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Wabtec, Fret SNCF and RDT13: Sensor monitoring of freight wagons

Wabtec Corporation, the French freight railway Fret SNCF and the regional operator RDT13 (Régie des Transports des Bouches du Rhône) have launched Monitor, the first innovation project of the French freight alliance 4F (Fret Ferroviaire Français du Futur).

24. Februar 2023

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Digital command in prototype operation from the end of 2024

The written command process will be replaced by a digital transmission process in the area of the Digital Node Stuttgart from 15 December 2024.

23. Februar 2023

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Škoda Group enters signalling industry

Škoda Group has acquired 93.9% of The Signalling Company, a Belgian developer of vehicle safety software and signalling systems for railway operators.

21. Februar 2023

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IDX4rail projekt: interface standard for railways

The IDX4rail project "Consolidation and standardisation of the infrastructure data model and interface landscape in the tram and railway sector in Germany", which will run until the end of 2025, has been launched.

15. Februar 2023

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AŽD: Digitisation in Bohemia completed

Czech company AŽD has completed the full digitisation of the line between Obrnice and Čížkovice called the Plum Railway (Švestková dráha) while it is still in operation.

15. Februar 2023

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Rail Vision: Order on train sensor systems

Das israelische Unternehmen Rail Vision wird Passagierzüge von Israel Railways mit elektro-optischen Sensorsystemen ausstatten.

15. Februar 2023

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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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Alstom equips vehicles

Alstom has received an order from ČD-Telematika to supply ETCS Level 2 OnBoard Units for seven Pendolino vehicles (series 680) and 66 electric vehicles (series 471), also called CityElefant.

07. Februar 2023

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Teltronic equips Metro de Mexico

Spanish company Teltronic is supplying the on-board equipment that will provide broadband communications services for the new trains on Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro.

07. Februar 2023

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Fully automated metro to Istanbul airport opens

In Istanbul, the first 34km section of the M11 metro line to the main airport (IST) opened at the end of January, connecting Kağıthane on the M7 line to the main entrance of the airport via eight stations.

02. Februar 2023

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Adif AV: EUR 20.5 million for the deployment of the 5G network

Adif Alta Velocidad (Adif AV) has been awarded a EUR 20.5 million contract to build a 5G network in ten strategic logistics terminals in Spain. This is intended to drive the digitalisation and thus automation of processes as well as the reduction of costs for rail freight transport.

02. Februar 2023

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Thales to supply operations control centre for Santiago de Chile

Thales will design, install, test and commission the operations control centre (OCC) for the new Line 7 of the Santiago de Chile metro, as well as provide associated maintenance services for ten years from the start of construction.

01. Februar 2023

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Ermewa, Inveho und IRT Railenium cooperate

Wagon owner Ermewa, workshop and wagon builder Inveho and the French research institute for railway technology IRT Railenium have launched their joint research and innovation project Maintenance 4.0 (M4.0).

25. Januar 2023

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Resistance from the Czech Republic due to the introduction of the DAC

There is a certain resistance from the Czech Republic regarding the introduction of the DAC – the Digital Automatic Coupling. Two points are particularly irritating there.

18. Januar 2023

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Italian state railway is pushing ahead with ERTMS expansion

Trains of the Italian State Railways RFI will be equipped with ERTMS technology. The company made corresponding agreements with Hitachi, Mermec, Progress Rail and Alstom.

18. Januar 2023