Research, training & skills news – Page 5
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NewsBank backs digital railway R&D
ITALY: The European Investment Bank is providing MerMec with a €30m loan to finance research and development of digital railway technology, including signalling for driverless trains, and diagnostic and management technology for rolling stock and infrastructure assets. An agreement covering the first €20m was signed by ...
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Rail Business UKRailway engineering degree apprenticeship announced
UK: The University of South Wales and Coleg y Cymoedd have announced a railway engineering degree apprenticeship programme. The four-year course will give apprentices the opportunity to gain a university-accredited engineering degree. The first course will start in January 2024, and it will then run annually ...
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NewsRail training programmes developed for young Saudis
SAUDI ARABIA: Alstom and Saudi Railway Polytechnic have formed a partnership to provide Saudis aged 18 to 26 with Rolling Stock & Traction and Signalling & Telecom technical and vocational training. The programme will begin with 20 trainees. Male participants will have six months of intensive ...
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Rail Business UKHeritage railway to support Network Rail training
UK: Network Rail’s Central Route has signed a memorandum of understanding with the heritage Severn Valley Railway for support, training and facilities to help its staff operate and maintain traditional technology such as mechanical signalling. In return NR will provide professional skills, advice and redundant materials ...
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NewsNorfolk Southern begins construction of East Palestine safety training centre
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony on September 21 marked the start of construction of Norfolk Southern’s First Responder Training Center in East Palestine, Ohio. The centre is intended to provide free training for emergency responders from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, building on the railway’s existing Operation ...
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Rail Business UKRailway 200 looks to the future as well as the past
UK: Inspiring the next generation will be a key focus for a year-long programme of events being planned to mark the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway on September 27 1825. That event is described as ‘the birth of passenger train ...
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Rail Business UKInfrastructure training to be offered at Very Light Rail centre
UK: City of Wolverhampton College and its training partner National Infrastructure Solutions have taken over space at the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation’s Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley.
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NewsPolish FRMCS testing letter of intent signed
POLAND: A letter of intent for the implementation and testing of the Future Railway Mobile Communication System in Poland has been signed by Alstom, Ericsson, NetWorks and rail research organisation Instytut Kolejnictwa. The signatories plans to engage in joint research and development, verify requirements under real-world ...
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Rail Business UKResearch expertise used to optimise Transpennine Route Upgrade designs
UK: The University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research is providing specialised pantograph-catenary interaction and vehicle dynamics expertise to optimise designs for the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme. The IRR has worked with Network Rail, J Murphy & Sons, Siemens, Systra and VolkerRail to produce a three-dimensional ...
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NewsAlstom training programme seeks Spanish students and graduates
SPAIN: Alstom has launched a further edition of its Talent Energy internship programme in Spain, aimed at students in the final year of a bachelor’s or master’s degree as well as recent graduates. Now in its 11th year, the initiative combines academic and professional experience ...
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Metro Report InternationalEmergency services get to know Stadler metro trains
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro operator Nexus is running sessions to familiarise the emergency services with its new Stadler trains ahead of their entry into passenger service. The events at the Nexus Learning Centre cover the layout of the Class 555 trainsets, their fire suppression systems, ...
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Rail Business UKHow to tell rail passengers not to travel
UK: Transport Focus has published a report into how train operators can improve ‘do not travel’ messages at times of major disruption. The watchdog says its research has found that ‘many passengers struggled with the whole notion that the railway runs trains but tells people not ...
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NewsInfrastructure managers continue technology co-operation
EUROPE: British and Dutch railway infrastructure managers Network Rail and ProRail have signed a memorandum of understanding for continued co-operation in areas including automated inspection, acoustic monitoring using fibre optic cables, digitisation, asset management, measurement trains and embankment stability. The MoU signed in Den Haag on ...
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Rail Business UKImmersive training centre to increase rail worker safety
UK: Rail Minister Huw Merriman has opened a £2·7m immersive safety training centre designed to enable rail workers to experience safety-critical scenarios in a safe environment. The TRUST facility in Huddersfield has been developed by Active Training Team as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme, ...
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Rail Business UKNorthern orders SIM Factor motion platform train driver training simulators
UK: Polish company SIM Factor is to supply Northern with six motion platform cab simulators including 600 km of real footage of the operator’s routes. These will provide a full-immersion environment for training drivers, conductors and other apprentices. There will also be a passenger saloon simulator ...
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NewsTallinn safety conference seeks to embed a culture of learning
EUROPE: The third edition of the EU Agency for Railways’ Safety Days conference will take place in Tallinn on September 20-22.
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NewsSafety training prepares for commuter rail service launch
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and train operator Keolis Commuter Services have provided emergency responders with hands-on training ahead of the launch of South Coast Rail Phase 1 passenger services later this year.
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In depthSafety: Divided by a common language
A proposed recast of the EU Directive for certification of train drivers to mandate the use of English for communications on international routes has divided opinion across the European rail sector, with little sign of a consensus emerging. Toma Bačić reports.
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Rail Business UKRail capacity planning qualifications launched
UK: Network Rail and the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators have launched three capacity planning qualifications for use in the infrastructure manager’s internal training programme. The qualifications delivered by Network Rail’s Capacity Planning Training & Development Team in Milton Keynes and awarded by CIRO are designed ...
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NewsNorfolk Southern enhances conductor training programme
USA: Norfolk Southern has launched a partnership with the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Workers to enhance the railroad’s conductor training programme. A train-the-trainer programme for all conductors and foremen will ensure consistency and quality in the training ...