Berlin, Germany, October 17, 2012 Siemens is supplying the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur with 58 driverless metro trains. The customer Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has also ordered the complete equipment for two new depots. The total value of the consortium agreement is some 450 million euros, with Siemens accounting for some […]
BOMBARDIER ZEFIRO 380 very high speed (VHS) train named as a top product design in transportation Independent specialist jury’s recognition marks third award for the world’s most economical and eco-friendly VHS train BERLIN, GERMANY-(Marketwire - Oct. 22, 2012) - Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has won the German Design Award 2013 for its ZEFIRO 380 […]
Vehicle overhaul will heighten passenger comfort and safety Berlin, October 22, 2012 – Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation is modernizing 110 passenger rail coaches for Trenitalia (Italian Railways). The work covers comprehensive modernization services on the 30-year-old regional service rail coaches. The units have already run more than 1 million km each. The overhauled coaches […]
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries understand how public transportation addresses many of the pressing issues faced by society today: Climate change, urbanisation and population growth as well as congestion and pollution all pose serious challenges to the growth of industrialised and developing nations. Today, the GCC countries are implementing rail solutions - the low […]
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The consortiums competing for the five major construction packages consist of: Red Line North Bouygues (France) /Obayashi (Japan) /Al-Jaber Engineering (local) QDVC (local/France) /Al-Darwish Engineering (local) Impregilo (Italy) /SK (South Korea) /Galfar Engineering & Contracting (Oman) Samsung C&T (South Korea) /OHL (Spain) /Qatar Building Company (QBC) (local) Habtoor Leighton (UAE/Australia) /John Holland (Australia) /Dragados (Spain) […]
I.LOG Iniziative Logistiche and Metrocargo Automazioni After being installed in the harbour of Vado Ligure/Savona, Metrocargo continues successfully its development plan, conceived to simplify the intermodal transport and bring it to the same level of performance as passenger transport. I.LOG Iniziative Logistiche s.r.l. and Metrocargo Automazioni s.r.l. co-exhibit the Metrocargo system at InnoTrans, one of […]
Frank McCarthy is a training consultant with extensive experience in the introduction of new assets into use. He has over 20 years experience in the rail and training fields. He uses training needs analysis and task analysis to quantify what is required to make an asset ‘operationally ready’. Here he shares his expertise. As a […]
