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EU co-funding awarded to ERTMS deployment in Denmark

he European Union has granted €11.9 million from the TEN-T Programme to co-finance the implementation of ERTMS hardware and software on a section of Danish Langaa-Frederikshavn railway line.

VIDEO INTERVIEWS: CBTC experts discuss current projects, developing opportunities and importance of collaboration within the industry.

SmartRail World spoke to a number of CBTC experts at the recent CBTC World Congress in London about their work including: Rory O’Neill, Acting Director (Docklands Light Railway), Ramil Shafie, Manager of Railway Maintenance (Rapid KL)

Re-launch of the ERTMS.net website

ERTMS re-launched its website in November, featuring a revised design, extended information and more user-friendly applications.

Train derailment in New York City: images by AlJazeera TV

After the recent Santiago de Compostela train crash, another rail tragedy happened in USA.

How an Italian young professional feels in the years of crisis

How an Italian young professional can feel during the crisis, in a country that is not able to give him a future, not able to guarantee him a family, completely far from the concept of science as added value?

Spain to make its rail network interoperable with over €72 million in EU co-financing

The European Union will co-finance with a combined total amount of over €72 million from the TEN-T Programme two projects to plan and implement rail track changeover to improve the interoperability of an important stretch of Mediterranean rail corridor in Spain

Environmental Sustainability of Rail Transportation

Since the train can be considered the transport mode of the future, national railway companies and European Union are currently working for a continuos upgrade of sustainable rail transportation, in order to guarantee the best quality of life to European citizens.

Once upon a time Ansaldo Breda

Ansaldo Breda, the Italian Finmeccanica Company of the railway industry, following the country-trend, is in debt for 10 years. The company in the first half of the year has doubled its operating loss to € 68 million, while revenues fell by 26% to € 264 million.

Turkey’s Istanbul-Ankara high-speed railway aims to open in February 2014

Turkey is aiming to finally open a high-speed railway between Istanbul and Ankara in February, 2014 after several delays, a transport ministry official said on Tuesday.

Alstom delivers its 1,500th Citadis tram for the opening of the new T7 line in the Ile-de-France

Alstom recently delivered its 1,500th Citadis tram on the occasion of the launch by STIF (Ile-de-France Transport Union) and the RATP of the Ile-de-France's tram line 7.

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