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São Paulo’s Metro Line 4 Fully Opens Using CBTC
São Paulo’s Metro Line 4 Fully Opens Using CBTC

ViaQuatro has successfully begun full operation of São Paulo’s entire Metro Line 4 with Siemens Mobility’s Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) signaling.

Knorr-Bremse Will Be Trialling Automated Brake Testing On A HVLE Train
Knorr-Bremse Will Be Trialling Automated Brake Testing On A HVLE Train

Working together with Havelländische Eisenbahn (HVLE), Knorr-Bremse is equipping a freight train with an automation system that will support automated brake testing.

Hitachi: The Hyperloop Capsule To Be Tested Using Digital Signalling Software In The Cloud
Hitachi: The Hyperloop Capsule To Be Tested Using Digital Signalling Software In The Cloud

Although the Hyperloop system is technically and physically nonsense, there are more and more companies getting involved in this project...

Eurostar: Recovery Of Business Travel
Eurostar: Recovery Of Business Travel

Eurostar reports the robust return of business travel in the first six months of 2022.

Reichmuth Orders Vectrons For SBB Cargo
Reichmuth Orders Vectrons For SBB Cargo

On 14 July 2022, Siemens Mobility signed a contract with Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG for 35 Vectron AC locomotives through its investment vehicle LokRoll 3 AG.

Late-Running Avril - Renfe Warns Of Fines
Late-Running Avril - Renfe Warns Of Fines

The first members of the new high speed Class 106 fleet were expected to have been handed over to Renfe in January 2021 in readiness for commercial operation in summer 2022.

DB Cargo Pilot Train With Automated Brake Testing Operating At MEG
DB Cargo Pilot Train With Automated Brake Testing Operating At MEG

Automated brake testing is also picking up speed in Germany. A pilot train with the automated brake testing system has been put into parallel operation by DB Cargo at Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn in June.

KVSZ Builds New Types Of Wagons For European Market
KVSZ Builds New Types Of Wagons For European Market

In 2021, KVSZ began the designing program of wagons for European market in conformity with TSI WAG requirements.

Hrochostroj Buys An EffiShunter 1000 With ETCS
Hrochostroj Buys An EffiShunter 1000 With ETCS

Hrochostroj (part of the enteria group) has become the second Czech company operating in the railway construction industry to decide to acquire its own locomotive, the EffiShunter 1000.

HS2 Celebrates One Million Tonnes Of Construction Material By Rail
HS2 Celebrates One Million Tonnes Of Construction Material By Rail

On 12 July 2022, HS2 confirmed that more than a million tonnes of construction material have been delivered by rail to the high speed rail’s work sites across Buckinghamshire, taking the equivalent of 100,096 HGV journeys off local roads.

Laing O’Rourke Wins HS2 Solihull Station Contract
Laing O’Rourke Wins HS2 Solihull Station Contract

On 11 June 2022, HS2 Ltd has announced that Laing O’Rourke Delivery Ltd will build HS2’s new Interchange Station in Solihull, at the heart of Britain’s new high speed rail network.

Bogie And Wheelset Live Monitoring For Great Western Railway’s HSE Fleet
Bogie And Wheelset Live Monitoring For Great Western Railway’s HSE Fleet

In late June 2022, Hitachi Rail announced that it is installing its cutting-edge live monitoring solution across Great Western Railway’s high-speed fleet of 93 intercity trains.

Civity Nordic For SJ
Civity Nordic For SJ

On 8 July 2022, SJ and CAF signed a contract worth around 300 million EUR for 25 regional EMUs, with an option for 35 more.

MEDWAY Belgium's Trains To Germany
MEDWAY Belgium's Trains To Germany

On 1 July 2022, MEDWAY Belgium (part of MEDWAY Italia) started running the MSC container services to Germany.

Foundation Work Begins On HS2’s Wendover Dean Viaduct
Foundation Work Begins On HS2’s Wendover Dean Viaduct

In early July 2022, HS2 ground engineers have started work on the high speed rail project’s Wendover Dean Viaduct.