DB Schenker Rail UK are seeking to save over 4,500 tonnes in carbon emissions every year through the introduction of stop-start technology to ninety class 66 locomotives DBSR UK has
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UVZ to unveil the R1 (Russia One) tramway prototype next week
Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) corporation will unveil R1 (Russia One) tramway prototype produced by Uraltransmash factory, on 9th of July 2014, in Yekaterinburg, as a part of the industrial exhibition INNOPROM 2014. UVZ via
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Central Suburban Passenger Company and Transmashholding entered into an Agreement for development of innovative double-deck EMUs designated for inter-city traffic. Mikhail Khromov, General Director of Central Suburban Passenger Company and
Europe’s railways absorb EUR 36 billion of public subsidies a year
The European Commission’s bi-annual report on the European Rail Market, published today, shows while it is undeniable that rail is growing, more can still be done in terms of efficiency and
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The Satellite Applications Catapult is awarding the first Transport and Logistics Challenge
Using current satellite data in combination with in-situ data has become an essential information source in meeting today’s mobility challenges.
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Council adopts Shift2Rail joint undertaking regulation to boost rail innovation
The Council today adopted a regulation setting up a public-private partnership called Shift2Rail joint undertaking (9018/14 + 9018/14 COR1; statement 10357/14
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PKP Intercity signed PLN 1.3 billion contract for the purchase of 20 Dart EMUs from the Polish rolling stock producer
Berner & Mattner received research grant for train position determination
The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) has awarded a project to a consortium led by Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik GesmbH
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Tracking Trains by Satellite: a premiere for Europe
The incorporation of satellite communication services in railway signalling systems is now one step closer thanks to the successful test
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Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty high-speed railway line proposed
President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, proposed the construction of Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty high-speed line. “The territory of the Eurasian Economic Union has to take a leading position in continental and Eurasian infrastructure. We need to implement
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