Transdev wins Montréal commuter rail operating contract
CANADA: Greater Montréal regional transport authority Exo has awarded Transdev the next contract to operate commuter rail services.
CBTC goes live on Philadelphia interurban tramway
USA: Communications-based train control technology has been deployed on the Media-Sharon Hill interurban light rail network in Philadelphia.
Railcard validation to be trialled
UK: A scheme to check that Railcards are being used properly is to be trialled this year, the Department for Transport has announced.
Consolidated Delay Repay service to include third-party rail ticket retailers
UK: Passengers will in future be able to claim compensation for late trains directly through the third-party retailers who sold their ticket, the Department for Transport has confirmed.
Satellites help provide high-level estimates to lower railway electrification costs
UK: Electrification technology specialist Furrer+Frey has developed the Lineform.AI tool which uses data from an array of datasets as well as Airbus satellites to produce options for electrification with high-level cost estimates as well as embodied carbon data.
SNCF Réseau reaches network access agreement with high speed new entrant
FRANCE: Prospective high speed operator Le Train has finalised two framework agreements with SNCF Réseau covering access to the high speed network.
Urban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
Keele University to provide CIRO’s Railway Operations Management programme
UK: Keele University is to develop and deliver the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators’ Railway Operations Management programme, which includes the Certificate, Diploma and BSc in Railway Operations Management.
Vossloh to supply high speed rail grinding train to China
CHINA: Vossloh has won an order to supply a HSG-2 high speed grinding train which will be used for preventive maintenance to ensure high availability and long-term operational reliability on the growing high speed rail network.
