Revolution VLR railcar to be demonstrated in 2020 11 May 2018 UK: Leasing company Eversholt Rail has joined the Revolution VLR consortium of Transport Design International, Cummins, Prose, Transcal Engineering, RDM Group and the University of Warwick, which has secured government funding to design and build a lightweight diesel-battery railcar demonstrator by early 2020. The…
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Herzog to provide short line PTC 10 May 2018 USA: Herzog Technologies is to make its Positive Train Control support and hosting services available to smaller freight railroads under an agreement with the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association announced on May 10. ‘The implementation of PTC is one of the most complex and…
Virtual Bodensee line testing for MTU Hybrid PowerPack 09 May 2018 GERMANY: Rolls-Royce has used a computer-controlled simulation of operating conditions on the Radolfzell – Friedrichshafen route for bench testing of a real MTU Hybrid PowerPack to demonstrate its potential for use on services around the Bodensee. This included a demonstration of the feasibility of…
Virgin Trains sells tickets through Amazon Alexa 07 May 2018 UK: Amazon Echo voice-activated devices with the Alexa virtual assistant and Amazon Pay can now be used to book advance single tickets for Virgin Trains East Coast and West Coast services. The launch on May 3 follows Virgin Trains' introduction last November of a journey…
Kansas City Southern to deploy CloudMoyo software 06 May 2018 USA: CloudMoyo is to deploy its Microsoft Azure cloud-based CloudMoyo Rail Transportation Management software to modernise Kansas City Southern’s Management Control System and provide analytics and artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency. KCS already uses CloudMoyo’s crew management, business intelligence and analytics packages, and is…
London Liverpool street lighting upgrade 05 May 2018 UK: Network Rail has installed Goodlight LED lighting supplied by LED Eco Lights on the 18 platforms and concourse at London Liverpool Street station. ‘We decided to move to LED lighting to reduce our carbon output, reduce costs in terms of power consumption and to improve the…
No ‘ironing board’ seats, Greater Anglia promises 02 May 2018 UK: With advice from consultancy Schoenemann Design, operator Greater Anglia has selected Italian company FISA's Lean seat design for used on its future Stadler trainsets, and has made adjustments to the shape of the base cushions, lumbar support and headrests. The Bombardier Transportation Aventra EMUs…
TE Connectivity launches ruggedised data cable 02 May 2018 GERMANY: TE Connectivity has introduced a Category 5e quad high speed data cable for railway rolling stock and infrastructure applications. Its halogen-free flame retardant polymer insulation complies with the EN45545-2 rolling stock fire standard, with the crosslinked outer jacketing providing high resistance to chemicals, mechanical stresses and extreme…
Railway supply industry news round-up 27 Apr 2018 British Steel is investing in new plant at Scunthorpe to increase the production of its Zinoco zinc-coated corrosion-free rails, which is due to be commissioned later this year. The premium rails are intended for use in corrosive areas such as coastal lines, wet tunnels or level crossings…
EU funding supports ETCS on LGV Sud Est 26 Apr 2018 FRANCE: The European Union is to provide €117m from the Connecting Europe Facility to support the installation of ETCS Level 2 on LGV Sud-Est between Paris and Lyon, under a financing agreement signed on April 25 at the TEN-T Days conference in Ljubljana, attended…