At the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin, Germany (20-23 September), ABB of Zurich, Switzerland is launching a next-generation battery charger based on silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors for use in all rail applications. Train ...
Tags: ABB, InnoTrans trade show in Berlin, Sic-based battery charger
Indian steel giant Tata Steel has announced that it has won a two-year contract to supply over 200,000 mt of track to French rail operator SNCF. Under the contract Tata Steel will supply the majority of SNCF's rail requirements in ...
Tags: Tata Steel, Track Supply, Steel News
The rail industry urges governments to look at the bigger picture when considering the ongoing operation of rural rail lines. Chief executive officer of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) Bryan Nye expressed his concerns on the ...
India-based global steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that it has commissioned a new heat treatment plant at its Hayange plant in the Lorraine region of France, which will produce train tracks capable of lasting up to three times longer ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Rail in Australia is growing at a substantial rate, with passenger journeys increasing by 84 million over the past four years. The 'Australian Rail Industry Report', commissioned by the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and with ...
The Australian and New Zealand rail industries have launched Rail Safety Week, an annual initiative that sees passenger and freight rail operators, governments and the police come together to promote rail safety messages to local ...
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Big data has the potential to transform how travel companies - including airlines, airports, rail operators and hotels - operate, and make the experience better for both businesses and customers alike. That's according to a global study ...
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Bombardier Transportation announced on December 7 that it is establishing a whole life vehicle maintenance joint venture targeting the Chinese urban rail market. Bombardier and Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Ltd have launched Shentong ...
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Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Invensys Rail, the rail automation business of Invensys for approximately EUR 2.2 billion. At the same time, the company plans to divest its baggage handling, postal and parcel sorting ...
Tags: Siemens, rail, baggage handling, postal, parcel sorting activities
Russian conglomerate Sistema has signed a deal to acquire SG-Trans, the country's biggest independent operator of railcars for transportation of LPG, the company said Tuesday. Sistema will pay a total cash consideration of Rb22.77 billion ...
Tags: transportation of LPG, railcars for LPG, LPG transportation
Rail Settlement Plan(RSP),the company that provides IT and retail services to UK rail operators,is upgrading its systems with AWS cloud to provide a next-generation ticket issuing systems as a growing number of commuters adopt the"click and ...
Tags: UK, RSP, AWS, Smart421, rail operators, cloud-based service