Technology news – Page 5

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    Track Maintenance: Intelligent wheel-rail conditioning can reduce noise and wear

    2024-01-18T15:00:00Z

    Advances in the control of wheel-rail conditioning are helping to facilitate a transition from stand-alone wayside and onboard applicators to an intelligent network that continually optimises the management of both friction and noise.

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    Rail Business UK

    HS2 station information management system contract awarded

    2024-01-16T11:00:00Z

    UK: HS2 Ltd has awarded Siemens Mobility a £47m contract to provide an integrated station information management system covering Birmingham Curzon Street, Interchange, Old Oak Common and London Euston. Siemens Mobility is to supply its Digital Station Manager technology, which is in use on London’s Elizabeth ...

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    Ground-penetrating radar helps pre-empt track problems

    2024-01-16T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Queensland Rail and Zetica have begun analysing ground-penetrating radar data to map the condition of unseen parts of the state’s 4 600 km railway network. The GPR equipment was mounted on a Queensland Rail vehicle during a measuring campaign which ran February to April 2023. ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Siemens Mobility begins national deployment of geofencing technology

    2024-01-15T04:00:00Z

    UK: Siemens Mobility has begun the national roll-out of Tended’s geofencing technology, following a successful six-month pilot programme involving various teams and work activities. The deployment aims to provide an additional layer of protection for trackside teams, and show the live location of road-rail vehicles and ...

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    Gas-fuelled freight locomotive under development

    2024-01-12T14:58:00Z

    USA: Plans have been unveiled for the development and testing of a prototype main line freight locomotive with a powered tender, which will be fuelled by renewable natural gas. RNG is a purified biogas that can be used interchangeably with conventional natural gas. ...

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    JR Central develops automated Shinkansen overhead line checks

    2024-01-12T09:00:00Z

    JAPAN: Central Japan Railway has developed an automated overhead line inspection system that can be fitted to series-built trains used on the Tokaido Shinkansen. Able to check the position of wires and the condition of fittings while trains are travelling at up to 300 km/h, the ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Spring time for train seats

    2024-01-09T04:00:00Z

    UK: Mattress and furniture spring manufacturer Spinks has been awarded a £250 000 research contract to bring its EcoSeat glue-free pocket microcoil technology to the rail seating market. The funding has been awarded under the Department for Transport and Innovate UK’s First of a Kind programme. ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Converting passenger information into sign language

    2024-01-02T11:00:00Z

    UK: Signapse is aiming to improve access to real-time passenger information by using AI to translate messages at stations and on trains into British Sign Language. The specialist technology company is working with Network Rail, South Western Railway and Whoosh Media on the project, which has ...

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    Data systems: Managing the transition to next-generation communications

    2024-01-02T05:00:00Z

    The emergence of packet-based MPLS-TP data networks offers infrastructure managers a means to move away from legacy technology such as Time Division Multiplex, enabling them to keep pace with demands for an increasingly digital railway.

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    Rail Business UK

    Train toilet servicing vehicle delivered

    2024-01-01T04:00:00Z

    UK: Vogelsang has taken delivery of a Bradshaw PFB1500-1100 electric vehicle which will be used for servicing train controlled emission toilets. The company needed a vehicle which could carry its CET wastewater units while offering user-friendly operation, low noise and the ability to service several trains ...

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    Software expands ticket vending machine capabilities

    2023-12-28T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Trenord is the first customer to deploy a ticket machine software platform which Conduent Transportation has developed to provide a user experience similar to a web app and to enable the future sale of new products. The ticket machines accept payment by digital payment apps, ...

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    Resilient Infrastructure: Reducing rail noise with acoustically optimised crossings

    2023-12-27T05:00:00Z

    The noise generated by trains passing over turnouts can pose problems for railways, particularly in residential areas. Laboratory trials have shown the potential benefits of high-damping polyurethane composites, and a field test is currently underway on the ÖBB network in Austria.

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    Union Pacific rebuilds Plasser tamper

    2023-12-13T12:00:00Z

    USA: Union Pacific’s Denver workshop has completed work on the first of 32 Plasser American 09-16 Dynacat continuous action tampers which are to be rebuilt to be more user-friendly, enhance safety and simplify repairs. Casey Prewitt, Senior Manager, Maintenance of Way Shop, said this was the ...

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    Resilient Infrastructure: Using machine learning to inspect overhead wires

    2023-12-11T06:48:00Z

    Swedish infrastructure manager Trafikverket and maintenance contractor Infranord are using machine learning technology to monitor the condition of electrification equipment across the country.

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    Resilient Infrastructure: Protecting Japan’s national network from earthquakes

    2023-12-08T10:14:00Z

    The Railway Technical Research Institute is striving to find ways of making Japan’s railways safer and more secure against damage from earthquakes.

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    Rail Business UK

    Hybrid satellite and terrestrial communications for rail

    2023-12-01T04:00:00Z

    UK: Technology consultancy CGI, satellite operator Eutelsat OneWeb and on-train connectivity supplier Icomera are running trials to demonstrate how constellations of low-earth orbit satellite and terrestrial communications networks could provide seamless, low-latency broadband on the rail network. The trial is connected to the Satellites ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Eurostar depot equipped with moveable overhead electrification

    2023-11-22T04:00:00Z

    UK: Electrification specialist Furrer+Frey has completed a project to install moveable conductor bar at Eurostar’s Temple Mills depot in east London. A total of 1·5 km of movable overhead has been installed on the eight depot tracks. It can be moved out of the ...

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    Research: Integrating AI in the rail sector

    2023-11-17T12:10:00Z

    A European research project led by Italy’s National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics suggests that adoption of AI technologies will have a transformative impact on railway business and operations.

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    ONxpress to deploy IVU.rail software in GO expansion

    2023-11-14T15:00:00Z

    CANADA: The ONxpress consortium which has a concession to design, build, operate and maintain the expanded GO rail network around Toronto is to use IVU Traffic Technologies’ IVU.rail software to schedule, dispatch and optimise its future services. ‘We made the decision to go with IVU.rail following ...

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    Signalling: Queensland enters the digital age

    2023-11-14T05:00:00Z

    Bringing together public and private sector partners, the Sequence Signalling & Systems Alliance is pressing ahead with the introduction of ETCS Level 2 train control across the South East Queensland rail network.