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NSW government awards rail network upgrade contracts to Siemens Mobility
The two contracts will see Siemens Mobility work to improve the overall efficiency and capacity of the rail network in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.
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Dellner celebrates 80 years of excellence in Train Connection Systems
Dellner is celebrating its 80th anniversary as the global leader in producing couplers, gangways and dampers for trains. Here, the company looks back at its history, the milestones and achievements it has accomplished.
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Alstom wins signalling and telecommunication contract for India’s RRTS Corridor
Alstom will design, supply and install the signalling, train control and telecommunication system for the new semi-high-speed rail line.
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Most read articles of 2020 – Global Railway Review’s Top 10
Take a look at Global Railway Review's most read articles of 2020, including Scotland’s ambition to deliver a decarbonised rail network, the feasibility of a high-speed rail service between Chicago and NYC, and the opportunities for using big data analytics on India’s national railway network.
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SNCF runs first semi-autonomous train on the French national rail network
For the first time in France, a locomotive has run in partial autonomy, under real operating conditions, with fully automated acceleration and braking functions.
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Siemens Mobility and partners to study automated rail operations
Siemens Mobility will contribute its experience and expertise to two innovative research projects studying the safety of automated rail operations.
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Transforming how we move: How Huawei’s cloud solutions help to manage increasing scale
Huawei’s cloud solutions, including its Digital Urban Rail and eLTE Wireless Communications solutions, are helping to manage the increasing scale of urban rail lines.
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Europe’s rail industry joins to support deployment of Digital Automatic Coupling
Rail Freight Forward members and sector associations have welcomed an MoU for the development of European Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) for rail freight.
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Fret SNCF’s rail freight revolution
Bertrand Minary, Fret SNCF’s Chief Innovation and Digital Officer, Rail Freight & Intermodal Division, discusses Fret SNCF’s approach to a total revolution in rail freight operations and how this is delivering a first step towards rail freight automation.
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SFERA: Supporting the deployment of connected-DAS systems
Chloé Lima-Vanzeler (SNCF Voyageurs), Sébastien Dislaire (SNCF Réseau) and Thomas Sutter (SBB Infrastructure) explain how railway undertakings and infrastructure managers have established a coalition for train energy savings and rail traffic efficiency.
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Addressing the challenges and opportunities around cyber-security for the railway industry
Joe Ferguson, NCSC Certified Cyber Practitioner and a Senior Information Risk Analyst, explores the challenges around cyber-security for the railway industry and the priorities to focus on moving forward.
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Shift2Rail’s Governing Board gives go-ahead for European DAC Delivery Programme
The European DAC (Digital Automatic Coupler) Delivery Programme will be a unique opportunity for the sector to collectively drive the deployment of technological and operational solutions related to the DAC, by means of a focused and inclusive system approach under the umbrella of Shift2Rail.
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ProRail to test Automatic Train Operations using a Lineas shunting locomotive
Starting in 2021, Alstom and ProRail will test Automatic Train Operations (ATO) using a Lineas shunting locomotive.
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10 reasons why the rail industry must embrace automation
Elen Katz, Founder and CEO of Rail Vision Ltd., takes a look at the potential advantages of future rail automation.
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Alstom to conduct world-first ATO tests on regional trains in Germany
Alstom's test project, scheduled to begin in 2021, will explore implementing Automatic Train Operation in daily passenger operation of regional trains.
