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The Future of Communications-Based Train Control
The Future of Communications-Based Train Control As the rail industry embraced Communications-Based Train Control, its core goals were explicit: boosting capacity while elevating safety. Today, under...
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Swisspod Hyperloop Trial Sets New Benchmarks
Swisspod Hyperloop Trial Sets New Benchmarks In a breakthrough moment for sustainable transportation, Swisspod, alongside the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the School of Bu...
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Hyperloop Day Unveils Breakthrough for High-Speed Transportation
Hyperloop Day Unveils Breakthrough for High-Speed Transportation In an electrifying display of innovation, Swisspod, in collaboration with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), hosted an ey...
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Enhancing Conductivity with Helical Structures for Solid-State Batteries
Enhancing Conductivity with Helical Structures for Solid-State Batteries Solid-state batteries have long been hailed as the future of energy storage, offering safety and efficiency improvements over t...
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Japan’s 310 mile Conveyor Belt could revolutionise Freight Transport
Japan’s 310 mile Conveyor Belt could revolutionise Freight Transport The Japanese government has set its sights on a ground-breaking initiative that promises to transform the country’s log...
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The Promise of Urban Rail Transforming African Cities
The Promise of Urban Rail Transforming African Cities Urbanisation in Africa is booming, with 11 of the world’s most populous cities located on the continent. This rapid urban growth is a double...
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KfW IPEX-Bank Driving the Future of Rhineland’s Rail Transport
KfW IPEX-Bank Driving the Future of Rhineland’s Rail Transport In an era where sustainable transport solutions are becoming not just a preference but a necessity, KfW IPEX-Bank is spearheading a monum...
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Siemens High-Speed Trains to connect Las Vegas and Southern California
Siemens High-Speed Trains to connect Las Vegas and Southern California Today, Brightline announced that Siemens Mobility has been designated the “preferred bidder” to build train sets for the Brightli...
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The next ten years could be a Decade of Rail in the US
The next ten years could be a Decade of Rail in the US Arthur D. Little has published its latest report, Rail 2040, which explores the key trends reshaping the industry, assesses the general market en...
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United States Steel Corp pioneers Battery-Powered Locomotives
United States Steel Corp pioneers Battery-Powered Locomotives United States Steel Corporation announced today a significant step in its ongoing commitment to sustainability, environmental excellence a...
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Balancing Railroad Level Crossing Safety and Performance
Balancing Railroad Level Crossing Safety and Performance Today, the rail industry has multiple digital capabilities for the most precise asset monitoring and efficient railroad maintenance. The fact t...
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Improving Train Safety with IoT-Based Remote Monitoring
Improving Train Safety with IoT-Based Remote Monitoring Spanning 140,00 miles and supporting 167,000 jobs nationwide, the freight and passenger rail systems are a significant strength of the US econom...
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Japan’s Technological Maglev Rail Renaissance
Japan’s Technological Maglev Rail Renaissance Japan stands tall as a global leader in engineering research and technology, with technological achievements that are second to none. Yet, Japan...
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EIB invests €30m in MERMEC’s Railway Digital Transformation in Italy
EIB invests €30m in MERMEC’s Railway Digital Transformation in Italy In a strategic move to bolster Italy’s rail infrastructure modernization, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has commit...
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Virtual Sound Simulation to analyse Railway Noise Impact
Virtual Sound Simulation to analyse Railway Noise Impact It is often a nuisance for residents living near railroad lines – and such a multi-faceted challenge for experts that there should be more than...
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Delhi Metro uses Digital Modelling to add 62km of Railway
Delhi Metro uses Digital Modelling to add 62km of Railway India’s city of Delhi is actually made up of two cities. To the north is Old Delhi, the historic city, and the south is New Delhi, the capital...
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KfW IPEX-Bank finances new Polish Intermodal Railcars
KfW IPEX-Bank finances new Polish Intermodal Railcars KfW IPEX-Bank is financing a pool of new freight cars for the Polish freight wagon lessor Eurowagon. The financing is being used to procure up to...
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Aeva enables safe Autonomous Train Technology for Railergy
Aeva enables safe Autonomous Train Technology for Railergy Aeva, a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced that Railergy, a leading supplier of railway system automat...
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New high-speed train opens from Rome to Pompeii
New high-speed train opens from Rome to Pompeii A direct train service from Rome to Pompeii in under two hours: thanks to an agreement between the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Italian State Rai...
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Cincoze DX-1200 Industrial Computer crucial to Modern Rail Transportation
Cincoze DX-1200 Industrial Computer crucial to Modern Rail Transportation Rail transportation plays a crucial role in many modern transportation networks. It’s essential to ensure that rail tran...
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Siemens Mobility investing $220m in North Carolina Rail Manufacturing
Siemens Mobility investing $220m in North Carolina Rail Manufacturing Siemens Mobility, the Unites States’ largest passenger rolling stock manufacturer, will expand its manufacturing footprint by buil...
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Smart Sensors could prevent metal thieves running off with the rails
Smart Sensors could prevent metal thieves running off with the rails Cable theft costs the UK taxpayer millions of pounds each year—and that’s just for infrastructure repairs. The total cost to the ec...
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Alstom Electric Train Solutions to include Actasys Thermal Management Devices
Alstom Electric Train Solutions to include Actasys Thermal Management Devices Actasys Inc., a leader in safeguarding sensor functionality in real-world applications, announced today they have entered...
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HyperloopTT becoming a publicly listed company to focus on the future
HyperloopTT becoming a publicly listed company to focus on the future Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a leading transportation and technology licensing company focused on realizing the hyperloo...
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Hytera co-developing Railway Communication System in Kazakhstan
Hytera co-developing Railway Communication System in Kazakhstan Hytera Communications, a leading global provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, announced today it has signe...
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Rail Innovation Cluster launched at Innotrans by University of Birmingham
Rail Innovation Cluster launched at Innotrans by University of Birmingham A new home for businesses looking to deliver innovation into the rail sector has been launched today by the University of Birm...
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Cummins debuting electrified Meritor powertrains at IAA
Cummins debuting electrified Meritor powertrains at IAA For the first time since finalizing the acquisition of Meritor, Inc. last month, Cummins Inc. will showcase Meritor’s 17Xe ePowertrain assembled...
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Liebherr on track for InnoTrans 2022
Liebherr on track for InnoTrans 2022 Rail vehicles are among the safest and most sustainable means of transport worldwide. The many advantages that rail already offers in terms of environmental friend...
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Hong Kong’s historic Peak Tram back on track after Makeover
Hong Kong’s historic Peak Tram back on track after Makeover The Peak Tram, Asia’s oldest funicular railway and a must-visit attraction in Hong Kong, takes visitors on a spell-binding ride to the...
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Sweco wins additional Stockholm Metro contracts
Sweco wins additional Stockholm Metro contracts Sweco has won additional contracts in connection with the expansion of Stockholm’s metro between Fridhemsplan and Älvsjö. The project supports sustainab...
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New NVIDIA Jetson based embedded system designed for Railway applications
New NVIDIA Jetson based embedded system designed for Railway applications As a Preferred Partner in the NVIDIA® Partner Network, Syslogic is offering AI-assisted embedded computers. The company’s AI R...
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Modified Rail Cars could capture energy under breaking and deceleration
Modified Rail Cars could capture energy under breaking and deceleration Rail systems around the world could help mitigate climate change and clean the air of CO2 by capturing the sustainable energy ge...
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OptiFuel transitioning 400 Freight Locomotive Fleet in Argentina
OptiFuel transitioning 400 Freight Locomotive Fleet in Argentina OptiFuel Systems, a decarbonization solutions provider of products and systems for eliminating emissions in the rail, marine, and power...
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Thornton Tomasetti propels futuristic transport with HyperloopTT investment
Thornton Tomasetti propels futuristic transport with HyperloopTT investment HyperloopTT has announced a financial investment from Thornton Tomasetti, a leading global scientific and engineering consul...
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Future engineers on right track after Siemens SustainaCity Racer competition
Future engineers on right track after Siemens SustainaCity Racer competition Siemens has uncovered engineering, technology and business talent through a competition to design the smart and sustainable...
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New battery-powered regional trains to replace diesel trains in Germany
New battery-powered regional trains to replace diesel trains in Germany A zero-carbon future is on the horizon for regional trains between Berlin and the surrounding Brandenburg area. The railway comp...
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Swiss Hyperloop Team wins Pole Position at Not−A−Boring Competition
Swiss Hyperloop Team wins Pole Position at Not−A−Boring Competition The “Swissloop Tunneling” research team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was one of only two teams fro...
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HyperPort concept revealed by HyperloopTT and HHLA
HyperPort concept revealed by HyperloopTT and HHLA Hyperloop Transportation Technologies revealed HyperPort™, a sustainable high-speed cargo and freight solution capable of increasing capacity...
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Network Rail trials Recycled Plastic Railway Sleepers
Network Rail trials Recycled Plastic Railway Sleepers Trains in Wiltshire are now running on top of old bottles, food packaging and other unwanted plastics, with the introduction of the first composit...
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Ntuple launches Railroad Ticketing System based in Google Maps in Korea
Ntuple launches Railroad Ticketing System based in Google Maps in Korea Ntuple, a Korean tech start-up that focuses on backend technology, announced that it launched the Korea railroad ticketing servi...
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Virgin Hyperloop unveils Certification Center in West Virginia
Virgin Hyperloop unveils Certification Center in West Virginia After years of testing and developing hyperloop technology at their full-scale test site, Virgin Hyperloop unveiled today that West Virgi...
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Transport for the North hails region as a pioneer of hydrogen transport technologies
Transport for the North hails region as a pioneer of hydrogen transport technologies The Government has named Tees Valley in England as the first Hydrogen Transport Hub has been welcomed by Transport...
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Alberta and TransPod sign MoU for development of Hyperloop system in Canada
Alberta and TransPod sign MoU for development of Hyperloop system in Canada TransPod a startup that is building the world’s leading hyperloop system (the TransPod system) to disrupt and redefine comme...
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Hitachi and Bombardier to supply 23 Frecciarossa trains to Trenitalia in Spain
Hitachi and Bombardier to supply 23 Frecciarossa trains to Trenitalia in Spain Hitachi Rail SpA and Bombardier Transportation have announced that they have signed a contract with Italy’s primary train...
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies receives US DOT Official Classification
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies receives US DOT Official Classification Following a live press conference organized by the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT), Hyperloop Transpor...
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and TÜV SÜD publish Safety Guidelines
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and TÜV SÜD publish Safety Guidelines Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) announced today the first ever completed certification guidelines for Hy...
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Zeleros raises €7m to lead the development of hyperloop in Europe
Zeleros raises €7m to lead the development of hyperloop in Europe Zeleros Hyperloop has completed a financing round worth more than €7 million. The company starts a new and important phase in the deve...
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Will 5G boost connectivity on trains?
Will 5G boost connectivity on trains? The recent announcement that the British Government will push forward with HS2 has led to renewed calls for an improved connectivity on the railways. Prime Minist...
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Hyper Poland smashes funding goal in 10 days to demonstrate prototype Magrail system
Hyper Poland smashes funding goal in 10 days to demonstrate prototype Magrail system Just ten days after their launch on investment platform Seedrs, Hyper Poland has achieved its €451,000 investment t...
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Nomad Digital to deploy train WiFi with Öresund in Denmark and Sweden
Nomad Digital to deploy train WiFi with Öresund in Denmark and Sweden Nomad Digital has won a multi-million-pound contract to execute their Nomad Connect WiFi solution for 111 trains, securing more ma...
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