DB Regio will run the fully approved battery train with passengers on two separate routes. Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Alstom are set to begin a test service of a fully approved battery train in Germany. The Alstom-built …
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New bi-mode locos sought for 2 UK pax railways (RailAdvent)
TransPennine Express is looking for expressions of interest from suppliers for a fleet of at least 15 bi-mode locomotives for use on with its Mk5 carriages. The provision released by First Group is for up …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 January 2022
• Huge new train departure board at Victoria Station (IanVisits) • Inside TfL’s Lost Property Office (Guardian) • UK rail station league tables pre-Covid (Novotel) • Paris’ Blvd Périphérique to lose lanes & become greener …
Continue readingJapan foot crossing obstacle detection using AI (RailwayGazette)
JAPAN: Seibu Railway is to start testing a newly-developed AI-assisted warning system for detecting obstacles on foot crossings at two stations on the Ikebukuro Line in the suburbs of Tokyo. These crossings are commonplace at …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 January 2022
• Crossrail starting final phase of trial operations ahead of opening (IanVisits) • HS2 archaeologists make big discovery (RailInsider) • Inside HS2’s Chiltern tunnel boring machines (JonnElledge) • Paris tests new disused railway tram train …
Continue readingStadler supplying over 500 tram-trains to Germany & Austria (UrbanTransport)
With the clear aim to raise synergies, six German and Austrian public transport companies joined forces some time ago to develop a concept for a joint tender for tram-train trains. We reported about the tender …
Continue readingHow degraded EV batteries can be useful (Wired)
ON A BARREN field in Lancaster, California, where the temperature often tops 100 degrees in summer, sit eight white boxes that might be a key to a greener future. Each 10 x 22-foot rectangle holds 20 …
Continue readingLack of over station devt & Bermondsey Tube (IanVisits)
People have been using it for over 20 years, and although it opened in 1999, in a way, Bermondsey station on the Jubilee line can be said to be still unfinished. That’s because it’s a …
Continue readingDigital twin to map faults, heat, & noise on the Tube (CitiesToday)
Transport for London (TfL) will use a digital twin from start-up Spinview to monitor Underground tracks and tunnels and gather data on noise, heat and carbon emissions. The project, funded through a government grant awarded …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 January 2022
• Confusion over future of Beam Park Station in East London (IanVisits) • Lumo Trains’ new Diversity & Inclusion Ambassador (HydeParkNow) • Mancunians rebel against grey advertising boxes blocking pavements (Guardian) • Berlin proposal for …
Continue readingElectric yard tractors get to work in Port Newark (TruckingInfo)
Ten battery-electric yard tractors are now in operation at a container terminal in Port Newark, New Jersey. Red Hook Container Terminals on Aug. 11 held a ribbon-cutting to announce the official deployment of the BYD …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 January 2022
• Crossrail pushing hard for a March opening date (IanVisits) • King’s Cross tunnels & Canal Aqueduct (HydeParkNow) • Debut test of Glasgow Subway’s new ATO train (Scotsman) • SFO BART Crisis Intervention Specialists already …
Continue readingNYC subway cars converted to emergency pump trains (RailwayGazette)
Redundant New York subway cars are to be converted into mobile pump trains which can be used to remove water from tunnels following hurricanes and unusually heavy rainfall. The project forms part of NYC Transit’s …
Continue readingGermany orders battery powered regional trains (RailwayTech)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to provide an investment loan of up to $107.24m (€95m) to railway company Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) for the development and acquisition of new battery-driven trains. Starting from December …
Continue readingUK’s first LED pedestrian crossing (Cities-Today)
Portsmouth is the first UK city to benefit from an innovative LED pedestrian crossing aimed at improving road safety. The LED panels have been installed on the crossing to make it more visible to drivers …
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