – Tughlakabad Corridor (Line 10 (silver), 24 km).

28. April 2023

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Rail cybersecurity firm secures funding

Railway cybersecurity firm RazorSecure has sourced GBP 1.3m of funding to support its plans for expansion in the Europe and North American markets over the next five years.

24. April 2023

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ETCS-OBU for SNCB locomotives

Alstom has won a contract for the design, supply and 10 years maintenance of ETCS Level 2 signalling systems for 37 HLD77 locomotives in the Belgian rail operator SNCB’s fleet.

20. April 2023

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ATO on Tokaido Shinkansen from 2028

Central Japan Railway has set out plans to introduce GoA2 automatic train operation on the Tokaido Shinkansen by 2028. The system is currently on test and a demonstration for the media is planned for May 10.

14. April 2023

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Knorr-Bremse tests DAC under real conditions in Sweden

Knorr-Bremse's Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) will be on a Trafikverket CFL train until 2025.

06. April 2023

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GSM-R infrastructure for ETCS L2

A consortium of AŽD Praha s.r.o. and Elektrizace železnic Praha a.s. led by Kontron Transportation has won the public tender for the implementation of a new turnkey GSM-R infrastructure on the ŽSR network for ETCS Level 2 for the Varín - Košice - Čierna nad Tisou - state border section.

29. März 2023

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Digital Maintenance Gateway aims to make rolling stock updates more secure

Rail cybersecurity company RazorSecure has launched its Digital Maintenance Gateway, designed to improve security and efficiency when maintaining and updating rolling stock software.

24. März 2023

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Cross-city core gets ETCS Level 2

ÖBB will comprehensively modernise the lines of the Vienna S-Bahn - work on this is to start as early as autumn 2023.

22. März 2023

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The railway sector has some catching up to do regarding cybersecurity

Companies in the railway sector have deficits when it comes to protecting their digital processes and infrastructure.

13. März 2023