Blog Profile / Railway Technology
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| Filed Under: | Transportation / Railway & Trains | |
| Posts on Regator: | 2792 | |
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| Archived Since: | May 31, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
Brake Equipment for Railway Rolling Stock and Underground
Open joint-stock company MTZ TRANSMASH develops and produces brake equipment for all types of freight and passenger cars, locomotives, electric multiple-unit rolling stock, high-speed trains and underground rolling stock.
Thales wins Santos light rail signalling contract in Brazil
Thales has secured a contract from Trans Sistemas de Transportes, a member of the VLT RMBS consortium, to provide signalling and communications systems for the new Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in the city of Santos, Brazil.
Energy Floors and VNIIZHT partner to apply SEF technology in railways
Netherlands-based Energy Floors, a developer of the Sustainable Energy Floor (SEF), has entered into a five-year collaboration with the Russian Railway Research Institute (VNIIZHT) to explore ways to apply its technology on platforms and in railway s…
Spain opens Albacete - Alicante high-speed line
Spain has opened a new 165km high-speed rail link between Albacete and Alicante, built at a cost of €1.9bn.
Sydney's North West Rail Link to open by 2019
The New South Wales (NSW) government in Australia has confirmed that the North West Rail Link (NWRL) will cost A$8.3bn ($7.95bn) and is scheduled to open by the end of 2019.
US FRA recommends new rail safety standards for high-speed trains
The US Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) has recommended the implementation of new crashworthiness performance standards on high-speed trains that will be introduced in the country.
Russia and North Korea sign deal to complete Khasan-Rajin railway reconstruction
Russian Railways (RZD) has signed an agreement with the North Korean Ministry of Railways (MOR) to complete the reconstruction of the rail line from Russia's border town of Khasan to the North Korean port of Rajin.
NSW allocates $6bn to develop rail infrastructure around Sydney
The New South Wales government in Australia has earmarked A$6.4bn ($6.12bn) in its latest budget to execute the 'big six' public transport infrastructure projects, the majority of which involve rail network expansion around Greater Sydney.
UK finalises Siemens-led consortium for £1.6bn Thameslink deal
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has finalised the £1.6bn Thameslink rolling stock contract with the Siemens-led Cross London Trains consortium.
Helsinki low-floor tram unveiled in Finland
Transtech has inaugurated the first of 40 low floor trams to be delivered to Helsinki City Transport (HKL) at its Otanmäki rolling stock plant in Finland.
Kontron's Embedded Mini-ITX Motherboard with 4th Generation Intel Core Processor Delivers Leading-Edge Performance in Compact Size
Kontron announced today the new embedded Mini-ITX motherboard KTQ87/mITX based on 4th generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors and the Intel Embedded Q87 chipset. The new motherboard offers engineers leading-edge embedded processing performance as w…
Stadler to deliver 20 Flirt3 trains to Abellio Rail in Germany
Stadler Pankow has signed a contract with Abellio Rail NRW to deliver 20 five-car Flirt3 electric multiple units (EMUs) for operation on the Lower Rhine rail network in Germany.
21Net introduces new system for high-speed broadband on trains
Rail broadband provider 21Net has introduced its new Telematics 2.0 system at the BWCS Train Communication Conference in London.
Nanjing SR Puzhen to supply 198 train cars to Shenzhen Metro Line 3 in China
Midas Holdings' joint venture company Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport (NPRT) has secured a RMB1.26bn ($205m) contract from China's Shenzhen Metro Group to deliver 198 train cars.
Televic iCoM Selected by Hitachi Rail Europe for the IEP Programme
Televic Rail has been selected by Hitachi Rail Europe as supplier for the new Super Express Trains for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) which will operate in the UK.
KiwiRail to improve freight performance with TTG Energymiser
New Zealand's national rail operator KiwiRail has signed an agreement with TTG Transportation Technology to use its Energymiser connected driver advisory system (C-DAS) to reduce energy consumption and environmental emissions, as well as improve the …
Network Rail to start rebuilding Finedon Station Road bridge in Northamptonshire
Network Rail is about to start the reconstruction of Finedon Station Road bridge in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, as part of a £70m programme to cut journey times on the Midland Main Line between London and Sheffield in the UK.
Hitachi wins electrical and mechanical equipment order for Vietnam metro rail project
Japanese infrastructure firm Hitachi has secured a JPY37bn ($384m) order from the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to provide electrical and mechanical equipment for the under-construction urban railway Line 1 between Ben Thanh and S…
DC/DC Converters Feature 20kV Isolation
ABSOPULSE Electronics' DIO 120 Series of dc/dc converters were developed for powering electronic circuits floating on several kilovolts of operating voltage. They are typically used for high power gate drivers and similar applications in oil and gas,…
2kVA, Frequency Converter Delivers Clean Sine-Wave Voltage for Generator Powered Control Circuitry and Instrumentation
The FC 2KP-EW/A modular ac-ac frequency converter system was designed to deliver a clean sine-wave output from ""dirty"" generator voltage under extreme environmental conditions.