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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2017

Wabtec signs $97M TEXRail contract

The commuter line will begin in downtown Fort Worth and extend to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

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Newsby StaffDecember 28, 2016

Alstom systems equip Hong Kong's newly opened first driverless metro

The four-mile-long South Island line will extend MTR services from Admiralty Station to the Southern District of Hong Kong Island in 11 minutes via four new stations.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 28, 2016

Metra seeks $20M grant for PTC installation

With the grant funding, Metra plans to help fund installation of PTC on its Milwaukee West Line to Elgin and North line to Fox Lake.

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Newsby StaffJune 28, 2016

Alstom supplies signaling to Sydney rail system

The installation of both the on-board and trackside equipment covers four test trains and an area of seven miles between the suburbs of Arncliffe and Oatley, in the South of Sydney.

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Newsby StaffMay 18, 2016

Alstom to supply traction, upgrade trainsets for Shanghai Metro

Alstom will modernize the 68 metro cars that it supplied in 2003 with its Chinese joint venture SATCO (Shanghai Alstom Transport Co. Ltd.). The upgrades will increase the reliability of the cars and adapt them to a new signalling system that will be implemented on the line.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2015

Thales to modernize signaling for N.Y. MTA's Queens Line

According to MTA’s vision, this line will also be the first interoperable one in the world: it will allow Thales equipment to work seamlessly with other CBTC suppliers’ equipment.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 22, 2015

Bombardier-Alstom consortium wins Spanish high-speed rail control contract

The project, awarded by Spain's Administrator of Railway Infrastructure has a total value of approximately $185 million.

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Newsby StaffAugust 5, 2015

London Underground signaling, control contract awarded to Thales

Main benefits will be delivered by 2022, when the frequency of trains running during peak periods will increase to 32 trains per hour in central London — a train every two minutes — with frequency increases at other times as well.

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Newsby StaffJuly 7, 2015

Dems push for increasing positive train control funding

Railroads currently have until Dec. 31 to install the positive train control system, which some Democrats have complained is an unfunded mandate, however, and some Republicans had pushed to move it back before the Amtrak crash in May.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2015

Most commuter rail systems won’t meet positive train control deadline

Some commuter rail agencies will need another three to five years to complete PTC installations because of the scale and complexity of the systems and the resources needed, according to American Public Transportation Association President/CEO Michael Melaniphy.

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