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The latest technology and innovations from rail industry manufacturers, suppliers and support service providers.
IVU: IVU Traffic Technologies has entered the Turkish and Mexican markets with the award of two contracts in recent weeks. The Germany firm is to supply IVU.plan and IVU.crew planning and dispatch software to Kayseri Ulaşım. ... more
INNOTRANS: Organiser Messe Berlin reports that the 11th InnoTrans trade show held in the German capital on September 20-23 had enjoyed ‘the best set of results in its history’, with record attendances by exhibitors and trade ... more
DENMARK: Alstom announced on September 23 that, in conjunction with infrastructure authority Banedanmark, it had carried out the first successful tests of ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3, validated by the European Union Agency for ... more
INNOTRANS: GE Transportation and Intel Corp have announced a partnership to offer GoLINC, a modular onboard computer package which acts as a 'superbrain' by integrating, storing and communicating the data produced by the hundreds ... more
JAPAN: East Japan Railway is to offer its Suica smart ticketing and contactless payment system on Apple Pay from October, having redesigned Suica for iPhone7 and Apple Watch Series 2 devices. Users can add their Suica card or ... more
CHINA: Specialist telecoms company Huawei is currently testing an application of CBTC over LTE on Line 5 of the Shanghai metro with a view to launching a commercial version on Line 6 in the future. This follows a pilot ... more
UK: A research programme partly funded by the UK Department for Transport and undertaken by the Institute of Railway Research at Huddersfield University has confirmed the potential for powering level crossings using vibration ... more
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation is to develop a battery-electric multiple-unit for operation on non-electrified routes, under a research programme to be partially funded by the Ministry of Transport & Digital ... more
INNOTRANS: Alstom expects to sign a firm order for a production build of hydrogen fuel cell powered multiple-units by the end of the year, Coradia LINT Product Manager Stefan Schrank told Railway Gazette on September 20. The ... more
INNOTRANS: Austrian Federal Railways unveiled its InnoShunt eHybrid prototype electric-supercapacitor-battery shunting locomotive at InnoTrans. The technology ... more