International manufacturers continue to place emphasis on further development of energy-saving technologies, weight reduction and automation. Innovations are driven by large orders.
Singapore: Two C810D trainsets have entered revenue service on a 10.7 km Sengkang–Punggol line.
The four-car trainset was presented at the Singapore Rail Test Centre.
Singapore: The driverless C810D trains are currently undergoing tests and pre-operational service, with the launch scheduled for the end of the year.
Singapore: The 50 ha Singapore Rail Test Centre, SRTC, allows comprehensive testing of trains and their signalling, power supply and supervisory control systems.
Singapore: The first two-car Innovia APM 300R is now running on an 8 km BPLRT line. The train is manufactured at the joint Alstom-CRRC plant in the Chinese city of Wuhu.
Singapore: SingPost and operator SMRT has launched a pilot project on the East-West line. For three months, mail will be delivered from collection points at Tampines and Raffles Place stations to the sorting facility near Paya Lebar station.
The company recently announced that it had produced its 150,000th 3D-printed part. Aurelien Fussel, head of additive manufacturing at Alstom, who has been leading development in this field for eight years, talked about the possibilities and prospects of 3D printing.
