Hydrogen train prototype project secures EU funding
The European Commission’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) awarded a EUR 10 million grant to the FCH2RAIL […]
Innovation
Virgin Hyperloop performed the first passenger tests
Virgin Hyperloop has tested the world’s first hyperloop passenger tests at the test track in Las Vegas, turning the “breaking […]
Bombardier launches an advanced digital service for signalling
Bombardier has launched the EBI Sense digital service designed for predictive maintenance of rail signalling systems which embraces company’s rail […]
S2R JU and the Transport Permanent Secretariat to develop rail in Western Balkan region
Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking and the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of […]
Shift2Rail signs MoU for international collaboration
Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking and the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote […]
Italy signs hydrogen rail agreement
FS Italiane and Snam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using hydrogen […]
Successful trial for green electricity platform at Rotterdam port
In recent months, 32 companies at the RDM site in the port of Rotterdam have been testing a new green […]
Metro driver simulator for Barcelona delivered
Alstom has developed a driver simulator for Barcelona metro company, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) that incorporates the latest virtualisation, […]
Japanese companies to develop a hydrogen-electric pilot train
East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Hitachi and Toyota Motor Corporation entered into an agreement to develop a hydrogen-electric train. […]
Bombardier to create a global centre for electric propulsion
Bombardier Transportation has announced it will open a global innovation centre at its current site in Västerås, Sweden. The rail […]