Two and a half years after a consortium was launched to develop the prototype of an autonomous regional train in France, SNCF and its partners Alstom, Bosch, Spirops, Thales and the Railenium Technology Research Institute are putting their test train into operation.
GB Railfreight, one of the UK’s leading transport companies and the fastest growing rail freight operator, has called for the appointment of a new dedicated rail freight ‘guiding mind’ to steer the sector through the next phase in order to assure future growth, particularly following the COVID-19 crisis.
Deutsche Bahn and Stadler are developing the first virtual image of a complete train. Real-time data should help to maintain the air conditioning and doors in time so that they no longer malfunction.
Whether for press conferences, webinars or discussion rounds – with the Messe Berlin STUDIO Messe Berlin is expanding its services and offering an ideal platform for virtual events.
The first pre-production Coradia Polyvalent France-Germany cross-border train left the Alstom Reichshoffen site on 12 May for the DB Systemtechnik test centre in Minden (Germany), where it will undergo its first tests for certification and approval. Mechanical tests will be conducted to check how the train behaves in curves. It will then go to the Velim test centre (Czech Republic), where it will undergo traction, braking, electro-magnetic and acoustic stress tests.
The first heavy-grade box girder along the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway in Indonesia was finished on April 28. China Railway No.4 Engineering Group is part of the construction team.