The railway signalling market in the United Kingdom has too few suppliers, high costs, and Network Rail does not have he procurement practices in place to benefit from its considerable buyer power. That says the …
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Hitachi & Angel creating intercity battery hybrid train (AnonW)
This Press Release from Hitachi Rail starts with these three points: Hitachi Rail, Angel Trains and TransPeninne Express (TPE) agree to trial retrofitting battery on intercity train, Trial, starting next year, can cut fuel usage by …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 November 2021
• COP26: Doing the wrong things, but better (Railway-News) • Transit use must double to meet 1.5C goal, Mayors warn (CityLab) • France is turning the humble roundabout into art (CityLab) • Stuttgart tram’s cycle …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 November 2021
• The funding crisis at the heart of London’s transport (CentreForLondon) • Cockfosters depot upgrade for Piccadilly line’s New Tube for London trains (IanVisits) • Peak District railway restoration plan meets park trail advocates (Guardian) …
Continue readingBus turntables for limited spaces (UrbanTransport)
What do you do when a town is built so close to the hillside that the only major road runs just as narrowly between houses and finally ends at a small square that does not …
Continue readingEV charging shifts gears from range to speed (Hyperdrive)
Range Anxiety Gives Way to Charging Speed Limp up to a public charging station in a thirsty Chevrolet Bolt and in 20 minutes you can add somewhere around 73 miles of range. However, do the same in …
Continue readingSydney Trains heads for zero emissions (IntlRailJ)
Agreement to purchase green energy sourced from wind and solar will offset nearly 700,000 tonnes of CO2. SYDNEY Trains has reached a four-year agreement to purchase renewable energy certificates to offset the network’s electricity use …
Continue readingSodium batteries could power electric cars (Wired)
As EV sales increase, supplies of lithium may get tight. So some companies are incorporating cells with sodium, which provides almost as big a charge. HALF A CENTURY ago, the battery of the future was built …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 November 2021
• Night Overground service set to resume before Xmas (RailBusiness) • TfL’s in-house design teams’ process (DesignWeek) • Call of the wild when walking London’s Capital Ring (Guardian) • Naples’ new all timber Metro station …
Continue readingPlans to bring 1000 unused railway arches into use (ArchCo)
Of the 5,200 rental spaces The Arch Company purchased from Network Rail in 2019, only 3,800 were occupied, with 1,400 vacant. Hundreds of these empty spaces were derelict and in need of significant investment before …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 November 2021
• Underground seeks ideas to improve step-free access to stations (IanVisits) • Vivarail’s D-Train pitched for US branch line pop-up metros (Trains) • Istanbul’s historic European railway terminus to be reopened (RailwayGazette) • Vancouver planning …
Continue readingBarcelona’s Tibidabo funicular updated (UrbanTransport)
Cable Car builder Leitner revitalized the Funicular del Tibidabo in Barcelona. The reopening took place on 12 June 2021. The modernisation project included the delivery of two new vehicles, new infrastructure, platform screen doors and …
Continue readingIntermodal terminal automation (RailFreight)
After the East West Gate terminal in Hungary and the port of Koper in Slovenia, Camco Technologies signed with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), to enable the automation of its terminals in the UK. Werner …
Continue readingThe war of the elements for cars (ToyotaResearch)
Nearly 150 years ago, Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse fought a battle for the supremacy of Direct Current (DC) vs. Alternating Current (AC) known as the War of the Currents. Not only was the War of …
Continue readingGerman fast charging battery trains successfully tested (RailTech)
The rapid charging station for battery trains Voltap has passed its technical baptism of fire. A battery train from Stadler Rail was successfully charged with Voltap, developed by Swiss catenary specialist Furrer + Frey and …
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