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Laying the foundations for energy-efficient traction
Jun 20, 2024 · The efficiency of the system increases by around 6% and the switch to 9kV is forecast to generate an energy saving of 2GWh a year per 100km of track, equivalent to around €150,000 annually. Superconducting cables are another traction innovation under evaluation in …
Battery train energises race to replace diesel
Apr 26, 2024 · According to Mr Stefan von Mach, Bombardier’s chief engineer for the Bombardier Talent 3 battery train project, Germany is fertile ground for this technology - of the country’s 450 diesel-operated lines, 80% are less than 100km long and 44% are less than 40km. The demonstrator is a new 56.2m-long three-car Bombardier Talent 3 EMU, which has ...
How China builds high-speed rail for less
Jul 10, 2024 · China has built the world's largest high-speed rail network in less than a decade and construction costs for high-speed lines are now as much as a third lower than in other countries. Gerald Ollivier, Jitendra Sondhri and Nanyan Zhou from the World Bank's Beijing office explain how China continues to develop a world-class system with world-beating unit costs.
Texas Central Railway: blazing a trail for privately-funded high …
Jun 20, 2024 · Despite producing more than a third of the United States’ crude oil output, urbanisation, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other Americans. Keith Barrow looks at how Texas Central Railway is planning to link Dallas and Houston without a cent of public funding.
Split-frame bogies overcome the break of gauge
Aug 15, 2024 · SINCE December 11 2022 passengers have been able to travel along the scenic Golden Pass route between Interlaken and Montreux without changing trains at Zweisimmen, where the standard-gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway (BLS) hands over to the metre-gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB). Overcoming this break of …
Making rail construction sustainable from conception to completion
Jun 20, 2024 · Rail is making strides to become more sustainable in its operations, but work remains to reduce the carbon footprint of constructing new lines and stations. The challenge is being taken up around the world, as David Burroughs explains. The new Nairobi Central Station is designed with sustainability at its core, with large green areas to soak up ...
India’s first high-speed project falls behind
TRIAL running is expected to start on a 50km section of the 508km Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed line - India’s first high-speed rail project - between Surat and Bilimoria in the state of Gujarat by 2023-24. However, it looks as though passengers will have to wait a lot longer than expected to travel on the entire line.
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