The recycled carbon fibre rail bogie will now undergo extensive tests on the Institute of Railway Research £3.5m test rig at the University of Huddersfield.     Rail vehicle bogies made from recycled carbon fibre could lead to major savings […]

Bane NOR, the state-owned agency responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure, has contracted Siemens to upgrade the signalling equipment of the entire Norwegian rail network to the European Train Control System (ETCS).   Commissioning of the rollout lines is […]

Alstom will supply a full APS ground-level power-supply solution for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.The solution will be installed on the new ten-kilometre-long Halic “Golden Horn” line, thereby rendering it entirely catenary-free.     Alstom will design and supply the continuous […]

Shanghai’s New Driverless APM System Starts Passenger Service Bombardier Transportation announced that its Bombardier Innovia APM 300 Automated People Mover System has entered service on Shanghai Metro’s Line 8 Phase 3 project, also known as Pujiang Line. The system was produced […]

Weighwell have recently supplied and commissioned a PTW Bogie Weighing System for AnsaldoBreda (Leonardo group) in Naples.     Weighwell have a longstanding relationship with AnsaldoBreda having previously supplied Static Train Weighing Systems in Italy, Brazil, the Netherlands and the USA […]

Alstom has received two orders for the supply of a total of 25 Coradia Lint regional trains in southern Germany. DB Regio Bayern has ordered 20 trains, totalling €93 million, while Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG (HzL) has ordered five additional trains, […]