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CRRC’s new US train factory has gone off the rails (Streetsblog)
On Thursday, Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and their administration’s newly-assembled transportation cabinet rode a Red Line train, visited the T’s Operations Control Center, and outlined their early plans to tackle the many …
Continue readingSouth Wales Metro’s first Class 398 tram-train delivered (MetroReport)
The first of the Stadler Class 398 tram-trains for South Wales Metro services arrived at Transport for Wales’ Taff’s Well depot by road on the night of March 21. This follows several months of testing …
Continue readingVery Light Rail ultra-thin tram track installed for load testing (MetroReport)
A sensor-equipped section of track developed for the Coventry Very Light Rail project has been installed at a city council depot, where the movement of heavy goods vehicles will enable its performance to be tested …
Continue readingBank station upgrade: bespoke solution for pile interceptions (GroundEngPlus)
At the 2022 GE Basements and Underground Structures conference, Transport for London (TfL) senior engineer for tunnels Paul Dryden discussed a tricky pile intercept on the Bank Station capacity project. At the conference in October …
Continue readingNew app could soon turn every car into a speed camera (RAC)
And report traffic offences at the touch of a button Later this year, a new app is set to be available to UK drivers which will convert a smartphone into a dashcam to report traffic …
Continue readingDesigning VIA Rail’s new Corridor fleet’s look & feel to a new standard (PriestmanGoode)
PriestmanGoode designed the interiors for VIA Rail Canada’s new Corridor fleet setting a new standard in passenger rail experience that’s unparalleled, fully accessible and barrier-free. The project also encompassed the livery design for the new …
Continue readingThe promise of lithium-sulfur batteries (TransportWeekly)
Low in cost and high in density, a lithium-sulfur battery could power the future of transport — if it ever gets to market. The element sulfur is cheap and plentiful. There‘s so much of it …
Continue readingHigh subway & metro construction costs are not about precarity (PedestrianObvs)
I’ve seen people who I think highly of argue that high construction costs in the United States are an artifact of precarity. The argument goes that the political support for public transportation there is so …
Continue readingGreater Manchester secures devolution deal for regional rail services (RailwayNews)
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has secured a new devolution deal with the UK government to provide the local authority with more influence over regional rail services within its Bee Network. The Bee Network is …
Continue readingData is the new oil: how to mine & refine it for railways (RailEngineer)
M The phrase “data is the new oil” was coined in 2006. Like oil, data is of little value unless it is extracted, refined, processed, and distributed. This metaphor also alludes to the case of …
Continue readingFlixbus to test two prototype electric coaches (Bus-News)
Under a recent partnership with Daimler Buses, FlixBus has announced that it will test two prototype long-distance electric coaches in real operating conditions. This project is supported by funding from the German Ministry for Economic Affairs …
Continue readingWill there be a direct train from [insert city] to London through the Chunnel? (JonWorth)
Basel, Switzerland. The latest city for which a direct train to London has been proposed. It is unlikely to get it, as are Geneva, Köln (CDU-Green NRW coalition agreement Page 132), Frankfurt and Bordeaux. And Marseille and Lyon are unlikely to get …
Continue readingNow this is how to design disruption workaround info & graphics (PrintMag)
New Standards for New York’s Underground The MTA (New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority), through its advertising agency, commissioned Waterhouse Cifuentes Design to develop a system to inform its ridership of Planned Work diversions for the subway. The …
Continue readingAre passengers getting a good ride? (RailEngineer)
There has been much criticism of the ride comfort of the most recent trains brought into use on the British rail network such as the class 8XX Inter City Express Trains (IET). Critics compare them …
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