Transport for London (TfL) will use a digital twin from start-up Spinview to monitor Underground tracks and tunnels and gather data on noise, heat and carbon emissions. The project, funded through a government grant awarded …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 17 January 2022
• Confusion over future of Beam Park Station in East London (IanVisits) • Lumo Trains’ new Diversity & Inclusion Ambassador (HydeParkNow) • Mancunians rebel against grey advertising boxes blocking pavements (Guardian) • Berlin proposal for …
Continue readingElectric yard tractors get to work in Port Newark (TruckingInfo)
Ten battery-electric yard tractors are now in operation at a container terminal in Port Newark, New Jersey. Red Hook Container Terminals on Aug. 11 held a ribbon-cutting to announce the official deployment of the BYD …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 January 2022
• Crossrail pushing hard for a March opening date (IanVisits) • King’s Cross tunnels & Canal Aqueduct (HydeParkNow) • Debut test of Glasgow Subway’s new ATO train (Scotsman) • SFO BART Crisis Intervention Specialists already …
Continue readingNYC subway cars converted to emergency pump trains (RailwayGazette)
Redundant New York subway cars are to be converted into mobile pump trains which can be used to remove water from tunnels following hurricanes and unusually heavy rainfall. The project forms part of NYC Transit’s …
Continue readingGermany orders battery powered regional trains (RailwayTech)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to provide an investment loan of up to $107.24m (€95m) to railway company Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) for the development and acquisition of new battery-driven trains. Starting from December …
Continue readingUK’s first LED pedestrian crossing (Cities-Today)
Portsmouth is the first UK city to benefit from an innovative LED pedestrian crossing aimed at improving road safety. The LED panels have been installed on the crossing to make it more visible to drivers …
Continue readingUsing ‘Lego wall’ to avoid all-line block (RailTechnology)
The engineers delivering on the Cardiff Area Signalling Renewals Project used an innovative ‘Lego wall’ to provide a solid barrier between open lines and those lines being replaced, avoiding the need for a disruptive all-line …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 January 2022
• Euston Hampstead Tube station to be moved for HS2 (HydeParkNow) • 100 Years of Tube train evolution: video (LTMFriends) • How London’s buses helped WW1 British tank design (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Transport noise linked to …
Continue readingTwo new European night train lines launched (RailwayNews)
Two new Nightjet lines are launching in Europe, providing night-time rail travel between Vienna – Munich – Paris and Zurich – Cologne – Amsterdam. OEBB Nightjet train© OEBB First announced in October, the new lines …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 January 2022
• A day in the life of a London bus (LondonTravelWatch) • Moscow Metro opens China-built Great Ring Line section (RailwayTechnology) • NYC to study Interborough Express freight line upgrade (AMNY) • Minneapolis’ LRT & …
Continue readingAutonomous rail trial in bad winter weather (IntlRailJ)
Successful completion of 18-month autonomous technology trial could herald next step for driver assistance equipment. A collaboration of Thales, Invision AI and Metrolinx have confirmed the successful completion of an 18-month WinterTech Program trial in …
Continue readingNew German government to invest in rail before roads (RailFreight)
The new German government coalition will invest “considerably more in the railways than in the roads”. The SPD, Greens and FDP presented their plans in a coalition agreement on Wednesday, including plans to lower infrastructure …
Continue readingNext generation traction batteries (T&UT)
In the wake of COP26, key stakeholders in the rail industry are coming under increasing pressure to employ more sustainable ways of providing traction power. According to the UNIFE (Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes) association of …
Continue readingThe different types of tunnel boring machines (Forbes)
Tunnel boring machines are a key tool in urban development, which makes them anything but boring. This may be because I am fascinated with subterranean infrastructure, but I feel like tunnels have been all over …
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