Victoria is leading the drive for a national harmonisation of rollingstock standards in Australia.
Rollingstock manufacturing and maintenance currently lacks an overall, consistent national approach to
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KiwiRail discloses 450-wagon purchase
New Zealand rail operator KiwiRail has ordered 450 rail wagons from a Chinese manufacturer.
In a short statement on February 8, the operator detailed it had entered into a contract with CRRC Qiqihar Rolling
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Parramatta’s wire-free sections defined
The NSW Government has clearly defined which sections of the planned Parramatta Light Rail line will be catenary free, with approximately four kilometres of wireless railway proposed.
The state in December
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First NGR arrives at Maryborough for rectification works
McMillan new boss for Bombardier Transportation Australia
Victoria’s Rolling Stock Development Division’s chief executive Wendy McMillan has been named the new managing director of Bombardier Transportation Australia.
Bombardier’s head office in Berlin
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Digitisation adds new dimension to track maintenance
Specialty machine supplier Plasser Australia outlines its contribution to a “new era” in track construction and maintenance.
Plasser is using the latest in sensor and communications technology to give
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Parramatta Light Rail contracts awarded, 4km of wire-free rail
Winners have been named for contracts to build, and supply and operate rail systems for the first stage of Parramatta Light Rail, and the state says four kilometres of the project will be catenary free.
NSW
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Less downtime, more flexibility: Providing a better fastening solution
Infastech Engineered Fastening says it can provide wagon manufacturers, rail track and maintenance businesses with an alternative swage locking fastening system which also benefits from the Enerpac tooling
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Harnessing processing power to develop smarter train assembly
Terence Vu sees a future where robots can work out the best way to assemble rollingstock components. The PhD student spoke with Rail Express about his project.
With research co-funded by the University
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Alstom sends off final Sydney Metro Northwest train
The last of the 22 trains being built by Alstom for the first stage of the Sydney Metro project is on its way to Australia.
Alstom’s Sricity facility in Andhra Pradesh, in India’s southeast, manufactured
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