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Deutsche Bahn awarded contract worth billions in Canada
DB IO will take on the planning, operation, and maintenance of a 450-kilometre local transport network in Toronto, Canada, helping to modernise and expand the network.
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Digitalisation
The rail industry is harnessing innovative digital solutions that can benefit the railway sector. A world in which trains are never late and rail travel is cheaper, safer and more efficient is on the horizon thanks to radical innovation and technology that has marked the next stage of rail’s digital revolution.
What are the trends and challenges in rail digitalisation and how is the industry moving forward to embrace and adopt solutions?
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Better rail networks begin with better designs
Discover how OpenRail Designer can provide you with the necessary workflows, toolsets, and flexibility to deal with real-life design scenarios on global rail infrastructure projects.
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Digital track monitoring: Rectifying faults to keep trains moving
A new digital track monitoring system has been launched by Bane NOR’s ICT department in the form of an app that will signal to operators the need to rectify faults and what measures need to be taken, all before the issue results in train stoppages.
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How Network Rail’s National Aerial Survey takes digital twin benefits to new heights
Mark Fielding-Smith, Client Director, Digital Rail at Atkins, explains how they have supported Network Rail’s National Aerial Survey and how this helps the infrastructure manager utilise data and take digital twin benefits to new heights.
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Zonegreen complete installation of its Points Converter system for SWR
Zonegreen have completed a fourth installation of its innovative Points Converter system for South Western Railway at the Fratton depot in Portsmouth.
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Stimio offer safe and cost-effective remote monitoring solution
Stimio’s remote monitoring solution assists rail infrastructure managers in ensuring that catenary tensioning is monitored and maintained, keeping rail operations uninterrupted and safe.
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The digital twin acquires a new nervous system
Bernd Drapp, Director of Innovation at AP Sensing, explains the concept of a digital railway twin and what it can mean for the efficiency and capacity of sustainable, everyday travel.
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In-Depth Focus: Track Technologies
The authors in this In-Depth Focus explore a variety of topics, including: the IN2ZONE research project which aims to design and test a prototype next generation transition zone solution; the Harmotrack Project which is investigating acceleration measurements to monitor track quality; and the LOWNOISEPAD project which seeks to find an…
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HATI: The key to the future of autonomous MATISA machines
HATI (Human Assistance Track Intelligence) is the latest addition to the MATISA embedded technology family. It is the evolution of a system already installed on the roller trailers of the B 66 UC-D compaction trailers, with the addition of new features. A prototype was installed on the B 45 UE delivered…
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Roundtable: Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC)
Moderated by Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, participants of this Roundtable explore how DAC will increase the capacity and quality of freight traffic as well as of rail infrastructure and its role in meeting rail’s sustainability targets, plus they look at the main policy and legal challenges…
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Heathrow Express to launch new Onboard Entertainment platform
Heathrow Express will launch an Onboard Entertainment platform, replacing all physical publications previously available to passengers with free online alternatives.
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Global Railway Review Issue 2 2022
Packed full of exclusive content, including: the traction power supply of the Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed rail line; what passengers in the UK want from their journeys; Roundtable on Digital Automatic Coupling; Track Technologies and Alternative Fuels In-Depth Focuses; and much more!
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Network Rail testing new digital signalling equipment on Northern City Line
Network Rail are testing and commissioning new signalling equipment on the Northern City Line in April and May, as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.
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Embracing fully autonomous urban rail through digitalisation of network infrastructure
In this interview for Global Railway Review, Norman Frisch, Marketing Director, Enterprise Business Group and Transport Sector at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, explains how Wi-Fi 6 technology enables large-bandwidth real-time wireless train-to-ground backhaul for rail transit vehicles.
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Magnetic levitation raises the bar for safety standards in rail
With state-of-the-art superconducting maglev technology looking increasingly likely to come to the U.S., Wayne Rogers, Chairman and CEO of Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR), explains how this revolutionary technology offers the chance to raise rail safety standards throughout North America.
