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Environment and Energy Report published by Greater Anglia
The report outlines Greater Anglia's efforts in improving the sustainability of its operations and decreasing its carbon emissions.
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Bombardier TRAXX locomotives complete 10 million kilometres service in South Africa
The electric locomotives have each made around 1,600 round trips of 2,200km and moved over 10 million tonnes of freight since starting service in December 2017.
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Deutsche Bahn secures new supply contracts for green electricity
The three contracts secure a capacity of approximately 780GW hours of green electricity from hydropower, wind power and solar energy, as DB moves towards a completely green railway.
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ÖBB receives €80 million in financing for new electric multiple units
KfW IPEX-Bank will provide the €80 million finance for ÖBB's EMU project, which is also being financed in part by the European Investment Bank.
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Pacific Harbor Line and Progress Rail sign battery locomotive agreement
Progress Rail has reached an agreement with Pacific Harbor Line to supply its new EMD® Joule battery electric locomotive for a demonstration project operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.
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High-speed rail in Turkey: Vision 2023
Despite underinvestment in Turkey’s rail development in the past, Kamuran Yazıcı, Director General and Chairman of the Board of TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş, explains that there is now a focus on transforming high-speed rail in the country, with the goal of constructing an additional 5,500km of high-speed and rapid rail lines…
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Transport for Wales highlights efforts in reducing carbon footprint for Clean Air Day 2020
To mark Clean Air Day 2020, Transport for Wales has celebrated its efforts in reducing its carbon emissions by 6.27 per cent during the 2019-2020 financial year.
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HS2 details plans to improve air quality on Clean Air Day 2020
The project aims to cut emissions and carbon on its construction sites, and to create a greener way of designing and building the new railway.
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Bombardier announces rail and e-mobility Innovation Centre in Sweden
The Railway and e-Mobility Test and Technology Centre will focus on next generation of electric propulsion technology in pursuit of a cleaner future for transportation.
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Midlands Connect welcomes possibility of Midland Main Line electrification
By electrifying the Midlands Main Line, the network will achieve its decarbonisation targets sooner and improve passenger connectivity.
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DB Cargo awards two-engine locomotives contract to Siemens Mobility
Siemens Mobility will deliver a total of 400 electric and diesel hybrid locomotives to DB Cargo, with the first delivery expected in 2023.
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Deutsche Bahn begins search for sustainable alternative drives and fuels
With a target of becoming climate-neutral by 2050, Deutsche Bahn has begun testing and implementing new sustainable fuels and drives.
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In-Depth Focus: Decarbonising Rail
The rail industry is under pressure to reduce its emissions and meet global government sustainability targets. This In-Depth Focus will explore how a modal shift to rail would help to achieve these goals, and how solutions such as alternative powered trains will play a key part.
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Global Railway Review Issue 4 2020
This issue takes a look at South Africa’s complex signalling modernisation programme, the next steps in standardisation of data exchanges between TMS and trains, GTR's passenger-centric response to the challenges of COVID-19, plus our 'Decarbonising Rail', 'High-Speed Rail Development' and 'Rail: Thinking Long-Term' In-Depth Focuses.
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Validation tests launched for freight locomotives in Azerbaijan
Alstom has launched the validation test campaign for the Prima T8 AZ8A freight locomotives in Azerbaijan on the main freight transit line, which has recently been converted from 3kV DC to 25kV AC.
