Self-propelled electric railcars to replace diesel-electric locomotives
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Self-propelled electric railcars to replace diesel-electric locomotives
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#UK: #London Underground #trains to be modified to address cracking
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#France: Aix-Marseille-Provence Métropole is to invest significant funds in local #rail #freight services and terminals over the next four years, as part of a strategy to reduce road congestion and associated pollution
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#france #rail #freight #railwaynews
#USA: #NorfolkSouthern has announced an agreement to acquire the Cincinnati Southern Railway from the City of #Cincinnati for $1·62bn, to gain ownership of one of the busiest sections of its network which carries up to 30 trains a day
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#SouthAfrica: #Transnet Freight Rail has conditionally awarded private operator Traxtion Sheltam paths on the Cape Corridor, but there were no compliant bids for train paths on the Container Corridor
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#UK: A Weather Academy pilot programme has been launched to bring together rail operations staff, asset engineers and meteorology experts to identify ways of mitigating the effects of adverse #weather
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#CzechRepublic: National operator #ČeskéDráhy has introduced the #ČDNight brand with the aim of raising the profile of its overnight #trains, ahead of the launch of a route from Praha to Zürich via Germany with the December timetable change
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#Sweden: Mining company #LKAB has awarded #KirunaWagon a contract to supply a further 100 high-capacity iron ore wagons and refurbish 92 of its existing vehicles
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#sweden #lkab #kirunawagon #railwaynews
#UK: The Office of Rail & Road has approved #GrandUnionTrains’ plan to launch an #openaccess passenger #train service between #London Paddington and southwest #Wales using bi-mode trains with a high-quality interior including 2+1 seating in standard class. #railwaynews
Full story: https://bit.ly/3iy65WA
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#Netherlands: #Autonomous shunting #locomotive copes with the unexpected during trials
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#France: A rolling motorway service has been launched to carry unaccompanied lorry trailers between the Mediterranean port of #Sète near Montpellier and Valenton to the southeast of #París
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#france #sete #Paris #railwaynews
The recent #COP27 #climate summit in Egypt received a broadly underwhelming response, but for the #rail and public transport sectors at least, there were signs of hope that the #mobility transition is edging back on to the global climate agenda after being largely absent at COP26 in Glasgow last year.
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#Italy: The first two #Stadler diesel-battery multiple-unit #trains for #Campania regional operator EAV enter service on the #Napoli – Piedimonte Matese line
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#USA: #California #HighSpeedRail Authority has selected an #AECOM-#Fluor joint venture to provide programme management support for its planned Los Angeles – San Francisco corridor
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#usa #california #highspeedrail #aecom #fluor #railwaynews
#UK: The Rail Delivery Group has awarded #Tata Consultancy Services a contract to develop and operate a #RailDataMarketplace bringing fragmented information into one place to make it easier to create #apps and digital services
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#uk #tata #raildatamarketplace #apps #railwaynews
#UK: The #rail industry’s finances showed signs of recovery from the effects of the pandemic in the last financial year but passenger revenue remained well below pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest statistical report from the Office of Rail & Road
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#Design agency #PriestmanGoode has unveiled Green Carriage, a collection of #train interior design concepts developed to ’push boundaries for greener systems and processes across the entire interior, rethinking what a future interior can be’
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https://bit.ly/3gLkhL8
#design #priestmangoode #train #railwaynews
#Spain: An #Inclusive Trains initiative to improve the employability of people with learning #disabilities is being launched by specialist training body #FundaciónJuanXXIII with backing from the #Alstom Foundation
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#spain #inclusive #disabilities #fundacionjuanxxiii #alstom #railwaynews
#Pakistan: #CRRC Tangshan has delivered a batch of 46 broad-gauge long-distance coaches for Pakistan Railways
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