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Use of LIDAR technology to reinforce vegetation control on the railway network |
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Adif will use airborne LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to obtain information about the vegetation surrounding railway lines and their facilities, and to reinforce vegetation control management on the railway network.
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| 03/04/2025 |
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Basque railway bets on digitalisation |
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The Basque Autonomous Community is committed to digitalisation in order to accelerate decarbonisation, resilience and modernisation of the entire mobility system. To this end, a digital twin of mobility is being developed, as well as the MovEuskadi application, which ... ( more » ) |
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| 06/03/2025 |
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European Future Railway Mobile Communication System to be tested on Spanish network |
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Adif has put out to tender the contract for the initial phase of the pilot test for the railway telecoms systems Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) and Adaptable Communication System (ACS), which will take place on the Asunción ... ( more » ) |
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| 25/02/2025 |
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First Saudi Arabia train fitted with CAF´s ERTMS technology enters service |
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Saudi Arabia´s state-owned railway operator, SAR, has launched the country´s first train equipped with CAF's European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) technology on passenger services on the Riyadh-Dammam line.
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| 05/02/2025 |
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Alstom Spain to develop Madrid Metro´s first driverless line |
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Line 6 of the Madrid Metro network will be the city´s first driverless metro line. The project will be coordinated by Alstom Spain´s Railway Signalling and Safety Centre of Excellence in Madrid.
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| 23/01/2025 |
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New Inse Rail project to determine the structural characteristics of railway bridges |
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Inse Rail is working on the new innovation project ‘Ace Fabri’ to generate a new acoustic surveying methodology to assess the dynamic performance characteristics of masonry structures to make it possible to maintain stonework or brickwork railway ... ( more » ) |
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| 23/01/2025 |
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CAF presents its signalling system Optio |
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CAF has launched Optio, a CBTC signalling system. Its technology enables real-time and accurate management of rail operations, maximizing passenger flow and optimizing efficiency.
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| 07/01/2025 |
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Completion of FCH2RAIL project, first hydrogen train on the Spanish and Portuguese railway networks |
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The presentation of the FCH2RAIL project took place in the RailLive 2024 congress in Zaragoza. Over the past four years, the project has developed a bi-mode demonstrator train with hydrogen fuel cells and tested it on the Spanish and Portuguese railway networks.
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| 24/09/2024 |
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Azvi presents new sleeper squaring machine |
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Azvi has presented the result of the innovation project designed to transform automation in track assembly. It is a new sleeper squaring machine that joins the company’s fleet of railway machinery.
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| 13/06/2024 |
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First ten units of Renfe’s S106 train model enter commercial service |
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Renfe has taken possession of its first ten S106 Avril high-speed trains, manufactured by Talgo. With the inclusion of these units into its fleet, the operator has launched the high-speed services in Asturias, expanding them to new destinations in Galicia as well as ... ( more » ) |
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