Scharfenberg digital coupler selected under the DAC programme
Shift2Rail announced that a Scharfenberg latch type design was selected for the future European Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) standard for […]
Innovation
Alstom and Plastic Omnium agree to develop onboard hydrogen solutions
Alstom and Plastic Omnium, a major player in hydrogen mobility, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the […]
VTG tests special tank wagon for LNG transport
VTG has successfully completed initial tests of cryogenically LNG tank wagon which is specially developed for LIQVIS GmbH, a subsidiary […]
Airbus and Alstom join forces for transport cybersecurity
Airbus CyberSecurity and Alstom have signed a worldwide cooperation agreement focusing on rail transport cybersecurity. “In the context of increasing […]
Green light for first Russian hydrogen train
Russian Railways, the Government of Sakhalin Region, Rosatom, and TMH signed a protocol stating that the Sakhalin hydrogen train project […]
Successful trail for Alstom’s BEMU in Chemnitz
Alstom’s battery-electric train (BEMU) has successfully conducted a technical demonstration journey starting in Chemnitz, Germany, to Flöha and Zschopau and […]
PJM to start serial operation for its automated brake testing system
PJ Messtechnik GmbH (PJM), the Austrian specialist for railway system solutions, has completed the technical development of the automated brake […]
France begins Coradia iLint approval process
The French Minister Delegate to the Minister of Ecological Transition responsible for Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebarri, and Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, the President […]
Alstom’s plant in Trapaga goes green
Alstom’s factory in Trapaga, Vizcaya, northern Spain, has successfully implemented a self-consumption system based on photovoltaic panels that will generate […]
Thales and OSCP to develop innovative solution for autonomous trains
Thales and One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP), a Montreal-based startup, entered partnership to develop solutions for autonomous rail technologies. The […]