Category: Rail News

California High-Speed Rail’s New Delivery Strategy

Welcome back to All Routes Considered – a podcast brought to you by the a2b Global Media transport news network! We bring you the latest news, trending topics and in-depth discussion on the biggest events in transport from across the rail, bus and airport sectors. In this latest episode, we discuss the latest changes to the HS2 timeline, developments […]

UK CMA Calls for Reforms to Rail Procurement to Reduce Costs

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has called for changes to the way road and rail infrastructure projects are planned and procured, stating that current systems are increasing costs, delaying delivery and limiting innovation. The recommendations were published following an 11-month market study into civil engineering across the public road and rail sectors. The […]

São Paulo Metro Line 6, Brazil – Tunnelling and Structural Monitoring

How automated wireless monitoring provided continuous real-time data to safeguard high-rise buildings, viaducts, and operational metro tunnels during TBM excavation in a dense urban environment The challenge – tunnelling in complex urban conditions The São Paulo Metro Line 6-Orange is one of the largest underground infrastructure projects in Latin America, extending 15.3 km through densely […]

Great British Railways Train Unveiled Ahead of GTR Nationalisation

The first train carrying Great British Railways (GBR) branding has been unveiled in Brighton ahead of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) entering public ownership later this month. The newly branded Class 387 train, operated by Southern, features a red, white and blue livery and will begin operating across routes in the south and south-east of England […]

SENSIT Celebrates 35 Years: From Portable Cabins to High-End Sensors

The development of industry has always gone hand in hand with precise measurement. Temperature, humidity, CO₂, level, flow, and position – modern production and automated control of technological processes cannot function without these data today. The Czech company SENSIT s.r.o. has been part of the industrial measurement technology sector for 35 years and ranks among the stable manufacturers of […]

Alstom Hosts First-Ever Americas Supplier Day

Alstom has hosted its first-ever Americas Supplier Day, an event that brought together 133 suppliers from North and South America, Europe and Asia. The event, which was held from 12-14 May in Newark, New Jersey, aimed to underscore Alstom’s current market outlook, as well as honour its commitment to work closely with its suppliers to […]

Amtrak Announces Leadership Transition as President Roger Harris to Depart in July

Amtrak has confirmed a planned leadership transition, with President Roger Harris leaving the company on 31 July, according to a statement issued by Board Chair Tony Coscia. Harris will depart after overseeing a period in which the US passenger rail operator reported record ridership and revenue figures. During his tenure, Amtrak also progressed several infrastructure […]

Hitachi Rail to Develop Railway Systems for Mexican Corridor

Hitachi Rail has signed a contract to design, develop, supply, install and commission the railway systems of the Saltillo–Nuevo Laredo corridor in Mexico. The contract, valued at 168 million EUR, forms part of the Mexican Government’s programme to reactivate and expand passenger rail transport across the country, as well as boost regional economic development. Hitachi […]

Preventing Catastrophic Rail Failures with Continuous Fleet-Based Track Monitoring

Figure 5: Comparison across repeated train measurements (200m). Significant amplitude in D1 range (Circled in red), showing at the 1st February (left chart) and at next measurement (right chart). © Televic Rail From signal to decision Single peak → possible transient or vehicle effect Repeated geo-localized peak → infrastructure condition Increasing amplitude → degradation trend […]