Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 12/7/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation BUILD grants on way for rail work in five states A bridge on the Coos Bay Line. Photo – Oregon International Port of Coos Bay Politicians, government agencies and organizations made dozens of announcements yesterday about 2018 Better Utilizing Investments to…
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Road-rail vehicle equipped with illuminated exclusion zone SAFETY: Contractor Keltbray is equipping 14 Colmar road-rail vehicles with high-intensity blue directional lights from Road Rail Plant Ltd which clearly illuminate a 10 m exclusion zone when the machinery is operating. In May 2017 the company installed LED lights which provide spot markers, but the new system provides…
Van carriers boost wagon flexibility 04 Dec 2018 EUROPE: Mercitalia’s international rail freight subsidiary TX Logistik is piloting the use of specialist load carriers to transport commercial vehicles on intermodal pocket wagons. Branded as ‘roadrailLink’, the load carrier has been developed by Salzburg-based Vega International Car-Transport & Logistic-Trading (Vegatrans), and manufactured by Kässbohrer Transport Technik.…
Rail communications platform migrated to Amazon cloud 02 Dec 2018 EUROPE: Rail industry data exchange technology company Hit Rail, which is owned by 12 European railways and used by 50 companies across 21 countries, has completed the migration of its HEROS Infrastructure as a Service communications platform to the Amazon AWS cloud. The migration was…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 11/29/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FTA to provide FY2018 capital grants for four transit-rail projects A maps shows the planned 2.6-mile Purple Line Section 3 project, a heavy rail extension. Photo – LA Metro The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) yesterday announced $281 million in additional fiscal-year…
Baden-Württemberg backs ETCS in Stuttgart 29 Nov 2018 GERMANY: The Land of Baden-Württemberg agreed in principle on November 27 to support proposals for the roll-out of the European Train Control System and digital interlockings in the Stuttgart region by 2030. The Baden-Württemberg cabinet has authorised the Land transport ministry to enter into financing negotiations with…
Stadler rolls out Guardia with BLS as it expands into signalling 26 Nov 2018 Stadler's Guardia onboard equipment is to be fitted to the Flirt EMUs it is supplying to BLS. SWITZERLAND: Field tests and approval work is now underway ahead of the introduction of Stadler’s first onboard train protection unit with BLS.Stadler describes the…
Wabtec offers hosted PTC back-office for ASLRRA members 22 Nov 2018 USA: The American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association has entered into an agreement for Wabtec Railway Electronics to provide Positive Train Control to its member railways using a hosted multi-tenant back office system. This is designed to offer complete PTC back-office functionality within…
Hydrogen train operation planned 22 Nov 2018 GERMANY: The Länder of Brandenburg and Berlin are planning the joint award of a contract for the development and operation of hydrogen fuel cell powered trains on the RB27 Heidekrautbahn route. The proposed contract would start in December 2022 and run for 15 years, a length selected to provide…
Smarter approach to flood prevention on test 20 Nov 2018 UK: A project has been launched which aims to combine real-time measurement of water levels, weather forecasting, historical data and smart analysis to prevent the flooding of railway lines. The TrackWater project is being undertaken by InTouch Ltd, Network Rail, Lancaster University and the Transport…