Battery electric trolleybuses with In Motion Charging (IMC) are highly effective technology with huge economic and environmental potential: with passenger capacity, an infinite range, uninterrupted 24/7 operation, the flexibility of off-wire service and energy-efficient emission-free …
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Network Rail digital headset trials successful (RailTechnology)
Network Rail and The Central Railway Systems Alliance (CRSA) have successfully finished trialling brand new digital headsets which will help to log data, paving the way for future frontline maintenance teams. The test was carried …
Continue readingCrossrail is a £21B test of virtual modeling (IEEESpectrum)
Every component in Crossrail, London’s new underground train network, will be digitally tracked via an intricate 3-D model. As the River Thames meanders eastward through London, it horseshoes around a lobe of land called the Isle of …
Continue readingIndia to Finland rail alternative to Suez Canal (RailFreight)
The corridor from Russia to India was supposed to be the rail alternative to shipping via the Suez Canal. What happened to this International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC)? Is it finally complete? In this latest …
Continue readingHS2 concrete printing technology (RailwayTech)
The 3D concrete printing removes the need to develop logistical plans that are usually expensive. HS2’s London tunnels contractor Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS JV) is set to deploy on-site 3D reinforced concrete printing …
Continue readingWill Lane Rentals solve roadworks congestion? (Freewheeling)
I was talking to a regional bus company MD recently and they told me that their roadworks log typically stacks up 1,000 entries every year. Roadworks are bad for drivers but terrible for buses. Where …
Continue readingAssessment of crosswind risk on high speed trains (UIC)
In 2018, UIC published a White Paper on railway aerodynamics produced by the Railway System Department’s TTI Sector (https://www.shop-etf.com/fr/train-track-interaction-sector-aerodynamics). This field of study has been driven largely by the increasing speeds of high-speed passenger trains. …
Continue readingDfT developing a ‘Rail Data Marketplace’ (ModernRailways)
The Department for Transport is investing £5 million to start development of a “Rail Data Marketplace” (RDM) to provide the tools and frameworks to open up rail data through a new single-access platform. Due to …
Continue readingEVs difficult to convert for wheelchair users (Verge)
nIn a Super Bowl commercial that aired earlier this year, GM declared that its electric vehicles were designed for everyone. The ad closed with the image of a one-armed surfer to emphasize its point. But sometime later, that surfer …
Continue readingHS2 cuts carbon with pioneering new viaduct design (RailBusiness)
HS2 has revealed that its designers are on track to more than halve the amount of embedded carbon in one of the high speed rail project’s viaducts. The innovative ‘double composite’ approach – which involves …
Continue readingDfT funds prototype to electrify UK rail freight terminals (RailBusiness)
A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to have received funding from Innovate UK and the Department for Transport as part of the First of a Kind 2021 rail …
Continue readingNYC’s LIRR adds train capacity to Google Maps (Railway-Tech)
The new feature will enable customers to see the number of seats available in each rail car using Google Maps. New York-based commuter rail system Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has added a car capacity …
Continue readingHybridFLEX prototype battery-diesel MU (RailBusiness)
Chiltern Railways has unveiled its prototype HybridFLEX multiple-unit fitted with a hybrid traction system which can offer zero emissions and near silent operation at stations and in other sensitive locations. Developed by the operator, leasing …
Continue readingConverting underused parking garages to housing & other uses (SmartCitiesDive)
Giving new life to deserted parking garages – cities’ declining dependence on cars and commutes may point to a novel solution for the lack of affordable housing in cities. While there are clearly no easy …
Continue readingNorthern City Line starts major signalling upgrade (IanVisits)
A major upgrade of the signalling on the Northern City line to Moorgate is underway, and will however see the line closed at weekends for the work to be carried out. The Northern City line …
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