Deutsche Bahn (DB) has begun construction of electrified overhead contact line islands that will charge battery-powered trains in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. These islands will provide a future energy supply for battery-powered trains without …
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ÖBB presents night train strategy following record summer (RailTech)
ÖBB has laid out its strategy for the coming year. At the presentation of its new time table on Thursday, ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä said the operator wants its facilitate customers travelling farther, more often …
Continue readingThe business & environmental case to encourage domestic train travel (IntergenerationalFound’n)
Trains over planes: Why the government should encourage domestic train travel This report argues that, on intergenerational justice grounds, the British government should be following France’s lead over banning domestic flights with a rail equivalent …
Continue readingUK 5 day signalling exposition report (RailEngineer)
Periodically, the signalling and telecommunication profession demonstrates and shares its technology and innovations, safety policy, business methods and finances as seen by rail infrastructure organisations, train companies and the supplier base. Most recently, this was …
Continue reading20 single decker Irizar Ietram e-buses ordered for London (Electrive)
The London transport company Go-Ahead has ordered 20 electric buses and charging infrastructure from the Spanish manufacturer Irizar. The order includes 20 examples of the Irizar ie tram 12-metre electric bus with right-hand drive, as …
Continue readingGerman state no longer considering hydrogen trains (HydrogenInsight)
Study commissioned by Baden-Württemberg concludes that line electrification or battery hybrid trains would be far cheaper over 30 years. Hydrogen trains will no longer be considered as a possible replacement for diesel locomotives in the …
Continue readingWhat is an e-bike & when does it belong on the road? (Streetsblog)
Imagine you’re out walking on a shared-use path in your city, and these vehicles blast through your periphery at 30 miles per hour. They have two wheels, quiet electric motors, and the people atop them …
Continue readingNew fast pantograph bus charging now in London (BusNews)
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that pantographs are now being used to provide fast charging for the buses on the all-electric route 132. These pantographs have been fitted at the Bexleyheath bus garage. Wireless …
Continue readingBehind Stockholm’s low metro construction costs (TransitCosts)
Stockholm County is a region of 2.5 million people. Despite its modest size, it has one of Europe’s busiest urban rail networks: in 2019, on the eve of the corona crisis, the 104 km Stockholm …
Continue readingTfL looking for partners to co-create, scale, co-commercialise innovations (TfL)
Innovation Collaboration Framework [TfL is] looking for three partners to co-create, scale and co-commercialise innovative solutions to London’s most challenging problems. This ground-breaking new procurement invites partners to invest in R&D on problem statements which …
Continue readingWorld’s largest e-bus depot opens for World Cup 2022 in Qatar (BusNews)
Qatar’s Minister of Transport, Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti, has inaugurated the Lusail Bus Depot, which has broken the record for the world’s largest electric bus depot. The depot has a capacity of 478 buses, which …
Continue readingMexico City elevated trolleybus line opens (UrbanTransport)
In order to quickly improve the situation of the public transport network in the Mexican capital region, the existing trolleybus system, which had been neglected for a long time, was taken into consideration a few …
Continue readingWestminster deploys street cleaner e-bikes (FutureTransport)
In partnership with Westminster City Council, Veolia is deploying a fleet of street cleaning e-bikes across Westminster, London. The 14 new e-bikes have joined over 60 electric cleaning and collection vehicles that already operate in …
Continue readingGlobal Rapid Transit Database (InstTransDevtPol-ITDP)
The Rapid Transit Database (RTDB) is a collection of all rapid transit corridors worldwide that relies on data collected from government sources and publicly available news sources. The RTDB was developed by ITDP and is …
Continue readingNew Depot Technologies: video (IMechE)
Every depot operates differently, and each fleet of trains require different maintenance procedures. Every operator or maintainer faces great challenges when trying to introduce new fleets to the network and operating these trains with as …
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