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Waygate introduces Krautkrämer WheelStar RPS to automate train wheel inspections

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July 4, 2025
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Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business, has introduced the Krautkrämer WheelStar Radsatz-Prüf-System (RPS), expanding its inspection technologies portfolio.The post Waygate introduces Krautkrämer WheelStar RPS to automate train wheel inspections…

Hitachi to deliver signalling and SCADA solutions for Taipei-Keelung MRT line

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July 4, 2025
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Hitachi Rail has been awarded a contract to deliver advanced signalling and SCADA solutions for the Taipei-Keelung metropolitan mass rapid transit (MRT) system in northern Taipei, Taiwan.The post Hitachi to deliver signalling and SCADA solutions for Ta…

Inspiration’s Next Stop is Birmingham Moor Street

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July 4, 2025
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Following its recent start, Inspiration, the Railway 200 exhibition train, will be heading to Birmingham next week.

Model railway festival set to be held in Settle

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July 4, 2025
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On the 19th and 20th July, DCCconcepts is hosting the Settle Model Rail Festival.

China gets its first experimental zone for autonomous terminal operations

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July 4, 2025
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Since 27 June, China has had its first operational autonomous rail yard in a container terminal. It combines automated operations with manual labour, allowing for…

Oxfordshire level crossing closes following dangerous incidents

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July 4, 2025
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Wantage Road level crossing in Grove has been closed following a series of dangerous incidents. Shocking images show people putting themselves, passengers and railway staff in danger, as they stop to take selfies on the high-speed railway line. Accidental deaths on rail network rise by 26% compared to last year, prompting Network Rail and British […]

MSC unveils first rail wagons manufactured in new Trieste plant

Marco Raimondi
July 4, 2025
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Eleven months ago, shipping giant MSC took over a site at the port of Trieste to reconvert it into a rolling stock component manufacturing plant.…

Transformation of Wrexham to Liverpool line to begin

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July 4, 2025
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Work to transform the Wrexham to Liverpool line has been given the green light, with upgrades on the line at Padeswood confirmed as the first major step to realise more rail services between the two cities. Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales Ken Skates and Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens visited the […]

New CEF funds assigned, what’s in it for rail freight?

Marco Raimondi
July 4, 2025
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The European Union is going to distribute roughly 2,8 billion euros among 94 transport projects through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The rail sector is…

Ukrainian Railways Repair & Production unit transforms at war: From crisis to profitability

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July 4, 2025
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It is January 2022. Yevgen Shramko, a technocrat from the manufacturing industry, takes on a new mission. He makes his move into the public sector,…