Innovative technology along with even more climate protection and greater comfort and convenience for passengers – regional rail transport on Network 8 (“Ortenau”) is rising to a new level on April 8, 2024. Today’s the day the first four …
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Varamis Rail’s converted cargo train demonstrator at Liverpool Street Station (IanVisits)
A passenger train without any seats recently called at Liverpool Street. It’s not a trial of a new standing-only train, but a way of delivering cargo freight into city centres. Delivering freight into towns by …
Continue readingCould battery trains decarbonise a third of the UK rail network? (IMechE)
A third of the UK rail network does not need to be electrified to reach net zero, and could instead be decarbonised with battery trains. That is the claim of a new report published last week (11 …
Continue readingMassive night train orders for 6 European operators from 3+ manufacturers (Mediarail Rail)
Six countries – or rather six operators – in Europe are investing in new night trains by purchasing new rolling stock. Most of the projects are located in the eastern and northern half of Europe. …
Continue readingVenture Capital Firms Shift to Green Infrastructure (PedestrianObservations)
Several Bay Area major venture capital firms announce that they will shift their portfolios toward funding physical green infrastructure, including solar and wind power generation, utility lines, hydroelectric dams, environmental remediation projects for dams, and …
Continue readingNew electrolytes to power supercapacitors and redox flow batteries for light rail (RailwayTechnology)
Companies in the rail sector are actively working on decarbonisation and transitioning to renewable energy sources. But many of the new technologies that are being developed can be too expensive to be viable, or even …
Continue readingLeicester is making real-time bus information accessible for all (CitiesToday)
Waiting at a bus stop and wondering if your bus is on time, whether it’s the next one coming, or how many minutes away it is can cause many of us to be anxious. For …
Continue readingWherefore art thou Nightstar? Thou hast been a Ghost Train – The Nightstar Renaissance
What may this mean.That thou, dead corse, again, in complete steel,Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon. Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4 To Sleeper Train, Perchance to Dream of Europe In the late 1980s a …
Continue readingBritish Steel wins contract to provide materials for Egypt’s Green Line freight railway (E+T)
British Steel has won a contract to supply around 9,500 tonnes of rail track for Egypt’s Green Line, which will be produced in Scunthorpe. Once complete, the Green Line will be the country’s first fully …
Continue readingHitachi Rail launches long-distance hybrid battery train (TheEngineer)
Hitachi Rail has unveiled a long-distance hybrid battery train which it claims will help to cut carbon emissions by 83 per cent when it enters service later this year. Presented at an event in Reggio …
Continue readingLA Union Station overhaul plan scaled back as costs soar (Urbanize)
Since acquiring the Union Station in 2011, Metro has sought to overhaul the historic passenger rail terminal’s appeal as both a transit hub and a real estate asset. The planned makeover – called Link Union Station – …
Continue readingLR Update April 2024
There has been a lot going on behind the scenes at LR Towers in the last few months. We have a new Friday / Monday Reads Editor, Daniel, who carries on the tradition. And we …
Continue readingZurich car ban on street sees 17,310 drivers fined in 1 month to make space for cycles (CitiesToday)
A trial that aims to discourage car use on one of Zurich’s busiest streets has raked in CHF1.3 million (US$1.44 million) in fines in just one month. Sixty metres of the busy Langstrasse street have …
Continue readingThese Cities Are Trying to Drive SUVs Off Their Streets (NextCity)
From parking fees in Paris to registration fees in Washington D.C., forward-thinking cities are slapping heavy penalties on heavy vehicles. In early February, Paris took a decisive step to deter visitors from driving enormous cars …
Continue readingParis Metro stations equipped with accessible real-time information panels (IntelligentTransport)
With features such as enlarged fonts, enhanced colour contrasts and improved audio announcements, the real-time information panels introduced by Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP in Paris metro stations will cater to diverse passenger needs. Île-de-France Mobilités …
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