Alstom to supply ETCS Level 2 for Pendolino trains and electric vehicles
The contracts with ČD-Telematika cover 7 Pendolino trains and 66 electric vehicles to be equipped with ETCS Level 2.
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The contracts with ČD-Telematika cover 7 Pendolino trains and 66 electric vehicles to be equipped with ETCS Level 2.
The study confirms that investing in a comprehensive European high-speed rail (HRS) network will bring added value to European society and massively reduce the environmental impact of European passenger transport.
The GUARDIA system will be used for the first time on a large scale in the maintenance sector at Deutsche Bahn.
The specific technical maps for the Czech Railway Administration will provide information on the transport and technical infrastructure and will contribute to better and more efficient preparation of investments and repair work.
DB has already approved around 1,000 vehicles for refueling with the climate-friendly biofuel HVO in 2022.
Monitoring the condition of switches is intended to prevent unplanned downtime due to faults, increase the efficiency of maintenance work and significantly boost the availability of track.
The new GGT-GearSaver® sensor, gearboxes’ service life and operating costs could be optimized.
The innovative solution addresses the wheel and rail adhesion bottleneck enabling transit systems to improve efficiency and increase network capacity.
An initiative of 18 companies, led by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, has kicked off a study into the possible establishment of a large-scale ammonia cracker, which will enable imports of 1 million tonnes of hydrogen per year for the decarbonization of industry and mobility.
Alstom and Air Products have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the deployment of hydrogen solutions in rail, including the necessary infrastructure in the Czech Republic.
It results from the UIRR study 'Roadmap to Zero-Carbon Combined Transport 2050' which was published at the European Intermodal Summit 2022 (EIS 2022).
duisport and VITRONIC implemented automatic detection of containers at Rivergate
The electronic consignment note has been available in Germany since April this year - and the majority of logistics companies (77 percent) already use it. However, only one in twenty companies (5 percent) rely exclusively on the digital version of the delivery document and have abandoned the paper form altogether.
13th December, free of charge webinar on this topic is held by the IoT specialists from A1 Digital (part of the A1 Telekom Austria group). The company's customers include Rail Cargo Austria, Rail & Sea and Bündner Güterbahn. The main speaker is Jürgen Rudolf, Innovation management and senior expert in IoT solutions in rail from A1 Digital.
Under the €867 million contract, Hitachi Rail will cover 1,885 kilometers of the Italian rail network.
Sustainable electricity could run for 1,400 journeys from Vienna to Salzburg.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has started building an innovative infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein for the future energy supply of battery trains. Instead of continuous electrification of every track kilometer, the new technology only requires the electrification of short sections of track or individual stations.
Space-age technology using lasers and plasma jets is being trialed as a more sustainable way to vaporize autumn leaves from railway lines and minimize passenger delays in the future.
In the first half of this year (April 2022 – April 2023) there have already been 572 trespass incidents, resulting in 21,021 delay minutes for £1.1m to the industry.
ETCS Level 2 was created to harmonize cross-border rail traffic. The most advanced version of Level 2 (Baseline 3) features optimized braking curves and also enhances odometric performance, enabling drivers to select the appropriate speed.