(IN BRIEF) ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has been ranked in the top 5% of companies globally in the EcoVadis sustainability rating, earning EcoVadis Gold status for the fourth consecutive year. RCG excelled in environmental sustainability, labor, and human rights, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Awards, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 000 trains, 18 countries, 419, 78 million net tonnes, Advanced rating, Awards, Carbon Scorecard, Clemens Först, climate protection, CSR, diversity, EcoVadis Gold status, EcoVadis Sustainability Rating, end-to-end logistics services, energy consumption, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, equal pay, equality, European economy, freight transport, greenhouse gas emissions, Inclusion, labor and human rights, leadership, logistics, logistics professionals, modern software solutions, ÖBB, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group, rail freight, rail logistics, rail transport, RCG, reclaimed materials, recruitment, sustainability, sustainable procurement, top 5%
(IN BRIEF) Barcelona has launched a new two-kilometer extension to its tramway network, implementing Alstom’s APS technology for the first time in Spain. This innovative catenary-free system uses a ground-based power rail that activates only under the tram, allowing for … Read the full press release
Posted in Infrastructure & Utilities, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged accessible transport, Alstom, Alstom Spain, APS, Barcelona, Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority, bike lanes, catenary-free technology, Citadis trams, conductor rail, digital mobility, eco-friendly, green areas, green transportation, ground-based feeding system, intermodality, pedestrian spaces, propulsion systems, public transport, rail transport, rolling stock, signaling, Spain, sustainable mobility, sustainable urban development, Trambaix, Trambesòs, tramway extension, urban mobility, urban transformation
(IN BRIEF) At InnoTrans 2024, Stadler will unveil a range of innovative rail solutions, including the zero-emission RS ZERO, the CITYLINK tram-train, and the bi-mode Class 99 locomotive. Highlights also include new underground trains for Berlin and battery-powered FLIRT Akku … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Media, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged bi-mode Class 99 locomotive, CITYLINK tram-train, InnoTrans 2024, rail transport, Stadler, sustainability, zero-emission RS ZERO
(IN BRIEF) Voith will showcase its innovative solutions for sustainable rail transport at InnoTrans 2024. Key highlights include the CargoFlex Hybrid coupler, which aids the gradual conversion to digital automatic couplers (DAC) for locomotives, and advanced coupling technology for passenger … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Cargounit, Poland’s leading locomotive leasing company, partners with Siemens Mobility to purchase 30 Vectron locomotives with an option for 60 more, along with 10 Smartron locomotives. The deal aims to enhance cross-border rail transport in Europe. Vectron locomotives, … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 26-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Stadler, a Swiss train maker with over 75 years of experience, has announced that DB Regio AG, Frankfurt am Main based subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, has ordered some 44 FLIRT battery-powered multiple units … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Baden-Württemberg, battery-electric multiple units, BEMU, CO2 emission-free, DB Regio, FLIRT, Green mobility, Green technology, Jure Mikolčić, Maik Dreser, Palatinate, rail transport, railway, Saarland, Stadler, trains, UN Climate Change Conference
Alstom to provide rolling stock, signalling, platform screen door solutions together with the project management and overall system integration Taipei Circular Line is the consortium’s second turnkey metro project successfully secured by Alstom in Taiwan recently The framework contract includes … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Alstom, CBTC, CTCI, Data Acquisition, driverless metros, Ling Fang, metro line, metro system, Metropolis trains, mobility, Platform Screen Doors, rail transport, SCADA system, SEMPO, signalling system, Supervisory Control, Taipei Circular Line Phase Two, Taiwan, Turnkey rail systems, Urbalis 400
(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 31-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens Mobility announces the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energy on joint research for the use of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology in rail … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, News, Science, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Albrecht Neumann, climate targets, climate-neutral, CO2 emissions, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Helmholtz Institute, HI ERN, hydrogen, hydrogen technology, hydrogen-powered train, LOHC, LOHC technology, Mireo Plus H, Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, rail transport, Siemens Mobility, sustainability, The Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energy, Vectron, Vectron locomotive
Alstom’s booth B630 will be at hall B at the exhibition (PRESS RELEASE) SAINT-OUEN, France, 2-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom to participate at Eurasia Rail from 10-12 April 2019 in Izmir, Turkey. Eurasia Rail is one of the leading rolling … Read the full press release
Fire protection: Continental fulfills stringent provisions of EU fire protection standard EN 45545 at different levels of safety Sensors with haptic feedback conceivable for various applications Robust, durable products make rail travel safer and more comfortable than ever HANOVER/BERLIN, 27-Aug-2018 — … Read the full press release
16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is increasing its loan for PKP Intercity’s Pendolino trains from EUR 224m to EUR 342m. The project consists of the purchase of 20 modern high-speed trains and the construction of an associated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Poland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bratislava, Brno, EIB, Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, high-speed trains, Katowice, Krakow, Opole, PKP Intercity, PKP Intercity’s Pendolino trains, rail transport, railway, Rzeszow, Tarnów, trains, Vienna, Warsaw, Wrocław
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