London Underground has appointed SNC-Lavalin’s Rail & Transit team to undertake design work for the modification of rolling stock to improve accessibility for persons with reduced mobility and visual impairments. The contracts cover the train …
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Could British trains use free hydrogen fuel (Passenger Transport)
Rolling stock leasing company director cites Alstom’s trial of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered train in Germany as a potential option for UK railways. Hydrogen could provide free fuel for trains in the future, according to …
Continue readingNudges in British transport (BBC)
When you walk or drive in the UK, you’re being nudged by dozens of hidden messages embedded in the roads and pavements. Holmes is a regional campaigns officer in London for the Royal National Institute …
Continue readingOne thousand switchgears delivery milestone (LC Switchgear)
In May 2017 LC Switchgear reached a milestone delivering 1000, LCS2 Supply Disconnectors. First supplied in 2002 they continue to set the standards in safety switchgear and are used extensively throughout the DC Rail network …
Continue readingERTMS Level 3 going forward (Rail Engineer)
The global debate on the merits and problems associated with ERTMS continues unabated. Good progress has been made in recent times with the signing in Autumn 2016 of the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the co-operation …
Continue readingTfL increasing private vehicle hire operator licence fees (Engineering & Technology)
“Thanks to changes proposed by Transport for London (TfL), Uber could face a huge increase in operator licence fees in a further setback for the disruptive taxi-hailing app. Yesterday, TfL launched a consultation on plans …
Continue readingLondon congestion charge extension to be more restrictive & costly (Technology & Engineering)
“London’s congestion charge is set to be extended under new plans from Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants to charge the most heavily polluting cars and vans a daily fee of £12.50 to enter the city …
Continue readingSiemens’ new platform to showcase US digital railway (Smart Rail World)
Siemens is launching a Digital Rail Service operation in the US. The business will use intelligent sensors and advanced software platforms to put intelligence behind billions of data points on the country’s rail network. Siemens …
Continue readingSeattle LRT to run on 100% clean energy by 2019 (Smart Rail World)
“The public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area has announced this week that it has executed an innovative 10-year agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) that will allow Link trains to run on 100 …
Continue readingAustria takes over DB sleeper train network (Railway Gazette)
Austrian national rail operator ÖBB has agreed with Deutsche Bahn to take over part of the German operator’s network of overnight trains from the timetable change on December 11. DB had stated earlier this year …
Continue readingDriverless freight train research (Smart Rail World)
“Transport researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have published their vision of the ‘freight train of the future’ – the NGT CARGO. This concept has a high level …
Continue readingGate line throughput challenge (Rail Engineer)
“Gate line barriers are now a norm at all but the most rural stations in the UK, and this is the situation in many other developed countries. Experience showed that open-access stations led to a …
Continue readingD-Train to carry passengers to rail conference (Rail Magazine)
Visitors to Rail Live 21-22 June 2017 will be able to travel by train right to the show, courtesy of Vivarail’s D-Train. Passenger shuttles will run between Honeybourne station and a special platform inside the …
Continue readingTrain battery rapid charging (Rail Engineer)
“As the rail industry explores the use of battery-powered trains, there comes a need to consider how traction batteries are recharged and generally managed. Battery-powered trains are not new, there were various early examples. Experiments …
Continue readingHendy – Rail industry must relate to outside world (Rail Technology)
“The railway must be adaptable, relatable and must improve its planning processes in order to grow wider economic growth in the future, a report by the Independent Transport Commission (ITC) backed by Network Rail chair …
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