Zillertalbahn selects hydrogen train supplier 16 May 2018 AUSTRIA: Zillertalbahn operator ZVB announced on May 15 that it had selected Stadler to supply five hydrogen fuelled multiple-units for its 760 mm gauge line. A prototype is expected to be ready for trials in 2020, with the remaining four trainsets expected to be delivered in 2022. ZVB…
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Competition is key as high speed rail keeps growing 15 May 2018 Turkey has operated high speed trains since 2009, and Ankara hosted the 10th World Congress on High Speed Rail. The next Congress is expected to take place in 2019-20 in China. Global ridership has surged by 40% in the three years since UIC…
Alstom and Eversholt plan fuel cell EMUs 15 May 2018 UK: Plans to fit hydrogen fuel cells to redundant electric multiple units were announced by Alstom on May 14. Confirming that ‘hydrogen technologies and solutions will play a key role in our global vision for the future’, the manufacturer said it was working with rolling…
Norfolk Southern to work with Silicon Valley startup accelerator 15 May 2018 USA: Norfolk Southern has joined Silicon Valley technology startup accelerator Plug & Play’s Supply Chain & Logistics Innovation Platform, seeking to engage with companies developing artificial intelligence, machine learning, the industrial internet of things and advanced analytics for supply chains. Plug & Play…
Digital guide to the Bernina Express 13 May 2018 SWITZERLAND: Following a successful launch in first class, from May 10 Rhätische Bahn is making its Infot(r)ainment digital route guide available to all Bernina Express passengers. Accessible on smartphones, tablets or laptops, Infot(r)ainment provides information and interactive maps covering the route from Chur and Davos to…
Secure cable anchoring on Crossrail 12 May 2018 UK: In an effort to prevent cable theft, Balfour Beatty has installed Anderton Concrete's Anderlite troughing and Ander-fin cable anchors at Maidenhead as part of the Crossrail project. Ander-fin is manufactured from glass-filled nylon and has a failure load in excess of 2 kN. It is designed to…
Revolution VLR railcar to be demonstrated in 2020 11 May 2018 UK: Leasing company Eversholt Rail has joined the Revolution VLR consortium of Transport Design International, Cummins, Prose, Transcal Engineering, RDM Group and the University of Warwick, which has secured government funding to design and build a lightweight diesel-battery railcar demonstrator by early 2020. The…
Herzog to provide short line PTC 10 May 2018 USA: Herzog Technologies is to make its Positive Train Control support and hosting services available to smaller freight railroads under an agreement with the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association announced on May 10. ‘The implementation of PTC is one of the most complex and…
Virtual Bodensee line testing for MTU Hybrid PowerPack 09 May 2018 GERMANY: Rolls-Royce has used a computer-controlled simulation of operating conditions on the Radolfzell – Friedrichshafen route for bench testing of a real MTU Hybrid PowerPack to demonstrate its potential for use on services around the Bodensee. This included a demonstration of the feasibility of…
Virgin Trains sells tickets through Amazon Alexa 07 May 2018 UK: Amazon Echo voice-activated devices with the Alexa virtual assistant and Amazon Pay can now be used to book advance single tickets for Virgin Trains East Coast and West Coast services. The launch on May 3 follows Virgin Trains' introduction last November of a journey…