TXM Projects delivers refurbishment project on Virgin Trains HST Fleet
28 September 2016 | By TXM Projects
TXM Projects has confirmed the successful delivery and support to the recently refurbished Virgin Trains HST Fleet.
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Stadler & Nomad to deliver advanced WiFi for Arriva fleet in Netherlands
28 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Rolling stock manufacturer Stadler has partnered with Nomad Digital to deliver state-of-the-art passenger WiFi to 36 new Arriva Flirt trains in the Netherlands.
Video: Overhead wire replacement to reduce delays in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
28 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has released time-lapse footage showing engineers taking down over 1km of overhead wire and replacing with new wire that will help reduce delays.
ETCS level 2 baseline 3 application successfully tested in Denmark
27 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Alstom and Danish infrastructure owner Banedanmark have achieved a world first by successfully testing an ETCS (European Train Control System) level 2 baseline 3 application.
Russian Railways & Swissrail Industry Association sign scientific & technical cooperation agreement
26 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
JSC Russian Railways and the Swissrail Industry Association have signed an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation at InnoTrans 2016 in Berlin.
Bombardier and CRRC sign strategic agreement to deepen cooperation
26 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Bombardier Transportation and China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen its partnership on projects in the Chinese and international rail markets.
Swift smartcard launches on West Midlands rail network
23 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, European Railway
Transport Minister Andrew Jones MP has welcomed acceptance of the Swift card multimodal smart ticketing solution on the West Midlands rail network.
Testing of ScotRail’s new Class 385 underway
23 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, European Railway
The introduction of faster and longer trains in Scotland has moved a step closer as testing begins on ScotRail’s Class 385 electric trains.
Partnership delivers UK’s first 125mph switches and crossings handback
23 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A partnership formed of rail infrastructure consultants AmeySersa and Network Rail delivered the UK’s first 125mph switches and crossings handback on the East Coast Main Line.
Execs toast Chemnitz’s Citylink tram-train at InnoTrans
22 September 2016 | By Ian Hall, Global Railway Review
Stadler and Vossloh Kiepe presented a tram-train hybrid at InnoTrans that is already in operation in the German city. Ian Hall investigates...
InnoTrans: Russian Railways and Siemens sign technological cooperation agreement
22 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
JSC Russian Railways and Siemens have signed an agreement of understanding on long-term scientific and technological cooperation at InnoTrans 2016.
Stadler partners with Nomad Digital to deliver WiFi for NSB passengers in Norway
22 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Working in partnership with Stadler, connectivity solutions provider Nomad Digital has delivered passenger WiFi on 82 Flirt trains for Norwegian train operator NSB.
Freight operator Railcare to receive seven Vectron locomotives
22 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Freight operator Railcare has ordered seven Vectron locomotives from Siemens in a contract which includes maintenance of the locomotives for eight years.
Stadler unveils EC250 ‘Giruno’ low floor high-speed train
Stadler and operator SBB have unveiled the EC250/Giruno low floor high electric multiple unit (EMU) which will enter service on the Basle/Zürich - Milan route via the Gotthard Base Tunnel.
LIVE: HS2 double-decker train’s designers seek UK demo site
22 September 2016 | By Ian Hall, Global Railway Review
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and Andreas Vogler Studio are exhibiting the full-scale demo of their ‘AeroLiner 3000’ at InnoTrans, the Berlin show being the mock-up’s world premiere. Ian Hall explores...