Network Rail awards Siemens Mobility huge GSM-R upgrade contract
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a €36 million contract by Network Rail to upgrade the GSM-R cab radios of the entire Great Britain rolling stock fleet.
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Siemens Mobility has been awarded a €36 million contract by Network Rail to upgrade the GSM-R cab radios of the entire Great Britain rolling stock fleet.
On 6 March 2019, Global Railway Review hosted a webinar in association with Siemens Mobility which explained their seamless digital supply chain for ordering spare parts and how the rail sector is already benefiting from this new technology.
Siemens' New £8 million Bogie Service Centre completes servicing of its 100th bogie, four months after opening.
With deliveries scheduled to begin in March 2020, an additional 61 Vectron MS vehicles will be operated by Austrian Federal Railways.
The locomotives are intended for freight transport in Germany and deliveries are scheduled to begin in October 2019.
First organised in 2007, the European Railway Award celebrates and recognises the political and technical contributions of accomplished individuals to the rail sector.
Connecting Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg, the new high-speed rail link funded by the RDIF and Siemens will stretch 220km and travel at speeds of 300km/h.
11 February 2019 | By
Speaking to Gordon Wakeford, RSG Chair and CEO Siemens Mobility Ltd, Philip Hoare, CEO Atkins UK and Europe and Sector Deal co-Lead, and Anna Delvecchio, Commercial Account Director at Amey and Sector Deal co-Lead, Global Railway Review’s Junior Editor, Tara Nolan, gained a deeper understanding of the Rail Sector Deal…
The two companies believed merging would have created a European player with the ability to cope with growing competition from non-EU companies.
All of the trains ordered are designed to meet the projected increasing traffic demand across the Augsburg rail networks.
The new locomotives will enable cross-border transport without the need to change locomotives; improving the passenger experience.
Alstom has installed European Train Control System (ETCS) on Vectron locomotives for 37 different operators across Europe.
The Charger locomotive that has been ordered is lower-noise than the diesel engines it will replace, and offers a streamlined design with smoother traction control.
18 December 2018 | By Siemens Mobility GmbH
IN THIS WEBINAR: When spare part requirements are identified for a vehicle or infrastructure, things must move fast. Identification of spare parts in 10 seconds, ordering in 3 minutes, delivery in 24 hours – a seamless digital chain in material supply. But how can this promise be fulfiled? Automatic spare…
Starting in 2022, millions of VIA Rail passengers travelling in Canada’s busiest corridor will enjoy an era of brand new trains.