4Tel’s recent work installing Electronic Authority functionality on a NSW rail network is just one example of where digital technology can help the industry, managing director Derel Wust says.
A telecommunications
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$280m contracts continue New York’s CBTC rollout
VIDEO: The installation of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) in one of the world’s most-used rail networks will continue, with a pair of contracts handed out in New York this month.
New York’s
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Bombardier anti-collision system gets tick of approval
The first trams equipped with Bombardier Transportation’s new Drivers Assistance System (DAS) will enter service in Frankfurt in August, after the system was approved by German authorities.
BT announced
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Research Centre to boost industry’s competitiveness
The new Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (RMCRC) was launched on Tuesday, with its new chairman saying it aims to broaden ties between the rail industry and leading R&D providers.
Chairman
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Fast Freight Rail could prove catalyst for HSR
COMMENT: The mother of all infrastructure projects has been stifled by the self-interest of two major industries, the jealousies and suspicions that plague our federal system, and a lack of will in Canberra,
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Mining body slams community train dust study
Community action group Clean Air Queensland will continue its fight against coal trains despite the Queensland Resources Council attacking its trackside dust study.
Clean Air Queensland (CAQ) released
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After tough transition, electric takes over in Auckland
CAF-built electric trains will be operating on all of Auckland’s lines from next Monday, July 20, with a tough transition from diesel rollingstock now nearly complete, local authority Auckland Transport
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WA consulting market on Perth transport Wi-Fi
WA’s Public Transport Authority has launched a market consultation tender on behalf of the WA Government, to investigate providing free Wi-Fi to public transport customers.
The Free to Public Wi-Fi
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TfNSW installing 60 more Opal top-up stations
Transport for NSW will roll out another 60 Opal top up machines, to join the 30 already in operation across its rail and ferry network.
State minister for transport and infrastructure Andrew Constance
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Research can improve Australia’s transport, experts urge
A trio of transport experts respond to the transport priorities recently announced among a series of science and research priorities by the Federal Government, and they all agree: Research will be key
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