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The term rolling stock in the rail transportation industry refers to any vehicle that moves along a railway track. Global Railway Review’s coverage of rolling stock includes developments in mainline and high-speed passenger trains, plus rail freight locomotives and heavy-haul wagons.
Simon Jarrett, Engineering Assurance and Development Manager for UK train operating company Chiltern Railways, explores the application of robotics in rail maintenance activities and the potential impact they could have on efficiency and capacity.
PTC is designed to automatically control train speeds and movements should an engineer not take suitable action in a given situation.
Designed to ensure cross-border links thanks to ERTMS technology, these trains can run on several types of network voltages.
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, unveiled the trains at Cape Town Station in front of more than 1,000 guests.
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Passengers will benefit from an 80 per cent increase in the number of morning peak seats into Nottingham, Lincoln and St Pancras.
Siemens' New £8 million Bogie Service Centre completes servicing of its 100th bogie, four months after opening.
Used by British Rail before the privatisation of the railways, these trains are still in use with other train operating companies widely across the UK.
This clears the way for the new Gotthard train to travel with passengers on the Swiss rail network for the first time.
With the aim of running the train on a weekly basis by mid-2019, the train is operated by CDIRS, in collaboration with RTSB and CFL multimodal.
The agreement between Bombardier and the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) will see an additional module added to each six-car train to provide improved access for passengers with reduced mobility.
Passenger experience on the Czech Republic rail network will be greatly enhanced as a result of České dráhy’s new contract with Škoda.
The building of the trains began in Japan in May 2018. By October 2018, the first of the five trains was ready to be shipped to Italy, and now, for the first time, all five trains are in Europe together.
Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (ODEG) has ordered 23 Desiro HC regional trains from Siemens for service on the Elbe-Spree network. The order is worth approximately €300 million.
22 March 2019 | By Alstom
IN THIS WEBINAR: Efficient rolling stock maintenance is a key success factor to ensure performance, availability and reliability of service. For years, classic operation and repetitive maintenance activities have been the norm, but today digitalisation and the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) widens the range of possibilities to…
