The May 2020 Edition of Modern Railways has an article entitled West Of England Improvements in GWR Deal. GWR‘s Turbo DMUs are: Class 165 trains, of which there are fifteen three-car trains and twenty two-car trains. …
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The transport & urban issues webinar list (OverheadWire)
With all these conferences and sessions taking their talents online I thought it might be a good idea to list them. [Some are free, some charge a fee] If you have any ideas send them in …
Continue readingAir pollution filters protect NHS & patients from COVID (AirQualityNews)
Healthcare transport provider, the HATS Group (HATS), is installing clean air technology in 100 vehicles used to transport patients to help reduce exposure to coronavirus. AirLabs, which is supplying its ‘AirBubbl’ in-vehicle air filters to …
Continue readingUK’s first electric (charging) avenue (SmartCitiesWorld)
Siemens has worked with ubitricity and Westminster City Council to convert 24 lampposts into EV charge points using existing city infrastructure. Siemens has unveiled the UK’s first street that has been fully converted for charging …
Continue readingAutonomous robot electric car charger (CNet)
If China’s Aiways [EV] has its way, CARL will seamlessly charge future electric vehicles. The startup, preparing to start sales of its first vehicle in Europe later this year, said on Friday it received several patents for …
Continue readingItaly converts ferry into floating hospital (Cruise&Ferry)
Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), part of the MSC Group, has converted its ferry Splendid into a floating hospital equipped to assist patients suffering from Covid-19 in Genoa, Italy, along with those convalescing from the illness. …
Continue readingDecarbonising our railways (UKRRIN)
Where are we and what do we need to do next? Climate change increasingly dominates our news agenda – and for the rail industry, there is much discussion about how we best decarbonise the network. …
Continue readingPorterbrook: Modified trains have role to play (RailMag)
Repurposing older trains to keep them in service will help the railway meet the challenge of climate change, according to Porterbrook. In a statement on March 26, the rolling stock leasing company said that while …
Continue readingVaramis plans electric rail light goods service (RailMag)
Freight trains using electric multiple units could be operating on the East Coast Main Line by the end of the year, in plans unveiled by Varamis Rail. The initial plan is for trains to run …
Continue readingGetting electrification done: Net Zero (RailEngineer)
On 24 June 2019, the House of Commons unanimously passed an amendment to the Climate Change Act that committed the UK to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Previously, the target had been 80 per cent …
Continue readingHeritage railways ready to provide manpower (RailBusiness)
Heritage railways across the UK are on standby to provide experienced staff to Network Rail, to fill key worker shortages expected to be caused by Covid-19 (coronavirus). In response to a call from Network Rail, …
Continue readingIndia converting sleeper trains to bed wards (Quartz)
Indian Railways has offered to join the fight against coronavirus. On March 28, railway minister Piyush Goyal said his team could convert coaches of some trains into isolation wards. Following a nation-wide lockdown that began …
Continue readingMail returns to West Coast Main Line (RailFreight)
Britain’s commercial backbone railway is carrying everything vital to the continued economic activity of the UK. That includes the Royal Mail. With greatly reduced passenger services now running, freight has become far more visible on …
Continue readingBART shifts to station work during slowdown (ProgRailroading)
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) crews are taking advantage of a 90 percent drop in ridership and early station closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic to work on capital improvement projects. BART moved 200 maintenance and engineering …
Continue readingNR hunts for new tunnelling methods (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail Infrastructure is asking the industry to come up with alternative tunnelling techniques that could reduce disruption to the railways. In the request for information (RFI) notice on the Official Journal of European Union, it is …
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