PTC deployed on 96% of the mandated routes
The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced that PTC systems were in revenue service demonstration on 55,601 route miles representing […]
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Singapore to build simulation facilities for all MRT lines
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced that all the existing MRT lines will benefit signalling simulation facilities by 2023. […]
Finland awards ETCS contract
VR Finland awarded Hitachi Rail STS a contract to install on-board ERTMS systems for 60 locomotives, with options for further […]
Alstom obtains a new ETCS contract in Germany
Deutsche Bahn awarded Alstom a EUR 10 million contract to retrofit 19 additional ICE1 high-speed trains with ETCS Level 2 […]
ATO trial performed with passengers in the Netherlands
Stadler, the Dutch railway infrastructure manager, ProRail, the Provincie Groningen and Arriva Netherlands, together with 50 local and national dignitaries […]
Network Rail signs five signalling contracts
Alstom, Siemens Mobility and Hitachi Rail STS UK – Linbrooke Services joint venture were selected by the Network Rail for […]
Lisbon Metro awards CBTC and train contract
Metropolitano de Lisboa awarded Stadler Rail Valencia- Siemens Mobility Unipessoal consortium a EUR 114.5 million contract for CBTC installation and […]
Thales wins a new signalling maintenance contract in Spain
Adif awarded Thales a EUR 68.77 million contract for the maintenance of the signalling and traffic control elements for the […]
New contracts signed for Szczecin – Poznań modernisation
Polish railway infrastructure manager, PKP PLK, signed four contracts to modernise the Wronki – Słonice section on the Szczecin – […]
PTC is operational on 98% of US Class 1 railways
According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), at the end of 2019, the Positive Train Control (PTC) was in […]