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WEB4 days ago · Alstom plans automated regional trains ALSTOM presented the Autonomous Regional Train Evolution (Arte) project during a demonstration run in Salzgitter, Germany, on September 23. The Arte project is a joint research initiative between Alstom, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the Rail Operations and Infrastructure Department at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), with financial ...
Shinkansen: half a century of speed - International Railway Journal
WEBTHE October 1964 opening of the 552.6km Tokaido Shinkansen was a major news event not just in Japan but globally as the striking image of streamlined electric trains flashing past Mount Fuji captured the public's imagination. The term bullet train was quickly coined to describe this technological wonder.
Automatic Train Operation takes to the main line
WEBJan 30, 2018 · LONDON’s Thameslink network will make history at the end of this year with the first-ever commercial deployment of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) over ETCS on a main line railway. Thameslink forms a cross-city link across London by grouping lines to the north and south of the city and connecting them through an 8km central core section.
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Full speed ahead for Chinese high-speed rail
WEBMay 10, 2024 · New 400km/h high-speed trains built by CRRC could reduce the journey time on the Beijing - Shanghai high-speed line to 2h 30min. China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) aims for high-speed rail lines to connect 95% of all cities with at least 500,000 inhabitants by 2025, with a total of 50,000km of high-speed lines operational as part of a ...
Preventing rail buckling in extreme heat
WEBMar 18, 2024 · In the case of the systems with hard rail pad Zw 687a, the use of the M7 and conventional guide plate shows an ITH increase of 8.1%. Using the HTR with conventional tension clamp leads to an ITH increase of 39.8%. Combining the novel HTR with M7 results in a 50.2% increase in ITH (Table 1). Table 1: Test results with a Zw 687a hard rail pad.
India’s first high-speed project falls behind
WEBMay 10, 2024 · TRIAL running is expected to start on a 50km section of the 508km Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed line - India’s first high-speed rail project - between Surat and Bilimoria in the state of Gujarat by 2023-24. However, it looks as though passengers will have to wait a lot longer than expected to travel on the entire line.
Beyond GSM-R: the future of railway radio
WEBApr 15, 2024 · Work is underway to lay the framework for a new standardised railway telecommunications network to replace GSM-R beginning in 2021 or 2022. But as Kevin Smith discovers, a great deal of uncertainty persists over the technology that this new network will use and whether the railway sector is ready to …
Traction choices: overhead ac vs third rail dc
WEBJan 13, 2024 · A study performed for Dubai Metro found that a 1.5kV dc third rail traction system can also cost up to 13% less than a 750V dc third rail system. One cost saving measure is the ability to locate fewer substations at greater intervals which reduces maintenance costs. Typical substation spacing is roughly 1.5 - …