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VR Group News

Meet VR FleetCare

Finland is a small but efficient northern country that is home to many world-class companies. Their competitive advantages have included high-level expertise, customer insight, co-operation, and the courage to do things in new ways. VR FleetCare is a provider of rail fleet maintenance and lifecycle services that is on its way to becoming the leading fleet maintenance company in Northern Europe.

ALSTOM News

Alstom opens new Engineering and Innovation centre in Portugal

Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has just opened a new Engineering and Innovation centre in Maia, Porto district. The company moves forward in its commitment to increase its footprint in Portugal and provide better service to its customers and projects in the country.

Vossloh News

VOSSLOH: BASIS OF GREEN MOBILITY WITH SMART TURNOUT DRIVE MECHANISMS AND SENSOR-BASED MEASURING AND MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES

For maximizing the track availability, turnouts are the ideal gateway for the continuous sensor-based collection of condition data. Since turnouts are not only the point where tracks converge or diverge but also a hub for various signalling and control systems, the information content of the data collected here is especially high.

ALSTOM News

Alstom to deliver Train Control System for KiwiRail in New Zealand

Transformational project for KiwiRail. The new, feature-rich Iconis system will dramatically improve the way KiwiRail operates its network. The replacement of the existing Traffic Control Centre technology with this new, state-of-the-art, integrated control system will provide KiwiRail with greater network safety, security, and resilience, delivering greater control capacity and with the ability to meet the increasing demands of an expanding rail network.

Mainrail News

MainRail develops predictive algorithms for risk of rail buckling in ballasted tracks

Buckling on ballasted tracks is a result of the accumulation of energy in the track due to thermal variation. The technology startup MainRail has deployed a pilot of its new predictive buckling module in the Mallorca Railway Network (SFM) with the support of the construction company Azvi.

Systra News

SYSTRA and STRADAL present Slab Track, a low carbon new generation ballastless track, at the InnoTrans 2022 trade fair

From September 20 to 23 at the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin, SYSTRA, the global engineering group specialising in transport, and STRADAL, France's leading precast concrete company, will be exhibiting Slab Track, the new generation of low-carbon ballastless track that they have co-developed.

CAF News

CAF TACKLES SEPTEMBER STRONGLY WITH TWO NEW CONTRACTS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA

These two contracts relate to the cities of Hannover and Canberra for an aggregate in excess of €220 million and reinforce the company's significant orders in hand, which reached a record figure of more than €10.7 billion at the close of the first half of the year.

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