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 ...
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The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the release Infrastructure Australia (IA) Audit Report, describing it as a timely and directional insight into Australia’s infrastructure requirements. The inquiry by the ...
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has expressed disappointment in the Federal Government’s 2015-16 Budget, which announced the lion’s share of transport infrastructure funding to go toward roads, and no new money for ...
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Due to new components, power electronic converters for power engineering applications are becoming even more efficient. In particular, silicon carbide (SiC) devices enable the construction of extremely efficient and compact power electronic ...
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Canada's total crude oil output is expected to reach 3.9 million b/d in 2015, some 500,000 b/d more than the current output, driven primarily by small in-situ oil sands developments, each typically 35,000-40,000 b/d, an industry official ...
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The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the announcement of a Melbourne Airport Rail Link by the Victorian Government, believing the new line would ease the city's rising congestion issues and drastically improve the traffic ...
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US railroads are rerouting ethanol shipments to avoid bottlenecks in Chicago, particularly for delivery to the East Coast, where supplies are running low, rail company officials said Thursday. David Garin, BNSF's vice president of ...
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Intermodal rail volume for February rose 1.1% compared with the same time last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Intermodal volume rose to 993,807 units in February, the 51st consecutive year-over-year monthly ...
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Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson AO has launched the Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) with invited guests from industry and government. The launch coincided with the first day of the 10th World Congress on Railway ...
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The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is asking the government to consider modal equality under the proposed Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) scheme. CEO of the ARA Bryan Nye said there were considerable synergies between the intent of ...
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 ...
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 UK's rail industry is to roll out high-speed mobile broadband across the rail network. The plans, which will be funded by the rail industry, were announced by the transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, who said that people would ...
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After languishing in the political wilderness of disinterest for many years, the long-wished-for inland freight rail track from Melbourne to Brisbane has finally made it onto the political front page. The rail industry has welcomed ...
Despite widespread objections to the multi-billion dollar East-West Link and calls for the money to be spent on public transport instead, the Victorian freight and logistics plan called 'Victoria – The Freight State' promotes it as ...