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Paris: metro line 4 fully automated

After a test run without passengers that began in June, the automation of Paris' metro line 4 is now complete.

14. September 2022

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Notice of funding for H-Bahn in Dortmund

The NRW Ministry of Transport intends to fund the feasibility study for a new automation system for the further expansion of the H-Bahn in Dortmund with EUR 500,000.

16. September 2022

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Dutch ViRM fleet receives ETCS Level 2 technology

The state railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is having 178 ViRM double-deck trains retrofitted with the latest ETCS onboard technology.

16. September 2022

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Thales and Alstom cooperate on the Digital Node Stuttgart

At Innotrans 2022, Thales and Alstom have agreed to cooperate on trackside ETCS equipment in Germany for the future project "Digital Node Stuttgart".

22. September 2022

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IEC 62443: Siemens Mobility certified

Siemens Mobility has received three new certifications by Germany’s TÜV SÜD for meeting the international cybersecurity standard IEC 62443.

27. September 2022

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Appenzeller Bahnen get the world's first rack railway according to GoA4

Appenzeller Bahnen (AB) and Stadler have signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of a rack railway vehicle for the Rheineck - Walzenhausen branch. The vehicle will be equipped with Stadler's CBTC solution.

29. September 2022

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Thales Deutschland: newly formed subsidiary founded

The rail division of Thales is to be integrated into Hitachi Rail, presumably on 1 January 2023, as Rail Impacts has learned.

05. Oktober 2022

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Taiwan: Driverless metro line in Kaohsiung

The Yellow Line of the Kaohsiung Metro in Taiwan will be equipped with ATO (GoA4).

07. Oktober 2022

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Waterfall announces cybersecurity partnership with Alstom

Waterfall Security Solutions, the Operational Technology (OT) security company, announced a collaboration agreement to secure safety-critical and reliability-critical operations networks for railways and public transport with Alstom.

13. Oktober 2022

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Hamburg: Tender for new metro cars starts

Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HOCHBAHN) is launching the tender for the procurement of the sixth generation of metro cars.

13. Oktober 2022

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Digital Automatic Coupling to go

Around 500,000 freight wagons are to be equipped with Digital Automatic Coupling (DAK) throughout Europe by 2030.

20. Oktober 2022

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Strategic partnership of Cervello and ST Engineering

Cervello, an Israeli-based global provider of rail cybersecurity solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with ST Engineering, a Singapore-based global technology, defence and engineering group.

26. Oktober 2022

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Class 387/1 EMU to be fitted with ETCS

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has sent its first Class 387/1 EMU to be fitted with ETCS in-cab signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.

04. November 2022

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DSB forced to suspend operations after hacker attack

Danish State Railways (DSB) had to suspend all its rail services on Zealand for several hours on Saturday 29/10/2022 after a hacker attack on supplier Supeo.

07. November 2022

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Contract to reduce journey times on the Seville - Malaga - Granada line

A new bypass line about 1.7 km long is to reduce the journey times of the Seville - Malaga - Granada high-speed trains, which are used by millions of passengers every year.

07. November 2022