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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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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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Great Britain: Successful Class 43 ETCS tests

The government-funded East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) has completed tests with digital cab signalling for Class 43 power cars that form part of Network Rail's new test train.

07. 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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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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Belgium: 120 locomotives get ETCS-OBU

Alstom has been awarded a contract by SNCB for the design, supply and maintenance of the on-board ETCS Level 2 signalling system (Baseline 3) to equip 120 HLE18 locomotives.

09. November 2022

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Czech Republic: Locomotives 163/363 equipped with ETCS

At the beginning of November, ČD Cargo received the last locomotive of the 163/363 series that has been equipped with ETCS.

09. November 2022

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Singapore: Service contract awarded by SBS Transit Rail

Alstom and SBS Transit Rail have signed a long-term service support (LTSS) contract for the Urbalis signalling system on the 21.6km North-East Line (NEL) in Singapore.

09. November 2022

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Class 66 freight loco to be fitted with ETCS

Work has begun on the ETCS on-board equipment of a Class 66 diesel locomotive as part of the East Coast Digital programme, DB Cargo has now announced.

10. November 2022

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Hamburg: U2 and U4 to be automated

Hamburg's U2 and U4 underground lines are to be automated by 2029, according to HOCHBAHN.

15. November 2022

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Innofreight digitises entire rail freight fleet

European rail logistics company Innofreight has chosen Nexxiot to complete the digitisation of its entire railcar fleet.

22. November 2022