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Nov 6, 2024 · Valencia services start to resume after catastrophic floods. Adif and Renfe are working hard to repair storm damage and reintroduce train services. November 5, 2024 | Fleet.
GoVolta announces Amsterdam - Berlin low-cost service
Oct 18, 2024 · DUTCH private operator GoVolta, the new rail brand of Flywise Travel, has announced that it will launch a daily service between Amsterdam and Berlin in September 2025. Trains will depart both Amsterdam Central and Berlin main station in the early morning, arriving in the late afternoon with the trains operating the return service the following day.
Schöma applies for insolvency - International Railway Journal
Oct 14, 2024 · GERMAN locomotive manufacturer Schöma has applied for insolvency at the court of justice in Syke, Lower Saxony, in northern Germany. The firm is facing a cashflow crisis and estimates that it will be unable to pay staff wages and meet other financial commitments from the start of next year. The family-owned company currently employs 100 people ...
East West Rail to explore discontinuous electrification
Nov 1, 2024 · Photo Credit: Network Rail. BRITAIN’s East West Rail Company has announced plans to explore the use of discontinuous electrification using hybrid battery-electric trains on the new line between Oxford and Cambridge. Plans to electrify the entire Easta West Rail route from the outset were controversially shelved by the British government in 2016.
60 years of high-speed rail - International Railway Journal
Sep 11, 2024 · THE defining event in the birth of contemporary rail transport occurred 60 years ago this month. The launch of regular passenger service on the 515km Tokyo - Osaka New Tokaido Shinkansen on October 1 1964 caught the world’s attention and ignited debate on what rail transport could offer in an era where it had been largely superseded by road and air.
Worldwide hydrogen projects gain traction - International Railway …
Worldwide hydrogen projects gain traction. With hydrogen gaining traction around the world, Richard Clinnick examines where the new technology is being implemented. Pesa unveiled a rebuilt hydrogen locomotive at the Trako trade show last month. The SM42 6Dn four-axle prototype locomotive is fitted with four 180kW traction motors and a zero ...
Transnet invests in heavy-haul capacity - International Railway …
Sep 18, 2024 · Transnet has already invested in the line to boost capacity to 60.7 million tonnes per year, increasing axleloads to 30 tonnes and maximum train lengths from 216 to 342 wagons. The fleet of 5600 CR13/14 ore wagons has been upgraded to carry a 100-tonne payload, and TFR has also taken delivery of 34 5MW class 15E electric locomotives, which are ...
Austria’s Westbahn partially reopens - International Railway Journal
Oct 10, 2024 · AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) confirmed on October 10 that two of the four tracks of the Westbahn have reopened following damage sustained during major storms in September. These caused severe flooding which completely closed the main line linking Vienna with St Pölten and western Austria. ÖBB says that a phased reopening of the line will ...
Next-generation super-premium rail steels hit the tracks
May 24, 2024 · The introduction of super premium rail steels using hypereutectoid material concepts was a major step forward 15 years ago. Simone Prohaska, product management, and Albert Jörg, head of product management, with Voestalpine Schienen, explain how progress in production technology, metallurgical expertise and better understanding of rolling contact fatigue have contributed to the development of ...