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EU funds three routes and locomotive ETCS

The EU is funding a total of 107 transport projects with a total of EUR 6.2 billion from the EU infrastructure financing instrument Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

26. Juni 2023

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Thameslink EMUs to get ETCS onboard upgrade

A five-year contract to upgrade the Class 700 Thameslink EMU fleet to the latest specification of European Train Control System has been awarded through the cross-industry East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP).

22. Juni 2023

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ATO tests at SBB

Vier Monate lang, voraussichtlich von November 2023 bis Februar 2024, will die SBB ATO-Tests im eigenen Netz unternehmen.

21. Juni 2023

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Federal government supports project to expand 5G on railway lines

The "Gigabit Innvation Track -GINT" project is intended to provide new insights into the nationwide expansion of 5G on railway lines. A test track is also planned in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

15. Juni 2023

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Further delays in the ERTMS backup system in Norway

The commissioning of the ERTMS backup system in Norway is delayed again. Bane NOR justifies this with delivery problems for equipment components.

14. Juni 2023

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SBB suffers from hackerattack - software supplier files charges

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have become the victim of a hacker attack. The perpetrators belong to the so-called Play Group, which is already held responsible for other hacker attacks in Switzerland.

14. Juni 2023

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ERFA publishes position paper

ERFA, European Rail Freight Association, has clarified in a position paper that the final text of the TEN-T Regulation agreed by the European Commission, Council and Parliament during the trilogue negotiations provides legal certainty and reflects the ambitious modal shift objectives already agreed in the European Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy.

09. Juni 2023

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CMA: Hitachi and GTS (Thales) merger could constrain Network Rail and TfL

An investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has reached the preliminary conclusion that Hitachi's proposed EUR 1.7 billion acquisition of Thales' Ground Transportation (GTS) business could significantly harm competition in the provision of digital rail systems for mainline and urban signalling.

09. Juni 2023

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Integrated metro system for Cluj-Napoca

Alstom has signed a contract with the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca) for the construction of metro line 1 in the Transylvania region of Romania as part of a consortium with civil engineering companies Gulermak and Arcada.

07. Juni 2023

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TGVs to be equipped with ERTMS/TVM

SNCF has awarded Hitachi Rail a framework contract for the supply of on-board digital signalling equipment worth up to EUR 77 million.

06. Juni 2023

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Optrail taken over by Siemens

The Italian technology company Optrail S.r.l. was recently acquired by Siemens. Optrail provides algorithms for Traffic Management Systems (TMS) based on complex models and methods from the field of mathematical optimisation and operations research.

02. Juni 2023

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Huber: Binding ETCS rollout schedule necessary

In his function as the new chairman of the DVF steering committee for rail transport, Berthold Huber, member of the DB infrastructure board, has called for a binding timetable for the rollout of ETCS.

02. Juni 2023

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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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Italy may support ETCS on-board equipment

Italy is allowed to support the installation of the latest generation of ERTMS/ETCS equipment in vehicles.

01. Juni 2023

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Key for the future: scalable software solutions for critical infrastructures

As recently as October 2022, fibre optic cables belonging to Deutsche Bahn were sabotaged, plunging northern Germany into traffic chaos. Such acts of sabotage and accidents at critical infrastructures are not only tragic, but can also have devastating consequences for public safety.

24. Mai 2023