Denmark: Hitachi Rail has signed a contract with the national operator DSB to supply supporting systems for Copenhagen's 170 km S-tog suburban rail network. The systems will support GoA4 unattended operation of a fleet of 226 trains.
Austria: The company, a global provider for railway infrastructure solutions, has launched Zentrak Acoustic Monitoring Sensor. The new system is intended to detect defects in bearing boxes of a passing train.
From next year, all rolling stock built by Hitachi Rail will come equipped with its HMAX digital diagnostics and management platform. The company expects the number of HMAX-equipped trains to grow from around 2,500 today to almost 3,500 in the coming years.
Germany, Kazakhstan: The Railways Systems KZ holding says certification testing of its 920 mm BA 303 and BA 004 solid-rolled wheels, made at the Prommashkomplekt plant, against TSI requirements is nearing completion.
Germany: The Swiss manufacturer and the passenger operator BLS have concluded the respective agreement at the InnoTrans international exhibition.
Namibia: Belgian CMB.Tech has claimed that it successfully conducted the initial run of its proprietary dual-fuel BeHydro engine, which was installed on a locomotive undergoing modernisation.
Austria: Knorr-Bremse has signed an agreement with Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the freight arm of Austria's ÖBB, to fit a single freight train with its FreightLink digital automatic couplers (DAC).
South Korea: The company’s technology is able to recognise movement-impeding objects more than 100 m ahead, predict the behaviour of other road users as well as determine the track condition and position of switches.
Spain: At the end of August, national operator Renfe withdrew two fixed-gauge (1,435 mm) series 106 Avril high-speed trains from service again over suspected cracks in the bogies of the motor end cars, later pulling a further four trainsets.
